| "Woman" | ||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Woman_-_Peter_%26_Gordon.jpg) West German picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Peter and Gordon | ||||
| B-side | "Wrong from the Start" | |||
| Released | 10 January 1966[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1965[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop[2] | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Bernard Webb (Paul McCartney) | |||
| Producer(s) | John Burgess | |||
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"Woman" is a 1966 single written by Paul McCartney (under the pseudonym Bernard Webb) and recorded by Peter and Gordon. McCartney intended the song to test whether one of his compositions could be successful based on its own merits without being associated with the hit-making Lennon-McCartney songwriting team, which had produced dozens of hit records for the Beatles and other acts (including Peter and Gordon). The duo's single did become a minor hit, reaching number 14 in the US and number 28 in the UK, but not before its author's true identity was publicly revealed.
- ^ a b Unterberger 2006, p. 347.
- ^ Unterberger 2006, p. 347: "The song itself ... had something of a more adult pop flavor ...