Woman in Love

"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. 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 spent a total of three weeks at the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Streisand's fifth (and last to date) number one on this chart. 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. About midway through the song, Streisand holds a note for about 10 seconds while singing the line: I stumble and fall / But I give you it all (the word "all" is the one held for that duration). During the chart run of "Woman In Love", Casey Kasem claimed in an edition of the radio program American Top 40 that this was the longest unaltered note held by a soloist in a number-one song. However, this was corrected a few weeks later as at the time, Lovely Day by Bill Withers, All Out Of Love by Air Supply and Dim All The Lights by Donna Summer had longer notes held. Streisand has openly stated that she doesn't like the song because she doesn't believe in the meaning of the lyrics. She has rarely performed the song live but she did however sing it on a couple of dates on her 2013 European tour.

[Verse 1] Life is a moment in space When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place I kissed the morning goodbye But down inside you know we never know why The road is narrow and long When eyes meet eyes and the feeling is strong I turn away from the wall I stumble and fall but I give you it all [Chorus] I am a woman in love and I do anything To get you into my world and hold you within It's a right, I defend Over and over again What do I do [Verse 2] With you eternally mine In love there is no measure of time We planned it all at the start That you and I live in each other's heart We may be oceans away You feel my love, I hear what you say No truth is ever a lie I stumble and fall but I give you it all [Chorus] I am a woman in love and I do anything To get you into my world and hold you within It's a right, I defend Over and over again What do I do [Chorus 2] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I am a woman in love and I'm talking to you You know I know how you feel, what a woman can do It's a right, I defend Over and over again [Chorus] I am a woman in love and I do anything To get you into my world and hold you within It's a right, I defend Over and over again