You're a Woman explained

You're a Woman
Cover:Bad Boys Blue - You're a Woman.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bad Boys Blue
Album:Hot Girls, Bad Boys
B-Side:You're a Woman (Instrumental)
Released:April 1985
Genre:Eurodisco
Length:3:57
Label:Coconut
Producer:
  • Tony Hendrik
  • Karin Hartmann
Prev Title:L.O.V.E. in My Car
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Pretty Young Girl
Next Year:1985

"You're a Woman" is a song by Bad Boys Blue, released in April 1985 as the second single from their debut studio album, Hot Girls, Bad Boys (1985). It was a hit across Europe, reaching number 8 in West Germany, number 1 in Austria and number 2 in Switzerland.[1]

Track listing and formats

A. "You're a Woman" – 3:57

B. "You're a Woman" (Instrumental) – 4:40

A. "You're a Woman" (Long Version) – 5:19

B. "You're a Woman" (Instrumental) – 3:49

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1985)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)!scope="col"
Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 9
West Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 20

Prudence Liew version

In 1987, the song was covered under the title "The Last Night (最後一夜)" with different lyrics in Cantonese and English and released as a single by Hong Kong pop singer Prudence Liew.

It was the second single from the album Prudence Liew.[8] The track featured a heavy dance beat that proved to be very popular with the Hong Kong disco scene. The popularity of this song propelled Liew's status in the music scene and it is still considered to be her signature song.[9]

Track listing and formats

A. "The Last Night (最後一夜)" (Rearranged Disco Version) – 6:47

B. "Neon Bird (霓虹鳥)" (Rearranged Disco Version) – 6:48

You're a Woman '98

You're a Woman '98
Cover:You-Re-A-Woman-98-Single-cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bad Boys Blue
Album:Back
B-Side:You're a Woman (Rap Remix 1998)
Released:2 June 1998
Studio:Coconut (Hennef)
Genre:Synth-pop
Length:3:48
Label:Coconut
Producer:
  • Tony Hendrik
  • Karin Hartmann
Prev Title:Anywhere
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:The Turbo Megamix
Next Year:1998

Bad Boys Blue released a new version of the song under the title "You're a Woman '98" as a single in 1998. It was the lead single from their album Back. This re-release reached number 52 in Germany and number 4 in Finland.[11]

Track listing and formats

  1. "You're a Woman" (Original Remix 1998) – 3:48
  2. "You're a Woman" (Rap Remix 1998) – 3:19
  3. "Megamix Volume 1" – 8:17
  4. "You're a Woman" (Extended Rap Remix 1998) – 5:11

Charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bad Boys Blue - You're A Woman - hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 2015-05-03.
  2. You're a Woman . . 1985 . European 7-inch single liner notes . . 107 276.
  3. You're a Woman . . 1985 . European 12-inch single liner notes . . 601 673.
  4. Web site: Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 . Pennanen . Timo . 2021 . . 24 . Finnish . PDF . 5 March 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213104908/https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf . 13 February 2023.
  5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1985 . . Hung Medien . Dutch . 5 March 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226015953/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1985&cat=s . 26 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1985 . . Hung Medien . German . 5 March 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172228/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1985 . 20 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . . German . 5 March 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926061800/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1985 . 26 September 2022.
  8. Prudence Liew album "大開色界 (新曲+精選)" liner notes
  9. http://blog.roodo.com/muzikland/archives/5847017.html Muzikland review of Prudence Liew (album).
  10. 最後一夜 / 霓虹鳥 . . 1987 . Hong Kong 12-inch single liner notes . Current Records . 12.280006.
  11. Web site: Bad Boys Blue - You're A Woman '98 - hitparade.ch.
  12. You're a Woman '98 . . 1998 . German CD maxi-single liner notes . . 74321 58774 2.