When You Love a Woman

"When You Love a Woman"
Single by Journey
from the album Trial by Fire
B-side
  • "Message of Love"
  • "Open Arms"
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996 (1996-09-24)[1]
Length4:08
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain
Producer(s)Kevin Shirley
Journey singles chronology
"Lights (Live)"
(1993)
"When You Love a Woman"
(1996)
"Message of Love"
(1996)
Music video
When You Love a Woman on YouTube

"When You Love a Woman" is a song by American rock band Journey. It is the third track from their 10th studio album, Trial by Fire (1996), and was released as the lead single from that album in September 1996.

The song reached number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it stayed for four weeks, and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, finishing 1997 as the 57th-best-selling single in the US and their last major hit there. In Canada, the song peaked at number three on the RPM Top Singles chart and number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. "When You Love a Woman" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.[2]

  1. ^ "Selected New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1164. September 20, 1996. p. 43. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 404.