Deep River Woman

"Deep River Woman"
Single by Lionel Richie with Alabama
from the album Dancing on the Ceiling
A-side	"Ballerina Girl"
Released	December 6, 1986
Genre	country pop
Length	4:35
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Lionel Richie
Producer(s)	Lionel Richie James Anthony Carmichael
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"Love Will Conquer All" (1986) "Ballerina Girl" (1986) / "Deep River Woman" (1987) "Se La" (1987)
Alabama singles chronology "Touch Me When We're Dancing" (1986) "Deep River Woman" (1987) ""You've Got" the Touch" (1987)

"Deep River Woman" is a single written by American artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music group Alabama. It was released in December 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album Dancing on the Ceiling. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100.

Chart performance

Chart (1986-1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	71
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	28
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10

Cover versions

On Richie's 2012 duets album, Tuskegee, he re-recorded the song with Little Big Town. It charted on the Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay at number 60 for the week of June 16, 2012, spending only one week on the chart.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics