"Like Only A Woman Can" is a song written by Irish

Ireland

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 singer Brian McFadden

Brian McFadden

Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...

. It was first released as a single in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 only, where it reached the #1 position in April 2007. In March 2008, an alternative version of the song was released in Australia and New Zealand, as the lead single from McFadden's second studio album, Set in Stone, where it peaked at #13 and #39 respectively. McFadden explained in an interview that, "It is an open and frank love-song to someone who has helped the writer find redemption. It's a song about Delta

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. Equally, it's me admitting the mistakes of my past, while looking forward to the future." The video for the song was shot in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Australia

Australia

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.

Track listings

Ireland CD Single

1. "Like Only A Woman Can" (Irish Version) - 3:38 (Brian McFadden, Phil Thornalley)
2. "Like Only A Woman Can" (Acoustic Version) - 3:24 (Brian McFadden, Phil Thornalley)
3. "Mud In Your Eye" - 3:11 (Brian McFadden, Graham Stack)

Australian CD Single

1. "Like Only A Woman Can" (Australian Version) - 3:22 (Brian McFadden, Phil Thornalley, Tim Woodcock)
2. "Inside Out" - 3:56 (Brian McFadden, Tim Woodcock)

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	1
Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	13
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	39