Song · Billy Joel
“She's Always a Woman” by Billy Joel
From the album The Stranger (1977)
“She's Always a Woman” by Billy Joel appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1991 and 2014. It was first released in 1977 on the album The Stranger. Its best result is #271 on the WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,666 classic rock song of all time.
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Billy Joel wrote "She's Always a Woman" for The Stranger, his 1977 Columbia album with Phil Ramone producing, and he aimed it close to home. The woman in question was Elizabeth Weber, his wife at the time, who had taken charge of his career and put his finances back in order after he'd signed some lousy deals. So it's a love song with its eyes open, smitten with her quirks and her flaws alike, and Joel owned up that she was a better businessperson than he was.
He said he had Gordon Lightfoot's mellow acoustic ballads in his head and was after the fingerpicking of folk guitar. Steve Burgh and Hugh McCracken play acoustic guitars around Joel's piano, with Doug Stegmeyer on bass and Richie Cannata on flute. As a single it reached 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 271 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2014 | 875 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
Also listed as: She's Always A Woman.
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