Woman in Love / Run Wild
(#1-11364)
Woman in Love (3:48) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb)
- Produced by: Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson for Barry Gibb & Karlbhy Productions
- Taken from the Columbia Lp: “Guilty”
Run Wild (4:05) (M. Leonard, H. Martin)
- Produced by: Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson for Barry Gibb & Karlbhy Productions
- Taken from the Columbia Lp: “Guilty”
Released late-August 1980
About the Single
Barry Gibb told Billboard magazine that Streisand “felt that [Woman in Love] was a little bit liberationist; that it might be a little too strong for a pop song.”
But “Woman in Love”—the first single from Barbra and Barry's Guilty album—debuted at No. 49 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in early September 1980.
“We and CBS felt that it was very important for the first single not to be a duet,” Charles Koppelman—Executive Producer—revealed. “We released the single five weeks before the album to make sure it took hold before everybody was exposed to the combined effort.”
[Above: 7-inch picture sleeves from around the world]
“Woman in Love” became Streisand's fifth number one single, seven weeks after it debuted on Billboard's chart (the week of November 1, 1980).
Billboard Charts
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine.
Here's the numbers for this Streisand single:
- Debut Chart Date: 9-6-80
- No. Weeks on Hot 100 Singles Chart: 24
- Peak Chart Position: #1 for 3 weeks
- Gold: 11/7/80
- Platinum: 8/19/97
A Gold single is awarded after 1 million copies sold, and a Platinum single after 2 million copies sold.
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