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For the Vikki Carr album, see One Hell of a Woman (album).
"One Hell of a Woman"
Single by Mac Davis
from the album Stop and Smell the Roses
B-side"A Poor Man's Gold"
ReleasedMarch 1974
GenreEasy listening[1]
Length2:57
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mac Davis, Mark James
Producer(s)Rick Hall
Mac Davis singles chronology
"Kiss and Make It Better"
(1973) 		"One Hell of a Woman"
(1974) 		"Stop and Smell the Roses"
(1974)

"One Hell of a Woman" is a 1974 song (see 1974 in music) by the American singer-songwriter Mac Davis. The song was written by Davis and Mark James.

Released as a single from his album Stop and Smell the Roses, the song became Davis' second Top 20 hit on the U.S. pop chart, where it peaked at No. 11 in the fall of 1974.[2] The song remained in the Top 40 for ten weeks. It spent a total of 28 weeks on the national charts, 10 weeks longer than did his number-one hit, "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me." Unusually for Davis, the song did not chart on the American country charts. While the song peaked at number 11, it spent so many weeks on the charts that on the "Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974," it was the tenth most successful song of the year.

In the lyrics, the singer praises a woman, later revealed to be his wife. He describes her as a "free and gentle spirit." While he calls her "one hell of a woman," being with her makes him "feel like a hell of a man."

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References

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  1. ^ Simons, David (January 1, 1998). "Mac Davis". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 123.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 72.
  5. ^ [1] Archived October 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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