"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song by American singer-songwriter
Jody Watley, released in 1994 as the final single from her fourth album, Intimacy (1993). The song peaked at number 11 on the US BillboardR&B Singles Chart and number 33 on the
UK Singles Chart, making it Watley's first top-40 hit in the UK since "
Friends" in 1989.
Critical reception
Bill Speed and John Martinucci from the Gavin Report described the song as "a monologue observing key elements of an unconditional relationship between a man and a woman."[1]