Womanhood (song)

"Womanhood"
"Womanhood"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Womanhood
Released	August 23, 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Country
Length	2:51
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Braddock
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology

"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 August 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.

Chart performance[]

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References[]

^ 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.
^ "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[braddock-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.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Tammy_Wynette-2] "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Take Me" (with George Jones) "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "The Ceremony" (with George Jones) "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "We're Gonna Hold On" (with George Jones) "(We're Not) The Jet Set" (with George Jones) "We Loved It Away" (with George Jones) "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "Golden Ring" (with George Jones) "You and Me" "Near You" (with George Jones) "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "Southern California" (with George Jones) "Womanhood" "They Call It Makin' Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Two Story House" (with George Jones) "A Pair of Old Sneakers" (with George Jones) "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)