Songoftheday 06/15/13 - Well she walks like you In so many ways it's a different look different time of day...

Kenny Rogers - "This Woman"
from the album Eyes That See In The Dark (1983)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 6

Today's Song of the Day is by the country-pop megastar of the 70s and 80s, Kenny Rogers, who had teamed up with the pop-turned-disco kings the Bee Gees for his 1983 album Eyes That See In The Dark which returned Kenny to the #1 spot with his duet with Dolly Parton, "Islands In The Stream". For its followup, while country stations played the singalong cosmo-country of "Buried Treasure", for pop radio we were treated to the track most suited to the Gibbs' disco audiences. "This Woman" was written by Barry Gibb with Bee Gees collaborator Albhy Galuten, and it had absolutely no trace of country in it - rather more like a Lionel Richie track....

 

"This Woman" became Kenny's second top-40 hit from the album, and his last pop top-40 until 1999 when monitored airplay and country radio inclusion allowed his #1 country hit "Buy Me A Rose" to slip in at #40.

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Barry Gibb recorded a demo for the song at the same time...here's his version...

Up tomorrow: Another disco star goes it alone...