She's a Lady

This article is about the Tom Jones song. For the Forever the Sickest Kids song, see She's a Lady (Forever the Sickest Kids song). For the Blue System song, see Walking on a Rainbow. For the John Sebastian song, see John B. Sebastian (album).

"She's a Lady" is a song written by Paul Anka and released on his album Paul Anka '70s (RCA 4309, 1970). The most successful recording was performed by Tom Jones and released at the beginning of 1971. It is Jones's highest-charting single in the U.S. (and his 5th and final Billboard top 10 hit).

"She's a Lady"
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady
B-side	"My Way"
Released	January 1971[1]
Recorded	1970
Genre	Pop
Length	2:53
Label	Decca (UK), Parrot (US and Canada)
Songwriter(s)	Paul Anka
Producer(s)	Gordon Mills
Tom Jones UK singles chronology
"I (Who Have Nothing)" (1970) "She's a Lady" (1971) "Puppet Man" (1971)
Audio
"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones on YouTube
Performance video
"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones and Paul Anka in The Midnight Special, aired on December 6, 1974 on YouTube

Chart performance

"She's a Lady" hit No. 1 in Cash Box magazine for a week and spent one week at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, behind "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin.^[2] The song was also a No. 4 hit on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart.^[3] Billboard ranked it as the #25 song for 1971. In Canada, the single reached No. 1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart.

Paul Anka's recording of the song

The song was re-released in 2013 on Paul Anka's Duets CD with a new rendition featuring Tom Jones. Anka rewrote the first verse of the song (recorded with Jones) because he disliked its chauvinistic sentiments.^[4]

B-side track

The single's B-side track was "My Way" whose lyrics were also written by Paul Anka.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6]	12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7]	3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8]	3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9]	1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[10]	10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]	18
Germany (GfK)[12]	7
Ireland (IRMA)[13]	13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]	8
New Zealand (Listener)[15]	7
Norway (VG-lista)[16]	6
South Africa (Springbok)[17]	5
UK Singles (OCC)[18]	13
US Billboard Hot 100[19]	2
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[20]	4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[21]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)	Rank
Australia[22]	22
Canada[23]	25
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[24]	25
U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[25]	29
U.S. Cash Box[26]	5

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[27]	Silver	200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[28]	Gold	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.