Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

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"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Don Juan DeMarco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and 18 til I Die
B-side "Low Life"
Released April 14, 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Soft rock, rock
Length 4:50
Label A&M
Writer(s) Bryan Adams
Michael Kamen
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer Adams and Lange
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"All for Love"
(1993)		 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
(1995)		 "Rock Steady"
(1995)
Music sample
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" is a 1995 song written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange for the film of the same year Don Juan DeMarco. The melody is used as a musical motif throughout the film, and the song is featured three times in the movie, twice performed by other artists in Spanish, and finally performed by Adams himself during the closing credits. The Adams version of the song, which features flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, is featured on the soundtrack album and also on the album 18 Til I Die. It was at number one for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the third number one song for the songwriting team, and went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination.

Various women's groups[who?] contacted Adams when the song became popular, which led to his publishing a series of books of photos, with all proceeds going to breast cancer research.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Music video and cover versions

The music video was shot in Spain at Casa los Pavos Reales, Málaga starring Cecilie Thomsen and Amira Casar. It was directed by the music video director Anton Corbijn and released and aired in January 1995.[1]

The song was covered by many artists, including Chitãozinho & Xororó who translated to "Um Homem Quando Ama" (from Chitãozinho & Xororó, 1995), Il Divo who translated to "Un Regalo Que Te Dio La Vida" (from Siempre, 2006),[2] Pedro Fernández who translated to "La Mujer Que Amas" (from Pedro Fernández, 1995), Highway 101 and Paulette Carlson (from Reunited, 1996), Linda Evangelista (on Man to Woman: Men of Note Sing for a Cause, 1998), Eric Hansen (from Without Words and Nuevo Flamenco Romancero, 2001), Rick Trevino (on In My Dreams, 2003). Contestants Chris Daughtry on American Idol (Season 5), Matt Giraud on American Idol (Season 8), and Casey James and Michael Lynche on American Idol (Season 9) also covered the song.

[edit] Track listings

CD single
  1. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" — 4:52
  2. "Low Life" — 4:17

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 1
Belgian (Franders) Singles Chart[3] 3
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 2
Dutch Top 40[4] 2
Eurochart Hot 100[citation needed] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 7
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 5
German Singles Chart[6] 3
Irish Singles Chart[7] 3
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3] 9
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 5
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 6
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 1
UK Singles Chart[8] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[9] 21
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[9] 29
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[9] 5

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (1995) Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[10] 6
Austrian Singles Chart[11] 6
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[12] 9
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[13] 8
Dutch Top 40[4] 7
French Singles Chart[14] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[15] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[16] 16

[edit] End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[17] 54

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[18] Gold 15,000x
Germany (BVMI)[19] Gold 250,000^
Sweden (GLF)[20] Gold 25,000x
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[21] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Silver 200,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
June 3, 1995 - July 1, 1995 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Waterfalls" by TLC
Preceded by
"Believe" by Elton John		 Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
June 3, 1995 - July 1, 1995		 Succeeded by
"I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts
Preceded by
"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman John		 Swiss number one single
July 2, 1995 - July 9, 1995 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Wish You Were Here" by Rednex
Preceded by
"Mouth" by Merril Bainbridge		 Australia (ARIA) number one single
July 2, 1995 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2
Preceded by
"Laß uns schmutzig Liebe machen" by Die Schröders		 Austrian number one single
July 16, 1995 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Wish You Were Here" by Rednex
Preceded by
"Scream/Childhood" by Michael and Janet Jackson		 Eurochart Hot 100 number one single
July 22, 1995 - July 29 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Shy Guy" by Diana King

[edit] References

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  2. ^ "Siempre, track listing and charts". Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Il+Divo&titel=Siempre&cat=a. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i ""Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?", in various singles charts". Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=2996&cat=s. Retrieved 7 April 2008. 
  4. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1995" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201995.pdf. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  5. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005) (in Finnish). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3. 
  6. ^ "Bryan Adams singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Adams,Bryan/single. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  7. ^ "Irish Single Chart, database". Irishcharts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 7 April 2008. 
  8. ^ ""Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman", UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=22902. Retrieved 7 April 2008. 
  9. ^ a b c d e "Bryan Dams singles, Billboard charts". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3502/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 6 August 2008. 
  10. ^ "1995 Australian Singles Chart". aria. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1995.htm. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  11. ^ "1995 Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. http://austriancharts.at/statistic_1995.asp. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  12. ^ "1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  13. ^ "1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  14. ^ "1995 French Singles Chart" (in French). Disqueenfrance. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=1995. Retrieved 30 January 2009. 
  15. ^ "1995 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1995. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  16. ^ "Billboard Top 100–1995". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
  17. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
  18. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Bryan Adams in the field Interpret. Enter Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  19. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bryan Adams; 'Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Have+You+Ever+Really+Loved+a+Woman%3F&strInterpret=Bryan+Adams&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. 
  20. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf. 
  21. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Bryan Adams; 'Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Bryan+Adams+Have+You+Ever+Really+Loved+a+Woman. 
  22. ^ "British single certifications – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
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