Woman in Love

"Woman in Love"
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Guilty
B-side "Run Wild"
Released August 16, 1980
Format Vinyl record (7") , 12" , CD (reissue)
Recorded February 1980
(Middle Ear, Miami Beach) [1]
Genre Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock
Length 3:49
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Producer(s) Gibb-Galuten-Richardson
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Kiss Me in the Rain"
(1980)		 "Woman in Love"
(1980)		 "Guilty"
(1980)

"Kiss Me in the Rain"
(1980)		 "Woman in Love"
(1980)		 "Guilty"
(1980)

"Woman in Love" is a song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her 1980 album, Guilty. The song was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who received the 1980 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[2] It is her fourth of four Platinum records, and is considered her greatest international hit.[3]

After the success enjoyed by the Bee Gees in the late 1970s, the band was asked to participate in musical endeavors for other artists, and Streisand asked Barry Gibb to write an album for her.[4] This album ultimately became Guilty. "Woman in Love", as the lead single, became one of the most successful songs of Streisand's music career. It reached the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Streisand's fifth (and last to date) number one hit on that chart. It notably replaced Queen's mega smash hit "Another One Bites the Dust", spent three weeks at number one, and was itself replaced by "Lady" by country singer Kenny Rogers. It also spent five weeks atop the adult contemporary chart, her sixth number one on that tally.[5] The song also proved very popular internationally, reaching number one in many countries, including in the UK Singles Chart.[6] The song sold more than 2.5 millions till December 1981, according to Billboard.[7] The lyrics refer to Streisand's eternal devotion to her lover. No matter the obstacles they face, they will always be in love with one another.

Streisand has openly stated that she does not like "Woman in Love" because she doesn't believe in the meaning of the lyrics. She has rarely performed the song live; she did, however, sing it on a couple of dates on her 2013 European tour and the Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic.

Music video

The music video for the song included clips from A Star Is Born, starring Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and other movies she made in the 1970s.

Track listing

Side Title Length
A"Woman in Love"3:48
B"Run Wild"4:05

Personnel

Charts and sales

Liz McClarnon version

"Woman in Love"
Single by Liz McClarnon
A-side "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"
B-side "Woman in Love" remixes
Released February 13, 2006
Format CD single
Genre Pop
Length 3:35
Label All Around the World
Songwriter(s) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Producer(s) Robin Gibb, Graham Stack

Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon covered "Woman in Love" after the band's split in 2005. Produced by original songwriter Robin Gibb—whom McClarnon accompanied on his 2005 tour—the cover was released in February 2006 as McClarnon's debut solo single. In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a double A-side with a cover of Jackie Wilson's 1968 hit "I Get the Sweetest Feeling". The double A-side peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart on February 19, 2006, staying in the top 100 for six weeks. Elsewhere, "Woman in Love" reached number 21 in Ireland and became a minor hit in Belgium and the Netherlands.

McClarnon would go on to record another song entitled "Lately", but the track was not released as a single.

Track listings

CD single

  1. "Woman in Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
  2. "Woman in Love" (Dancing DJs Remix) – 6:12
  3. "Woman in Love" (K-Klub Remix) – 5:52
  4. "Woman in Love" (Soul Seekerz Dub) – 6:08

UK CD single

  1. "Woman in Love" – 3:35
  2. "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" – 2:54

Charts

Barry Gibb version

"Woman in Love"
Song by Barry Gibb
from the album The Guilty Demos
Released November 2006
Format Digital download
Recorded October 1979
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre R&B
Length 3:53
Label iTunes
Songwriter(s) Barry & Robin Gibb
Producer(s) Barry Gibb

"Woman in Love" is the first demo Barry Gibb recorded for Barbra Streisand's album Guilty. This composition by the Gibb brothers Barry and Robin would become the album's very successful first single.[42] And it was due to this demo that Barry Gibb became the first male artist to sing the song, though it was originally recorded for Streisand alone in order for her to sing the song for her album.

Personnel

Other versions

The Bulgarian singer Lili Ivanova recorded an original English version especially for a show program that aired on Channel One of Central Television in USSR in 1980. Also Russian version of this song was recorded by soviet band "Здравствуй, песня!" ("Zdravstviy, pesnya!" - "Hello, song!") in 1982 by the name "Просто я такая женщина" ("Prosto ya takaya zhenshchina" - "I'm just such a woman").[43]

The Greek singer Anna Vissi recorded a Greek version of the song "Το Ξέρω Θα 'Ρθεις Ξανά" ("To Xéro Tha 'Rtheis Xaná") for her album Ναι ("Yes") in 1980. Legendary French singer Mireille Mathieu recorded a French version ("Une Femme Amoureuse") in 1980. Danish songstress Gitte Hænning recorded a German version titled "Die Frau, die dich liebt". Eleni Tzoka, a Polish singer of Greek descent, recorded a Polish cover of the song titled "Zrobię ten błąd" (I'll Make that Mistake). The lyrical idea is completely different from the original version. Turkish pop star Nilüfer recorded a Turkish version of the song called "Ben Seni Seven Kadin"(I am the woman who loves you) in 1981. In 1982 the Hungarian singer Kati Kovács sang it in English on Top 12 album.

British vocalist Rebekah Ryan released a version of the track as a single in 1997, on MCA records.

A Finnish-language version of the song, "Rakastunut Nainen", was recorded by Arja Koriseva in 1995. The same title had previously been used in Finland for A Woman in Love by Frank Loesser.

"Woman in Love" was covered by CoCo Lee in 1995, Dana International in 1999,[44] S.H.E in 2002 and Young Divas in 2006.

British band, The Bluetones, covered the song on the B-side of their 2002 single, "After Hours". It was included on the band's 2006 compilation A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03.

In 2006, the Italian singer Filippa Giordano recorded a Spanish version of "Women in Love" called "Me he enamorado de ti". It was released in Mexico on her album, Primadonna.

In 2011, the Moroccan singer Sofia Marikh recorded an Arabic version of the song تهواك Tahwak (she adores you).[45]

In March 2012, former Pussycat Dolls member Kaya Jones released her own version of the song featuring Captain G.Q. and it was eventually included in her debut album Kaya released a month after.

See also

References

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