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She's a Lady

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This article is about the Tom Jones song. For the Forever the Sickest Kids song, seeShe's a Lady (Forever the Sickest Kids song). For the Blue System song, seeWalking on a Rainbow. For the John Sebastian song, seeJohn B. Sebastian (album).
1971 single by Tom Jones
"She's a Lady"
Single byTom Jones
from the album Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady
B-side"My Way"
ReleasedJanuary 1971[1]
Recorded1970
GenrePop
Length2:53
LabelDecca (UK),Parrot (US and Canada)
SongwriterPaul Anka
ProducerGordon Mills
Tom Jones UK singles chronology
"I (Who Have Nothing)"
(1970)		"She's a Lady"
(1971)		"Puppet Man"
(1971)
Audio
"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones onYouTube
Performance video
"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones and Paul Anka inThe Midnight Special, aired on December 6, 1974 onYouTube

"She's a Lady" is a song written byPaul Anka and released on his albumPaul Anka '70s (RCA 4309, 1970). The most successful recording was performed byTom Jones and released at the beginning of 1971. It is Jones's highest-charting single in the U.S. (and his 5th and finalBillboard top 10 hit).

Chart performance

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"She's a Lady" hit No. 1 inCash Box magazine for a week and spent one week at No. 2 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart, behind "Me and Bobby McGee" byJanis Joplin.[2] The song was also a No. 4 hit on the USBillboardEasy Listening chart.[3]Billboard ranked it as the#25 song for 1971. In Canada, the singlereached No. 1 on theRPM 100 national singles chart.

Paul Anka's recording of the song

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The song was re-released in 2013 on Paul Anka'sDuets CD with a new rendition featuring Tom Jones. Anka rewrote the first verse of the song (recorded with Jones) because he disliked its chauvinistic sentiments.[4]

B-side track

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The single'sB-side track was "My Way" whose lyrics were also written by Paul Anka.

Chart history

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1971)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6]12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7]3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8]3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9]1
CanadaRPM Adult Contemporary[10]10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]18
Germany (GfK)[12]7
Ireland (IRMA)[13]13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]8
New Zealand (Listener)[15]7
Norway (VG-lista)[16]6
South Africa (Springbok)[17]5
UK Singles (OCC)[18]13
USBillboard Hot 100[19]2
USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[20]4
U.S.Cash Box Top 100[21]1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1971)Rank
Australia[22]22
Canada[23]25
U.S.Billboard Hot 100[24]25
U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[25]29
U.S.Cash Box[26]5

Certifications

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[27]Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[28]Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^"BBC Wales - Music - Tom Jones - Tom Jones discography". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved2014-03-25.
  2. ^"The Hot 100".Billboard.
  3. ^Whitburn, Joel (2002).Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 131.
  4. ^Anka, Paul; Dalton, David (9 April 2013).My Way: An Autobiography. St. Martin's Publishing.ISBN 9781250035202.
  5. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970-1992.St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^"Tom Jones – She's A Lady" (in German).Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  7. ^"Tom Jones – She's A Lady" (in Dutch).Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  8. ^"Tom Jones – She's A Lady" (in French).Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  9. ^"Top RPM Singles: Issue 5182."RPM.Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  10. ^"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-02-27. Retrieved2018-11-05.
  11. ^"Tom Jones: She's A Lady" (in Finnish).Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  12. ^"Tom Jones – She's A Lady" (in German).GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  13. ^"The Irish Charts – Search Results – She's a Lady".Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  14. ^"Tom Jones – She's A Lady" (in Dutch).Single Top 100. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  15. ^Flavour of New Zealand, 5 April 1971
  16. ^"Tom Jones – She's A Lady".VG-lista. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  17. ^"SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved5 September 2018.
  18. ^"Official Singles Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  19. ^"Tom Jones Chart History (Hot 100)".Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  20. ^"Tom Jones Chart History (Adult Contemporary)".Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  21. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 27, 1971
  22. ^Australian-charts.com
  23. ^"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  24. ^Musicoutfitters.com
  25. ^Billboard, December 25, 1971.
  26. ^Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1971
  27. ^"British single certifications – Tom Jones – She's a Lady".British Phonographic Industry. RetrievedSeptember 13, 2024.
  28. ^"American single certifications – Tom Jones – a Lady".Recording Industry Association of America. RetrievedJuly 8, 2024.

External links

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