If You Can't Be My Woman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| "If You Can't Be My Woman" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Boones Farm | ||||
| from the album Boones Farm | ||||
| B-side | "Start Today" | |||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Columbia 4-45623 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | G. Stovall, K. Sprague | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Messina | |||
| Boones Farm singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"If You Can't Be My Woman" was a chart hit for country-rock band, Boones Farm, charting for two weeks in 1972. It has also been recorded by female artists as "If I Can't Be Your Woman".
Written by Gary Dalton and Kent Sprague aka Gary Dalton and Kent Dubarri,[1][2] the single, "If You Can't Be My Woman" backed with "Start Today" was produced by Jim Messina and released on Columbia 4–45623 in May / June 1972. The June 3 issue of Billboard had it in the New Radio Action and Billboard Single Pick.[3][4] Cash Box were also picking it as a hit in their June, 3 issue.[5] It was also a Record World Single Pick in the June 17 edition. The reviewer noted the soft harmonic vocals and acoustic guitar strumming, and gave a suggestion for the listener to "Get into it".[6]