"Born a Woman" is a song by American pop singer

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, produced by Chips Moman in Nashville on March 15, 1966. This reached No.12 on the

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in August 1966. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a

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. "Born a Woman" features prominent piano, understated strings and horns, and distinctive multitracked vocals.See John Dowler, liner notes for "Born to be Hurt" Raven Records, 2004 Posey received two

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nominations for "Born a Woman" in the categories of vocal performance (female) and contemporary ( R&R) solo vocal. "Born a Woman" was covered in Australia in 1966 by

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, and her version and Posey's reached third and second respectively in the national charts in that country. The song was listed as No.23 in

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'' EP and by

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. It was later used by

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for his "Feminist Update".

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