When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
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"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" was a popular single by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
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Written by Even Stevens, When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. Riding the disco
wave in 1979 it belatedly became an international hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart in the USA and doing even better in the UK where it spent three weeks at number one in November 1979. The song was subsequently added to the band's 1979 album A Little Bit More.
The song also featured throughout the 2005 Rockstar
game The Warriors
.
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in Muscle Shoals, Alabama,in 1969 when musicians Barry Beckett , Roger Hawkins , Jimmy Johnson and David Hood left FAME Studios to create their own studio...
in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Muscle Shoals is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of 2007, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of the city to be 12,846. The city is included in The Shoals MSA. It is famous for its contributions to American popular music.-Geography:Muscle Shoals is located...
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Written by Even Stevens, When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. Riding the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
wave in 1979 it belatedly became an international hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart in the USA and doing even better in the UK where it spent three weeks at number one in November 1979. The song was subsequently added to the band's 1979 album A Little Bit More.
The song also featured throughout the 2005 Rockstar
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
game The Warriors
The Warriors (video game)
The Warriors is a beat 'em up video game published by Rockstar Games. It was released on October 17, 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and February 12, 2007 for PlayStation Portable. The game is based on the 1979 film, The Warriors...
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Chart Performance
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Kent Music Report | 20 |
| Austrian Top 40 | 14 |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 7 |
| Canadian RPM Country Singles | 22 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 4 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 2 |
| Euro Hit 50 | 7 |
| German Media Control Chart | 8 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 2 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 11 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 68 |
Year-End Chart
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 23 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 14 |
| German Media Control Charts | 28 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 13 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 5 |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 24 |