Released October 23, 2007 | Recorded 2007 Length 4:05 | |
Format CD single, Digital download | ||
Rich Woman is a song written by Dorothy LaBostrie and McKinley Millet, who recorded it in 1955; and most notably recorded by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on their 2007 album Raising Sand.
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It won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The single was also prominently featured in the motion picture, Mad Money, starring Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah.
The song was first recorded by Li'l Millet and his Creoles in 1955, for Specialty Records and was also featured on Canned Heat's eponymous first album, in 1967. The Fabulous Thunderbirds included it on their eponymous first album (also known as Girls Go Wild) in 1979. Boz Scaggs opened his 2015 album A Fool To Care, with his version.
Live performances
Plant & Krauss performed this song along with their first single "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009. They also performed this song at the JazzFest 2008.
Chart performance
The song entered the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at #18 on the week of February 28, 2009. It only stayed in the chart for a week.