When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman

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"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" was a popular single by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. It was recored at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, AL.

Written by Evan Stevens, When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. Riding the disco wave in 1979 it belatedly became an international hit, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA and doing even better in the UK where it spent three weeks at #1 in November 1979. The song was subsequently added to the band's 1976 album A Little Bit More.

Preceded by "One Day at a Time" by Lena Martell

UK number one single November 17, 1979

Succeeded by "Walking on the Moon" by The Police