She's Always a Woman

















































"She's Always a Woman"

She's Always a Woman by Billy Joel A-side US vinyl.jpg
A-side label of U.S. vinyl single


Single by Billy Joel
from the album The Stranger
B-side "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
Released 1977
Format
7" single, 12" single
Recorded
A & R Recording Inc., New York City, 1977
Genre

  • Soft rock

  • folk rock
Length 3:21
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Billy Joel
Producer(s) Phil Ramone

Billy Joel singles chronology





"Only the Good Die Young"
(1977)
 "She's Always a Woman"
(1977)
 "The Stranger"
(1978)


"She's Always a Woman" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger. It is a love song about a modern woman who the singer has fallen totally in love with to the extent of falling for her endearing quirks as well as her flaws. The single peaked at #17 in the U.S. in 1977, and at #53 in the UK in 1986, when it was released as a double A-side with "Just the Way You Are". It re-entered the UK chart in 2010, reaching #29. A Muzak version of the track[1] by Frank Chacksfield Orchestra is known to be one of the last songs played over the loudspeakers at the former World Trade Center complex before its collapse.[2] The song is played in the compound time signature of 6/8.




Contents






  • 1 Origin and meaning


  • 2 Track listing


    • 2.1 7" single (1977)


    • 2.2 Single (CBS)


    • 2.3 Japanese 7" single (CBS 06SP 248)




  • 3 Chart history


  • 4 Fyfe Dangerfield cover


    • 4.1 Track listing


    • 4.2 Chart performance




  • 5 Other covers


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Origin and meaning


The song was released in 1977, following several other hits from The Stranger including "Just the Way You Are", "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" and "Only the Good Die Young". Musically, Joel has said that he was influenced by Gordon Lightfoot and his mellow acoustic guitar ballads. It is a love song that Joel wrote for his then wife, Elizabeth Weber. Elizabeth had taken over management of Joel's career, and was able to put his financial affairs in order after Joel had signed some bad deals and contracts. She was a tough and savvy negotiator who could "wound with her eyes" or "steal like a thief", but would "never give in". Because of her tough-as-nails negotiating style, many business adversaries thought she was "unfeminine," but to Joel, she was always a woman.[3] The two eventually divorced in 1982.



Track listing



7" single (1977)



  1. "She's Always a Woman"

  2. "Vienna"



Single (CBS)



  1. "She's Always a Woman"

  2. "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"



Japanese 7" single (CBS 06SP 248)



  1. "She's Always a Woman"

  2. "Only the Good Die Young"



Chart history



































































Chart (1977)
 Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
 17
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
 2
Chart (1978)
 Peak
position

Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[4]
 28

Canadian Singles Chart[5]
 12

Dutch Top 40[6]
 15
Chart (1986)
 Peak
position

Irish Singles Chart
 22

UK Singles Chart
 53
Chart (2007)
 Peak
position

Italian Singles Chart[7]
 56
Chart (2010)
 Peak
position

UK Singles Chart
 29
Chart (2011)
 Peak
position

Austrian Singles Chart[8]
 37


Fyfe Dangerfield cover





























"She's Always a Woman"
Fyfe Dangerfield - She's Always A Woman.jpg

Single by Fyfe Dangerfield
from the album Fly Yellow Moon
Released May 10, 2010
Format Digital download
Length 3:14
Label
Fantastic Plastic, Polydor
Songwriter(s) Billy Joel

Fyfe Dangerfield singles chronology





"Faster Than the Setting Sun"
(2010)
 "She's Always a Woman"
(2010)
 "Barricades"
(2010)


Fyfe Dangerfield, lead singer of the band Guillemots, recorded a version of this song in 2010 which was used in an advertisement for the British department store John Lewis.[9] Subsequently, the Billy Joel original re-entered the UK singles chart at number 29 on May 1, 2010. On May 1, 2010, a new version of the advert aired; which shows more of the song cover. In the annual ITV poll for 2010 advert of the year; "John Lewis - She's always a Woman" ranked fourth.


The advert has been viewed on YouTube over 570,000 times (collectively from the top 3 results) since it aired on TV.[10]



Track listing


Digital Download[11]

  1. "She's Always a Woman" - 3:14


Chart performance


"She's Always a Woman" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on May 2, 2010 at #99. On its second week in the chart, the single climbed 85 places to #14, marking Dangerfield's most successful single to date. On May 16, 2010, the single climbed 7 places to a current peak of #7 before falling to #9 in its second week within the Top 10.











Chart (2010)
 Peak
Position

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12]
 7


Other covers




  • Lynda Carter covered the song on her 1978 album Portrait.[13]

  • In 1984, Des O'Connor covered the song on his album "Des O'Connor Now"

  • In 2004, Zorán made a Hungarian cover "A nő", on his maxi single "A körben".[14]

  • In 2012, Celtic Thunder covered the song on their album Voyage with Neil Byrne on vocals.

  • In 2018, Josh Groban covered the song on his album Bridges.



References





  1. ^ "She's Always a Woman to Me". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Song: "She's Always a Woman" September 11th 2001". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2017.


  3. ^ "Billy Joel's many songs about his many wives". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 November 2016.


  4. ^ "Billy Joel - She's Always A Woman". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  6. ^ "Jaarlijst 1978". Members.chello.ml. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  7. ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: J". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  8. ^ Steffen Hung. "Billy Joel - She's Always A Woman". Austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  9. ^ "John Lewis Ad 2010 - Fyfe Dangerfield 'She's Always A Woman'". YouTube. 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-03.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  11. ^ "She's Always A Woman (Bonus Track): Fyfe Dangerfield: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  12. ^ "Fyfe Dangerfield: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.


  13. ^ "She's Always a Woman". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.


  14. ^ "A körben" (in Hungarian). Zoran.hu. December 3, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2017.




External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics








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