"Womanhood" is a song written by

Bobby Braddock Robert Valentine Braddock (born August 5, 1940) is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during more ...

, and recorded by American

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artist

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. In Braddock's 2015 memoir, ''A Life on Nashville's Music Row'', he described it as "a song about a girl having a tearful talk with God about losing her virginity." Braddock initially discarded the song after writing it but was convinced by his fiancée to play it for his

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. It was released in June 1978 as the second single and title track from her album ''Womanhood''. The song peaked at number 3 and was her last to reach the top five of

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chart.

Track listing

7" vinyl single * "Womanhood" * "50 Words or Less"

Chart performance

References

1978 singles Tammy Wynette songs Songs written by Bobby Braddock Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Epic Records singles 1978 songs {{1970s-country-song-stub