One Good Woman
"One Good Woman" is a popular song from 1988 by Peter Cetera, formerly the lead singer of the rock band Chicago. Cetera co-wrote and co-produced the track with Patrick Leonard, and the song was included on Cetera's 1988 album One More Story.
"One Good Woman" | ||||
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Single by Peter Cetera | ||||
from the album One More Story | ||||
B-side | "One More Story" | |||
Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Length | 4:12 (single edit) 4:36 (album version) | |||
Label | Full Moon 27824 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Peter Cetera Patrick Leonard | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Cetera Patrick Leonard | |||
Peter Cetera singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"One Good Woman" on YouTube |
Background
The song was originally written for the Tom Hanks film Big, Peter Cetera was shocked that the song was not chosen to be included in the soundtrack. In fact, Cetera later stated that the lyrics reflected the story line of the movie. The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 338.</ref> Instead, it became the lead single from his One More Story album and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 1988. It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart, holding Taylor Dayne's "I'll Always Love You" off that top spot for the last two of them.[1] ("I'll Always Love You" would beat "One Good Woman"'s peak on the Hot 100 by one position, reaching #3[2]).
Personnel
- Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals
- Patrick Leonard – acoustic piano, synthesizers
- Dann Huff – guitar
- John Robinson – drums
Charts
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 4 |
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] | 1 |
Canada RPM Top Singles | 1 |
UK Singles Chart[5] | 82 |
References
- "Billboard Hot 100: Week Ending September 24, 1988". Billboard, Inc. September 24, 1988. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- "The Billboard Hot 100: Week Ending September 24, 1988, 1984". Billboard, Inc. September 24, 1988. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 113.
- Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 338.
- Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
- "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.