“Woman” is the second single from John Lennon’s 1980 album Double Fantasy. It was written as a tribute to his second wife Yoko Ono. Lennon called it the “grown up version” of the Beatles song “Girl”.

In the UK, Lennon’s 1975 song “Imagine” had re-charted and shot up to at #1 soon after he was murdered in late 1980. It was followed by the chart-topping first single from Double Fantasy “(Just Like) Starting Over”, which was then followed by this song, which became his third consecutive posthumous #1.

In the US, “(Just Like) Starting Over” topped the pop chart soon after Lennon’s murder. It was followed by this song, which peaked at #2 for three weeks in March of 1981, held from the top spot by REO Speedwagon’s “Keep On Lovin' You” and Blondie’s “Rapture”.

“Woman” was also very successful in several other countries around the world, topping the chart in New Zealand and almost doing the same in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Norway.