When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman - wikipedia When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' Single by Dr. Hook from the album Pleasure and Pain B - side `` Knowing She 's There '' ( US ) `` Dooley Jones '' ( Intl. ) Released April 1979 Genre MOR, country pop Length 5 : 12 ( album version ) 3 : 02 ( single edit ) Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Even Stevens Producer ( s ) Ron Haffkine Dr. Hook singles chronology `` All the Time in the World '' ( 1979 ) `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' ( 1979 ) `` Better Love Next Time '' ( 1979 ) `` All the Time in the World '' ( 1979 ) `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' ( 1979 ) `` Better Love Next Time '' ( 1979 ) `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' is a popular single by Dr. Hook. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama. Written by Even Stevens, who followed producer Ron Haffkine into the studio bathroom to pitch him the song. `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' first appeared on the band 's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. Riding the disco wave in 1979 it belatedly became an international hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA and doing even better in the UK where it spent three weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart in November 1979. The song was subsequently added to the band 's 1979 album Sometimes You Win. It features background vocals by three female singers. The song also featured throughout the 2005 Rockstar game The Warriors. The song was covered by country music artist Conway Twitty in 1990 on his album Crazy in Love. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly singles charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position Australia ( KMR ) 20 Austrian Top 40 14 Belgian VRT Top 30 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 7 Canadian RPM Country Singles 22 Canadian RPM Top Singles Dutch Top 40 Euro Hit 50 7 German Media Control 8 Ireland ( IRMA ) New Zealand Singles Spanish Singles 11 UK US Billboard Hot 100 6 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 5 US Billboard Hot Country Songs 68 Year - end charts Chart ( 1979 ) Rank Belgian VRT Top 30 24 Canadian RPM Top Singles 23 Dutch Top 40 14 German Media Control Charts 28 New Zealand 17 UK 5 US Billboard Hot 100 13 References Jump up ^ `` Dr. Hook ''. Classicbands.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Biography ''. Sing365.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 28. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 : July 28, 1979 Billboard Chart Archive ''. Billboard.com. 1979 - 07 - 28. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 28. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 374. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1979 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Top Selling Singles of 1979 The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1979 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles 1979 ''. Music Week. London, England : Spotlight Publications : 27. 22 December 1979. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1979 / Top 100 Songs of 1979 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 15. Preceded by `` One Day at a Time '' by Lena Martell UK Singles Chart number - one single November 17, 1979 ( 3 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Walking on the Moon '' by The Police Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Billy Francis Ray Sawyer George Cummings Bobby Dominguez Jimmy Allen Dennis Locorriere Popeye Phillips Joseph Oliver John David Rik Elswit Jance Garfat John Wolters Bob `` Willard '' Henke Rod Smarr Walter Hartman Studio albums Sloppy Seconds ( 1972 ) Pleasure and Pain ( 1978 ) Sometimes You Win ( 1979 ) Compilations Greatest Hits ( 1980 ) Singles `` Sylvia 's Mother '' `` The Cover of Rolling Stone '' `` The Ballad of Lucy Jordan '' `` Only Sixteen '' `` A Little Bit More '' `` Walk Right In '' `` Sharing the Night Together '' `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' `` Better Love Next Time '' `` Sexy Eyes '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=When_You%27re_in_Love_with_a_Beautiful_Woman&oldid=806318054 '' Categories : 1979 singles Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Songs written by Even Stevens ( songwriter ) 1979 songs Capitol Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 October 2017, at 05 : 37. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang when you're in love with a beautiful woman
Answer: Dr. Hook