When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman

1979 single by Dr. Hook

"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"

Single by Dr. Hook

from the album Pleasure and Pain

B-side

"Knowing She's There" (US)
"Dooley Jones" (Intl.)

Released

April 4, 1979 (1979-04-04)

Recorded

1978

Genre

MOR, country pop, urban cowboy, disco

Length

2:58
5:15 (extended version)

Label

Capitol

Songwriter(s)

Even Stevens

Producer(s)

Ron Haffkine

Dr. Hook singles chronology

"All the Time in the World"
(1979)

"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"
(1979)

"Better Love Next Time"
(1979)

"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" is an internationally successful single by Dr. Hook^{[citation needed]}. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama.^[1]^[2]

Written by Even Stevens, who followed producer Ron Haffkine into the studio bathroom to pitch him the song, "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" which 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^[3] singles chart in the USA and doing even better in the UK where it spent three weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart in November 1979.^[4] The song was subsequently added to the band's 1979 album Sometimes You Win.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (KMR)	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	8
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	1
New Zealand Singles	2
Spanish Singles	11
UK Singles Chart^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100	6
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
US Billboard Hot Country Songs	68

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
Belgian VRT Top 30	24
Canadian RPM Top Singles	23
Dutch Top 40	14
German Media Control Charts	28
New Zealand^[7]	17
UK^[8]	5
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	13

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[10]	Gold	75,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[11]	Gold	500,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Gold	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Dr. Hook". Classicbands.com. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
^ "Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Biography". Sing365.com. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
^ "The Hot 100 : July 28, 1979 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. 1979-07-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 374. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
^ "Top 100 1979 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
^ "Top Selling Singles of 1979 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1979-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Top Singles 1979". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 27. 22 December 1979.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Canadian single certifications – Dr. Hook – When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman". Music Canada. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ "British single certifications – Dr Hook – When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Dr. Hook – When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 4, 2023.