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"'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.Lister, David, 'Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion', The Independent, 28 May 1994 It is her fourth of four Platinum records, and is considered her greatest international hit.

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.Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 nr.1 hits uit de Top 40, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch) 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 replaced Queen's big-selling 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.Whitburn, Joel (1996). 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) The song also proved very popular internationally, reaching number one in many countries, including in the UK Singles Chart. The song sold more than 2.5 million till December 1981, according to 'Billboard'.

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



Personnel



*Barbra Streisand lead vocals

*Barry Gibb acoustic guitar, arrangement

*Pete Carr lead guitar

*Richard Tee keyboards, electric piano

*Harold Cowart bass guitar

*Steve Gadd drums

*Joe Lala shaker

* Denise Maynelli background vocals

* Myrna Mathews - background vocals

* Marti McCal background vocals

* Jerry Peel French horn

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Weekly charts



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Certifications and sales



Liz McClarnon version



Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon covered "Woman in Love" after the band's split in 2005. Produced by original songwriter Robin Gibbwhom McClarnon accompanied on his 2005 tourthe 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 Australia, 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

'UK CD single'

# "Woman in Love"

# "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"

'Scandinavian CD single'

# "Woman in Love" (radio edit)

# "Woman in Love" (Dancing DJs Remix)

# "Woman in Love" (K-Klub Remix)

# "Woman in Love" (Soul Seekerz Dub)

'Australian and New Zealand maxi-single'

# "Woman in Love" (radio edit)

# "Woman in Love" (K-Klass Klub Remix)

# "Woman in Love" (Soul Seekerz Dub)

# "Woman in Love" (Dancing DJs Remix)

Charts



Release history



Barry Gibb version



"'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. 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

*Barry Gibb vocals, guitar

*Blue Weaver keyboard

*Albhy Galuten synthesizer, drum machine

See also



*List of best-selling singles in France

*List of best-selling singles of the 1980s in the United Kingdom

*List of Top 25 singles for 1980 in Australia

*List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s

*List of RPM number-one singles of 1980

*List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1980

*List of European number-one hits of 1980

*List of number-one hits of 1980 (France)

*List of number-one hits of 1980 (Germany)

*List of number-one singles of 1980 (Ireland)

*List of number-one hits in Norway

*List of number-one hits (Sweden)

*List of number-one hits of 1980 (Switzerland)

*List of number-one singles from the 1980s (UK)

*List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980 (U.S.)

*List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)

References




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