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Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

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Wikipedia article




"'Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?'" is a song written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and recorded by Adams for the film 'Don Juan DeMarco' (1995). The melody is used as a musical motif through the film, and the song is featured three times in the movie, twice performed by other artists in Spanish, and finally performed by Adams himself during the closing credits. The Adams version of the song, which features flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, is featured on the soundtrack album and also on the album '18 til I Die', which was released over a year later.

The song stayed at number one for five weeks on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in the United States, making it the third number-one song for the songwriting team. It also went to number one in Canada, Australia, Austria, and Switzerland while reaching the top five in 10 additional countries, including France and the United Kingdom, and the top ten in a further four countries. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 68th Academy Awards but lost to "Colors of the Wind" from 'Pocahontas'.

Critical reception



'Music & Media' commented, "Everything is there to make it work: a film, "Don Juan De Marco", a ballad, a long song title but nothing between

brackets, guitarist Paco De Lucia and Adams' hoarse voice." Christine Coulter, librarian/programmer at Downtown Radio/Belfast stated, "It's absolutely different from his previous film ballads. The film, which will be issued here in May I believe, is not the reason we play it. For us it's a track that stands fully on its own." British magazine 'Music Week' gave it three out of five, writing that "Bryan comes over all Hispanic for this strong ballad which arrives replete with Spanish guitar flourishes and castanets." The magazine's Alan Jones described it as "a simple, singalong song in waltztime, with acoustic Spanish style guitar picking."

Music video



The music video for the song was shot in Spain at Casa los Pavos Reales, Mlaga starring Cecilie Thomsen and Amira Casar. It was directed by the music video director Anton Corbijn and was released in May 1995.http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=709

Track listing



'CD single'

# "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" 4:52

# "Low Life" 4:17

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts

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|+Year-end chart performance for "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

!Chart (1995)

!Position

|-

!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)

|6

|-

!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

|6

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!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

|9

|-

!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

|8

|-

!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles ('RPM')

|5

|-

!scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary ('RPM')

|1

|-

!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)

|4

|-

!scope="row"|France (SNEP)

|13

|-

!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)

|6

|-

!scope="row"|Iceland (slenski Listinn Topp 40)

|17

|-

!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)

|7

|-

!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)

|17

|-

!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)

|27

|-

!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

|14

|-

!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

|1

|-

!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)

|70

|-

!scope="row"|US 'Billboard' Hot 100

|16

|-

!scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary ('Billboard')

|6

|}

Decade-end charts



Certifications



Release history



References



Category:1990s ballads

Category:1995 singles

Category:1995 songs

Category:A&M Records singles

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Bryan Adams songs

Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles

Category:Music videos directed by Anton Corbijn

Category:Music videos shot in Spain

Category:Number-one singles in Australia

Category:Number-one singles in Austria

Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Category:Songs written by Bryan Adams

Category:Songs written by Michael Kamen

Category:Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Category:Works based on the Don Juan legend

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