"Modern Woman" | ||||
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Single by Billy Joel | ||||
from the album The Bridge | ||||
B-side | "Sleeping with the Television On" | |||
Released | 1986 | |||
Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
Producer(s) | Phil Ramone | |||
Billy Joel singles chronology | ||||
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"Modern Woman" is a song performed by Billy Joel from his album The Bridge. It was the album's lead-off single and was featured on the soundtrack to the film Ruthless People. In the film, the song removes an instrumental break present in the original. It was a Top 10 hit on Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986.
Cash Box called it "a chugging, instantly appealing cut". [1] Billboard said: "phrases turn with top hat-and-tails flair, rhythm track barrels along like the last of the steam powered trains". [2]
Additional personnel
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [3] | 21 |
Canada Top Singles ( RPM) [4] | 27 |
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [5] | 28 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] | 10 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) [7] | 7 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard) [8] | 34 |