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American Woman by Guess Who
American Woman is an album by Guess Who, released in 1970. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 70 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “American Woman”, on 61 lists with a best position of #8.
American Woman, the Guess Who's sixth album, arrived in January 1970, and it was the last one with Randy Bachman on lead guitar, though he has come back to the band many times since. With Jack Richardson producing, the Winnipeg band leaned into hard rock and psychedelic rock: Bachman's grinding guitar, Jim Kale's bass, Garry Peterson's drums and Burton Cummings bellowing over the top.
The title track, paired with "No Sugar Tonight", went all the way to number one in Canada and the US, and the album did the same on both sides of the border, going gold in the States. There's also a fresh recording of "No Time", a song they had already cut for Canned Wheat; the new version was the single, and it's the one most listeners know.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from American Woman on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Woman | 61 | #8 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 2 | No Sugar Tonight/ New Mother Nature | 9 | #88 | – | 1994–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.