Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Don Juan DeMarco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and 18 til I Die
B-side "Low Life"
Released April 4, 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Latin rock, soft rock
Length 4:50
Label A&M
Writer(s) Bryan Adams
Michael Kamen
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s) Adams and Lange
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"All for Love"
(1993)		 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
(1995)		 "Rock Steady"
(1995)
Music sample
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" is a song written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and recorded by Adams for the film Don Juan DeMarco. The melody is used as a musical motif throughout the film, and the song is featured three times in the movie, twice performed by other artists in Spanish, and finally performed by Adams himself during the closing credits. The Adams version of the song, which features flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, is featured on the soundtrack album and also on the album 18 til I Die. It was at number one for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the third number one song for the songwriting team, and went on to earn them their second Oscar nomination.

Music video

The music video was shot in Spain at Casa los Pavos Reales, Málaga starring Cecilie Thomsen and Amira Casar. It was directed by the music video director Anton Corbijn and released and aired in May 1995.[1]

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" — 4:52
  2. "Low Life" — 4:17

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 1
Denmark (IFPI)[7] 3
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 7
France (SNEP)[9] 5
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 3
Italy (FIMI)[12] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 9
Norway (VG-lista)[15] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[18] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[19] 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[19] 21
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[19] 29
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[19] 5

End-of-year charts

End-of-year chart (1995) Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[20] 6
Austrian Singles Chart[21] 6
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[22] 9
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[23] 8
Dutch Top 40[24] 7
French Singles Chart[25] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[26] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 16

End-of-decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[28] 54

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[30] Gold 250,000^
Sweden (GLF)[31] Gold 25,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[32] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Silver 200,000^
United States 600,000[34]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
June 3, 1995 – July 1, 1995 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Waterfalls" by TLC
Preceded by
"Believe" by Elton John		 Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
June 3, 1995 – July 1, 1995 		Succeeded by
"I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts
Preceded by
"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman John		 Swiss number one single
July 2, 1995 – July 9, 1995 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Wish You Were Here" by Rednex
Preceded by
"Mouth" by Merril Bainbridge		 Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
July 2, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2
Preceded by
"Laß uns schmutzig Liebe machen" by Die Schröders		 Austrian number-one single
July 16, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Wish You Were Here" by Rednex
Preceded by
"Scream/Childhood" by Michael and Janet Jackson		 Eurochart Hot 100 number one single
July 22, 1995 – July 29 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Shy Guy" by Diana King

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 61, No. 17". RPM (Library and Archives Canada). May 29, 1995. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 07/29/95". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 107 (30): 41. 29 July 1995. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (in French). Les classement single.
  10. ↑ "Musicline.de – Bryan Adams Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  11. ↑ "Irish Single Chart, database". Irishcharts. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  12. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: A". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bryan Adams search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  14. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". Top 40 Singles.
  15. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". VG-lista.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". Singles Top 100.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". Swiss Singles Chart.
  18. ↑ ""Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman", UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bryan Dams singles, Billboard charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  20. ↑ "1995 Australian Singles Chart". aria. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  21. ↑ "1995 Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  22. ↑ "1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  23. ↑ "1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  24. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1995" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  25. ↑ "1995 French Singles Chart" (in French). Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  26. ↑ "1995 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
  27. ↑ "Billboard Top 100–1995". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  28. ↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  29. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Bryan Adams in the field Interpret. Enter Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  30. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bryan Adams; 'Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  31. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  32. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Bryan Adams; 'Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  33. ↑ "British single certifications – Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  34. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1995". Billboard. BPI Communications. 108 (3): 56. January 20, 1996. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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