This Woman (Kenny Rogers song)

"This Woman" is a song written by Barry Gibb and Albhy Galuten and was performed by American country recording artist Kenny Rogers. It reached No. 2 in the US Adult Contemporary Chart and No. 23 in the US Pop Chart.^[2] It was published by Gibb Brothers Music and Unichappell Music.^[3]

RCA pushed "This Woman" to pop radio, but the country stations flipped to the song's B-side "Buried Treasure".^[1] In Germany, "This Woman"'s B-side was "Hold Me", another track from the album.^[4] This song was recorded in May 1983 released in late 1983 in the US, and early 1984 outside the US.

Personnel[edit]

• Kenny Rogers — vocals
• Barry Gibb — background vocals, guitar, arranger
• Maurice Gibb — guitar, bass, synthesizer
• Tim Renwick — guitar
• George Terry — guitar
• George Bitzer – piano, synthesizer
• Albhy Galuten — piano, synthesizer, arranger
• Ron Ziegler – drums
• Joe Lala — percussion

Barry Gibb version[edit]

The original Barry Gibb demo version was released in late 2006 in iTunes on The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos^[5] The song has a choppy verse with a style more like Miami than Nashville.,^[1] with Gibb singing lead and harmony on the chorus. Gibb's version of the song was recorded around January 1983, along with two songs, "You and I" and "Midsummer Nights".^[1]

Personnel[edit]

• Barry Gibb — lead and harmony vocal, guitar
• Albhy Galuten — piano, synthesizer

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