"Woman's Work" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter
Sheree Jeacocke
Sheree Jeacocke (born 1958 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
During the early 1980s Jeacocke starred in the CBC-TV musical ''The King Of Friday Night'' and worked as a backup singer for Gordon Lightfoot, Rita MacNeil, Glass ...
with Lou Pomanti and Bonnie J. Cooke. It was originally recorded by Jeacocke and released as a single in 1989, and was featured in the 1990 Japanese film ''
Best Guy
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''. The song was covered by Australian pop singer
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
on her 1990 album ''
Strong as Steel
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Album information
The album has a very light tone and a pop rock feel to it compared to Arena's subsequent albums, which we ...
'' and released as the album's fourth and final single in 1991. The single failed to chart in Australia.
The song was also covered by Canadian
country music
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artist
Tracey Brown
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on her 1998 debut solo album of the same name and released as the album's first single. Brown's version peaked at number 12 on the ''
RPM
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Standards
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'' Country Tracks chart in September 1998.
Track listing
Tina Arena
"Woman's Work" was released as a
7" single
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.
#"Woman's Work" (single edit) – 3:40
#"I Believe" – 5:47
Chart performance
Tracey Brown
Year-end charts
References
{{Tina Arena songs
1989 singles
1991 singles
Sheree Jeacocke songs
Tina Arena songs
Tracey Brown songs
1998 debut singles
EMI Records singles
1989 songs
Australian synth-pop songs