When a Man Loves a Woman

original song written and composed by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and first recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2456757
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When a Man Loves a Woman

Summary

When a Man Loves a Woman is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (897 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When a Man Loves a Woman's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's composer is recorded as Calvin Lewis[4].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's composer is recorded as Andrew Wright[5].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman was performed by Percy Sledge[6].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman was performed by Bette Midler[7].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman was performed by Michael Bolton[8].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman was published on 1966[10].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's lyricist is recorded as Calvin Lewis[11].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's lyricist is recorded as Andrew Wright[12].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When a Man Loves a Woman'}[13].
  • When a Man Loves a Woman's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1411ffa0-4042-3941-a663-66754de42b8f[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Percy Sledge[6], Bette Midler[7], and Michael Bolton[8].

Publication

When a Man Loves a Woman was released on 1966[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9].

Why It Matters

When a Man Loves a Woman ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (897 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Percy Sledge, Bette Midler, Michael Bolton
    Form of creative work song
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0112386023, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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