Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Don Juan DeMarco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and 18 til I Die
B-side"Low Life"[1]
ReleasedApril 4, 1995 (1995-04-04)
GenreLatin rock[2]
Length4:50
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bryan Adams
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"All for Love"
(1993)
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
(1995)
"Rock Steady"
(1995)
Audio sample
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" is a song written by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and recorded by Adams for the 1995 film Don Juan DeMarco, starring Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway. The melody is used as a musical motif through the film, and the song is featured three times in the movie, twice performed by other artists in Spanish, and finally performed by Adams himself during the closing credits. The Adams version of the song, which features flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, is featured on the soundtrack album and also on the album 18 til I Die, which was released over a year later.

The song stayed at number one for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the third number-one song for the songwriting team. It also went to number one in Canada, Australia, Austria, and Switzerland while reaching the top five in 10 additional countries, including France and the United Kingdom, and the top ten in a further four countries. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 68th Academy Awards but lost to "Colors of the Wind" from the Disney animated film Pocahontas.[3]

  1. ^ Bryan Adams (1995). Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (Canadian cassette single sleeve). A&M Records. 31458 1028 4.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (March 23, 2022). "The Number Ones: Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "The 68th Academy Awards | 1996". Oscars. October 5, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2020.