| "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" | ||||
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| Single by Dr. Hook | ||||
| from the album Pleasure and Pain | ||||
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| Released | April 4, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock, country pop, disco | |||
| Length | 2:58 5:15 (extended version) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Even Stevens | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Haffkine | |||
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"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" is a song by Dr. Hook. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama.[1][2]
Written by Even Stevens, who followed producer Ron Haffkine into the studio bathroom to pitch him the song, "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" which first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. In 1979 the song belatedly became an international hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100[3] singles chart in the USA and number one in the UK Singles Chart in November 1979.[4] It was subsequently added to the band's 1979 album Sometimes You Win.
- ^ "Dr. Hook". Classicbands.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Biography". Sing365.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "The Hot 100 : July 28, 1979 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. July 28, 1979. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 374. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.