"One Good Woman" is a popular song from 1988 by

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, formerly the lead singer of the rock band

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. Cetera co-wrote and co-produced the track with

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, and the song was included on Cetera's 1988 album ''

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''.

Background

The song was originally written for the

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'', Peter Cetera was shocked that the song was not chosen to be included in the soundtrack. In fact, Cetera later stated that the lyrics reflected the story line of the movie. ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 338. Instead, it became the lead single from his ''One More Story'' album and reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in October 1988. It also spent four weeks atop the ''Billboard''

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, holding Taylor Dayne's " I'll Always Love You" off that top spot for the last two of them. ("I'll Always Love You" would beat "One Good Woman"'s peak on the Hot 100 by one position, reaching #3).

Personnel

– lead and backing vocals *

– acoustic piano, synthesizers *

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– guitar *

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– drums

Charts

Year-end charts

References

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