If I Were Your Woman (song)

"If I Were Your Woman"
Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
from the album If I Were Your Woman
B-side"The Tracks of My Tears"
ReleasedNovember 1970
RecordedMarch 13, 1970
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
Genre
Length3:14
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Clay McMurray
Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology
"You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)"
(1970)
"If I Were Your Woman"
(1970)
"I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
(1971)
Stephanie Mills singles chronology
"Secret Lady"
(1987)
"If I Were Your Woman'"
(1988)
"Where Is the Love"
(1988)

"If I Were Your Woman" is a song recorded by American family group Gladys Knight & the Pips. It was written by Pam Sawyer, Clay McMurray, and Gloria Jones, produced by McMurray and arranged by Paul Riser.[2] Released in late 1970 from the album of the same title, it spent one week at number 1 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart in January 1971. It was also successful on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at number 9.[3]

  1. ^ a b Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 340. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  2. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 10: 1970 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 54.