Song · Helen Reddy
“I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy
From the album I Don't Know How to Love Him (1971)
“I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2022. It was first released in 1971 on the album I Don't Know How to Love Him. Its best result is #349 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,888 indie & aaa song of all time and #348 of the '70s.
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"I Am Woman" first turned up in 1971 on I Don't Know How to Love Him, Helen Reddy's debut album, with Reddy writing the words and her fellow Australian Ray Burton the music. It rang out over the closing credits of the 1972 film Stand Up and Be Counted, and then Reddy cut it again: the new version, issued as a single in May 1972, went all the way to number one later that year and sold more than a million copies.
Landing near the peak of the counterculture years, its celebration of women's strength made it a feminist anthem for the women's liberation movement, and one that has lasted. It never really went away: after Reddy died in September 2020 it rose to number 2 on the Australian digital sales chart, and in 2025 the Library of Congress added the 1972 re-recording to the National Recording Registry.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 697 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 615 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 349 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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