Born A Woman

Album

Country Girls: Blanket on the Ground

Label

MGM Records

Genre

Country

Duration

6:00

Composer(s)

Martha Sharp

Entered Chart

Jul 23, 1966

Peak Date

Sep 17, 1966

Released

March 1966

Recorded

Nashville

Catalog #

MGM 13501

B-Side

Caution To The Wind

Born a Woman" is a song by American pop singer Sandy Posey, produced by Chips Moman in Nashville on March 15, 1966.[1] This reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966.[2] It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[3][dubious – discuss] "Born a Woman" features prominent piano, understated strings and horns, and distinctive multitracked vocals.[4] Posey received two Grammy Award nominations for "Born a Woman" in the categories of vocal performance (female) and contemporary (R&R) solo vocal. "Born a Woman" was covered in Australia in 1966 by Judy Stone, and her version and Posey's reached third and second respectively in the national charts in that country. The song was listed as No.23 in Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966. Posey's original reached No.7 on the Canadian chart and No.24 on the UK chart.[5] The song was later covered by Nick Lowe on his Bowi EP and by Hubble Bubble. It was later used by Rush Limbaugh for his "Feminist Update".

It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor
Or if you're smart or dumb
A woman's place in this old world
Is under some man's thumb
And if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
You're born to be stepped on, lied to, cheated on
And treated like dirt
Ah if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
A woman's lot is to give and give
And go on giving
A woman's got to love and lose
And go on living
Well I was born a woman
I didn't have no say
And when my man finally comes home
He makes me glad it happened that way
Because to be his woman
No price is too great to pay
Yes I was born a woman
I'm glad it happened that way
Oh I was born a woman (fade out)