Womanhood (song)

"Womanhood"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Womanhood
B-side"50 Words or Less"
ReleasedJune 1978
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 Making Love"
(1979)

"Womanhood" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist 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 June 1978 as the second single and title track 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.

Track listing

7" vinyl single[2]

  • "Womanhood"
  • "50 Words or Less"

Chart performance

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[4] 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.
  2. ^ Wynette, Tammy (June 1978). ""Womanhood"/"50 Words or Less" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 8-50574.
  3. ^ "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2019.


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