"If You Want to Be My Woman" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers on Haggard's 1967 album I'm a Lonesome Fugitive. Haggard re-recorded the song in 1989 and released it in December as the third single from his album 5:01 Blues. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 15 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
The song was Haggard's last top-40 country hit; like most classic country artists, Haggard's chart career was severely damaged by changes in the country industry that hit in the early 1990s. It was co-produced by Mark Yeary, keyboardist of The Strangers.
Personnel Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar
The Strangers: Norm Hamlet – pedal steel guitar Clint Strong – guitar Bobby Wayne – guitar Mark Yeary – hammond organ, piano, electric piano Jimmy Belkin – fiddle, strings Biff Adams – drums Don Markham – saxophone, trumpet Gary Church – cornet, trombone
Chart performance Chart (1989–1990)Peakposition
References