"This Woman" is a song written by Barry Gibb and Albhy Galuten and was performed by American country recording artist

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. It reached No. 2 in the US Adult Contemporary Chart and No. 23 in the US Pop Chart. It was published by Gibb Brothers Music and Unichappell Music. RCA pushed "This Woman" to pop radio, but the country stations flipped to the song's B-side " Buried Treasure". In

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, "This Woman"'s B-side was "Hold Me", another track from the album. This song was recorded in May 1983 released in late 1983 in the US, and early 1984 outside the US.

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Barry Gibb — background vocals,

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* Maurice Gibb — guitar,

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* Tim Renwick — guitar * George Terry — guitar *George Bitzer —

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, synthesizer * Albhy Galuten — piano, synthesizer, arranger *Ron Ziegler —

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* Joe Lala —

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Barry Gibb version

The original Barry Gibb demo version was released in late 2006 in iTunes on ''The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos''. The song has a choppy verse with a style more like

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., with Gibb singing lead and harmony on the chorus. Gibb's version of the song was recorded around January 1983, along with two songs, "You and I" and "Midsummer Nights".

Personnel

* Barry Gibb —

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and harmony vocal,

* Albhy Galuten —

References

{{Barry Gibb 1983 songs 1983 singles 1984 singles Kenny Rogers songs Songs written by Barry Gibb Barry Gibb songs Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb Songs written by Albhy Galuten Song recordings produced by Albhy Galuten RCA Records singles