This Girl Is a Woman Now

1969 single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

"This Girl Is a Woman Now"

1968 45rpm record label

Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

from the album The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album

B-side

"His Other Woman"

Released

August 1969

Recorded

June 17, 1969 (1969-06-17)^[1]

Genre

Rock

Length

3:10

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Victor Millrose, Alan Bernstein

Producer(s)

Dick Glasser

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology

"Don't Give In to Him"
(1969)

"This Girl Is a Woman Now"
(1969)

"Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance"
(1970)

"This Girl Is a Woman Now" is a song written by Victor Millrose and Alan Bernstein and was recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1969 album The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album.^[2]

The song reached No. 2 on the US Easy Listening chart^[3] and No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1969.^[4] It also reached No. 5 on the Cash Box Top 100.^[5] It reached No. 3 in Canada and No. 13 in Australia.^[6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)^[6]	13
Canada RPM Top Singles^[7]	3
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[8]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	9
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[3]	2
US Cash Box Top 100^[5]	5
US Record World ^[7]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)	Rank
Canada^[9]	69
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	84

Cover versions

In 1970, a version by Nancy Wilson reached No. 32 on Billboard's easy listening singles chart.^[11]

Spanish cover version

Nino Bravo released a Spanish cover of the song in 1972 called "La Niña Es Ya Mujer."^[12]

References

^ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Scan of Official Cover (2004). The Best Of Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (booklet). Sony, Columbia. p. 10. CK 90626. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
^ Joe Viglione. "The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album - Gary Puckett | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
^ ^a ^b "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1969-09-27. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ ^a ^b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ ^a ^b "Cash Box Top 100 10/11/69". Tropicalglen.com. 1969-10-11. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ ^a ^b "Song artist 664 - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
^ ^a ^b "Song artist 663 - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 261.
^ "Nino Bravo - La niña es ya mujer". YouTube. 2008-11-30. Retrieved 2016-10-02.