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When a Man Loves a WomanBette Midler

Released: December 3, 1979

Songwriter: Andrew Wright Calvin Lewis

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

When he held me in his arms
When he held me in his arms and said
"Baby, baby, baby, you are the only one for me"

When a man loves a woman can't keep his mind on nothing else
He'll trade the world for the good thing he found
Yeah, if she's bad, he can't see it, she can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down

When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime tryin' to hold on to what he needs
He'll give up all his comforts, go out and sleep out in the rain
If she says, "Baby, that is how it's gonna be"

When a man loves a woman
Gives her everything that he has
Tryin' to hold on to her precious love
Cryin, "Baby, baby, please don't treat me bad"

When a man loves a woman, down deep in his soul
She can bring him such misery
Yeah, she's bad, but, ooh, he's the last one to know
Lovin' eyes don't ever see

So, this man says he loves me, he loves me
He gives me everything, everything, everything that he has
Tryin' to hold on to my precious love
Cryin', "Baby, baby, baby, don't you, don't you treat me, treat me bad"

Oh yeah
Oh I'm leavin' him

Oh, when a man loves a woman, he can do her no wrong
He could never hold another girl
Oh, you tell me you love me, baby
And gonna ho-ho-hold me tight baby, baby, this is a man's world

No, no, oh baby
A change is gonna come down
In this man's world

Bette Midler

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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