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Woman in Love

"Woman in Love"
Barbra Streisand Woman In Love.jpg
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)
Genre Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock
Length 3:49
Label Columbia
Writer(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)
"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
Writer(s) Barry & Robin Gibb
Producer(s) Barry Gibb
The Guilty Demos track listing
"Guilty"
(1)
"Woman in Love"
(2)
"Run Wild"
(3)

"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. 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. 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. 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 millions till December 1981, according to Billboard. 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 doesn't 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.


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