| When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman | |
| Cover: | When_You're_in_Love_with_a_Beautiful_Woman_-_Dr._Hook.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dr. Hook |
| Album: | Pleasure and Pain |
| Recorded: | 1978 |
| Genre: | Soft rock, country pop, disco |
| Length: | (extended version) |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Ron Haffkine |
| Prev Title: | All the Time in the World |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Better Love Next Time |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" is a song by Dr. Hook. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama.[1] [2]
Written by Even Stevens, who followed producer Ron Haffkine into the studio bathroom to pitch him the song, "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" which first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. In 1979 the song belatedly became an international hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100[3] singles chart in the USA and number one in the UK Singles Chart in November 1979.[4] It was subsequently added to the band's 1979 album Sometimes You Win.
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (KMR) | 20 | |
| Austrian Top 40 | 14 | |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 2 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 7 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Singles | 22 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 4 | |
| Dutch Top 40 | 2 | |
| Euro Hit 50 | 7 | |
| German Media Control | 8 | |
| New Zealand Singles | 2 | |
| Spanish Singles | 11 | |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 1 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 | |
| US Billboard Hot Country Songs | 68 |
| Chart (1979) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 24 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 23 | |
| Dutch Top 40 | 14 | |
| German Media Control Charts | 28 | |
| New Zealand[6] | 17 | |
| UK[7] | 5 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 13 |