Song · Percy Sledge
“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge
Released 1987
“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1987. Its best result is #137 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,060 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Percy Sledge cut "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, making his the first recording of the song Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright had written. Sledge sings it as if his whole life hangs on every word, and nobody in the room seems in any hurry to get out of his way.
The record went all the way to the top: number one on the Billboard Hot 100, on the Cash Box Top 100 and on Billboard's R&B singles chart. Other singers have carried the song back up the charts in the years since, but this is the reading they are all answering to.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 137 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 362 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 885 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2012 | 225 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2020 | 704 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: When A Man Loves A Woman; When A Man Loves a Woman.
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