| If You Want to Be My Woman | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Merle Haggard |
| Album: | 5:01 Blues |
| B-Side: | Someday We'll Know |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:42 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Merle Haggard Mark Yeary |
| Prev Title: | A Better Love Next Time |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Broken Friend |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"If You Want to Be My Woman" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers on Haggard's 1967 album I'm a Lonesome Fugitive. Haggard re-recorded the song in 1989 and released it in December as the third single from his album 5:01 Blues. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart[1] and reached number 15 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
The song was Haggard's last top-40 country hit; like most classic country artists, Haggard's chart career was severely damaged by changes in the country industry that hit in the early 1990s. It was co-produced by Mark Yeary, keyboardist of The Strangers.