Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?

Album

SUA Files

Label

A&M Records

Genre

Stage & Screen

Composer(s)

Bryan Adams;Michael Kamen;Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Entered Chart

Apr 15, 1995

Peak Date

Jun 3, 1995

Released

April 4, 1995

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

A&M 1028

B-Side

Low Life

This was featured in the movie Don Juan DeMarco, starring Johnny Depp. It was the last of three huge hits Adams did for movies. In 1991, he recorded "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" for Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, and in 1993 he sang with Rod Stewart and Sting on "All For Love" for The 3 Musketeers. In the US, this was a #1 hit for five weeks. Paco De Lucia played the Flamenco guitar. He comes from a Spanish family famous for their guitarists, and has also worked with Chick Corea. Various women's groups contacted Adams when this came out, which led to his publishing a book of photos featuring Canadian women, with proceeds going to breast cancer research. Some of the women in the 1999 book are Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, and Neve Campbell. This was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song, but lost to "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas.

To really love a woman
To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought - see every dream
N' give her wings when she wants to fly
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved....

To really love a woman
Let her hold you - til ya know how she needs to be touched
You've gotta breathe her - really taste her
Til you can feel her in your blood
N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that you’ll always be together
So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved....

You got to give her some faith - hold her tight
A little tenderness - gotta treat her right
She will be there for you, takin' good care of you
Ya you really gotta love your woman...