Woman (Paul McCartney song)

Infobox Single
Name =Woman


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =Peter and Gordon
Album =
A-side =
B-side ="Wrong from the Start"
Released =10 January 1966(USA)
11 February 1966 (UK)
Format =7" 45rpm
Recorded =1965
Genre =
Length =
Label =Capitol #5579 (USA)
Columbia (EMI) DB7834 (UK)
Writer =Bernard Webb (Paul McCartney)
Producer =
Certification =
Last single ="Baby I'm Yours"
(1965)
This single ="Woman"
(1966)
Next single ="To Show I Love You"
(1966)
Misc =

Woman is a single by Peter and Gordon. The song was written by Paul McCartney, who had written three previous Peter and Gordon singles, "A World Without Love", "Nobody I Know" and I Don't Want to See You Again". However, on this occasion McCartney insisted that he be listed under the pseudonym "Bernard Webb", as an experiment to see if the song would still be a success without the famous "Lennon/McCartney" songwriting credit. It reached #28 on the UK Singles Chart. It fared slightly better in the US, reaching #14 (a different pseudonym of "A.Smith" was used there).

McCartney gave a casual performance of the song on piano during the Beatles "Get Back" sessions in January 1969.

Coincidentally, John Lennon also wrote a song called "Woman" in 1980 for his wife Yoko Ono. The song reached number 1 in the UK and number 2 in the US in 1981.