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Womanhood (song)

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"Womanhood"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Womanhood
Released1978
Recorded1978
GenreCountry
Length2:51
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Bobby Braddock
Producer(s)Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"(I'd Like to See Jesus) On the Midnight Special"
(1978)
"Womanhood"
(1978)
"They Call It Makin' Love"
(1979)

"Womanhood" is a 1978 single written by Bobby Braddock and recorded by Tammy Wynette. 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 music publisher.[1]

It was released in 1978 as the second single from her album Womanhood. The song peaked at number 3 and was her last to reach the top five of Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1978) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 3

References

  1. ^ Braddock, Bobby (2015). A Life on Nashville's Music Row. Nashville, Tennessee: Country Music Foundation Press/Vanderbilt University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8265-2082-1.