Woman's Gotta Have It (song)
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"Woman's Gotta Have It" is a song written by Darryl Carter,
Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guit ...
and
Linda Womack Linda Womack (née Cooke; born April 25, 1953), now known as Zeriiya Zekkariyas, is an American singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of soul singer Sam Cooke. She later had a successful career as half of the duo Womack & Womack with her hu ...
. The song was recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.


Song background

The idea for the song came from a marital situation that Darryl Carter knew of where the wife was about to "tip out" on an unresponsive husband. allmusic/ref> Carter and Linda Womack (the daughter of
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and one-time stepdaughter of Bobby who later married Bobby's brother,
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) originally wrote the song with
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in mind.


Chart performance

Released as a single from Bobby's 1972 album ''
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'', it reached number one on the
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and peaked at number 60 on the
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in the US.


Wendy Matthews' version

Australian recording artist
Wendy Matthews Wendy Joan Matthews (born 13 January 1960) is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including "Token Angels", "Le ...
released a version of the song in January 1991 as the second single from her debut solo
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, ''
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''. The song peaked at number 34 on the ARIA Charts.


Track listing

CD/7" Single # "Woman's Gotta Have It" - 4:21 # "Acid Rain" - 3:27 12" Single # "Woman's Gotta Have It" (Club Mix) # "Acid Rain" # "Woman's Gotta Have It" (Club Dub) # "Token Angels"


Charts


Other versions

*The song was later covered by
James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...
and included on Taylor's 1976 album '' In the Pocket''. ''
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'' critic Kit Rachlis described this version as "listless." *It has also been covered by
Nona Gaye Nona Aisha Gaye (born September 4, 1974) is an American singer, former fashion model, and retired actress. The daughter of singer Marvin Gaye and maternal granddaughter of jazz musician Slim Gaillard, Gaye began her career as a vocalist in the ea ...
for the compilation ''1-800-NEW FUNK'' *
The Neville Brothers The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. History The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 19 ...
on their: "Live At Tipitina's, September 24, 1982" LP *
K-Ci Cedric Renard Hailey (born September 2, 1969), known professionally as K-Ci (formerly Little Cedric as a member of Little Cedric and the Hailey Singers), is an American singer, songwriter and member of K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci. Although Hailey ...
covered it on his 2006 album "My Book" *
Taylor Hicks Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer who won the fifth season of ''American Idol'' in May 2006. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States fo ...
on his 2009 album '' The Distance'', and
Calvin Richardson Calvin Richardson (born December 16, 1976) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. In 1999, he released his debut solo album ''Country Boy''. Career In the mid 1990s, Richardson went solo and signed with Universal Records. His debut al ...
.


See also

*
List of Best Selling Soul Singles number ones of 1972 ''Billboard'' published a weekly chart in 1972 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect t ...


References

1972 songs 1972 singles 1991 singles 1977 singles Bobby Womack songs James Taylor songs Wendy Matthews songs Songs written by Bobby Womack Songs written by Linda Womack Song recordings produced by Bobby Womack United Artists Records singles {{1970s-R&B-song-stub