| "If You Want to Be My Woman" | ||||
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| Single by Merle Haggard | ||||
| from the album 5:01 Blues | ||||
| B-side | "Someday We'll Know" | |||
| Released | December 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Merle Haggard | |||
| Producer(s) | Merle Haggard Mark Yeary | |||
| Merle Haggard singles chronology | ||||
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"If You Want to Be My Woman" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers on Haggard's 1967 album I'm a Lonesome Fugitive. Haggard re-recorded the song in 1989 and released it in December as the third single from his album 5:01 Blues. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart[1] and reached number 15 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
The song was Haggard's last top-40 country hit; like most classic country artists, Haggard's chart career was severely damaged by changes in the country industry that hit in the early 1990s. It was co-produced by Mark Yeary, keyboardist of The Strangers.