Every Woman in the World explained

Every Woman in the World
Cover:Every_Woman_in_the_World_-_Air_Supply.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Air Supply
Album:Lost in Love
B-Side:"Having You Near Me" / "My Best Friend"
Released:October 1980
Genre:Soft rock
Length:3:25
Label:Arista
Prev Title:All Out of Love
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:The One That You Love
Next Year:1981

"Every Woman in the World" is a song by British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply. The song was written by Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker. It was the third release from their fifth studio album, Lost in Love.

Reception

Billboard called it a "melodic midtempo tune filled with lyrical and instrumental hooks."[1] Record World said that it has "honeyed harmonies" and "a heartwarming hook."[2]

Personnel

Chart performance

The song was most popular in the US, where it peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981 and number two on the Adult Contemporary chart. Outside the US, it also reached number seven in New Zealand and number eight in Australia.

Weekly charts

Chart (1980–81)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 8
Canada RPM Top Singles3
US Cash Box Top 100[4] 9
US Record World[5] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 67
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 27
US Cash Box[8] 65

Notes and References

  1. Top Single Picks. 2023-01-21. October 25, 1980. Billboard. 85.
  2. Record World. October 25, 1980. 1. 2023-02-22. Hits of the Week.
  3. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1981 . . 393 . 7 . . 4 January 1982 . 11 January 2022 .
  4. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 1/31/81 . 2016-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150603140722/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19810131.html . 2015-06-03 . dead .
  5. Web site: Song artist 520 – Air Supply. Tsort.info. 24 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s . Australian-charts.com. 23 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 . 6 October 2014 .
  7. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981. Musicoutfitters.com. 24 April 2021.
  8. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1981 . 2016-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022115158/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html . 2016-10-22 . dead .