Born a Woman

{{Infobox song

| name = Born a Woman

| cover =

| type = single

| artist = Sandy Posey

| album = Born a Woman

| B-side = Caution to the Wind

| released = {{Start date|1966|3}}

| recorded = Nashville

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 01:57

| label = MGM

| writer = Martha Sharp

| producer = Chips Moman

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Single Girl

| next_year = 1966

}}

"Born a Woman" is a song by American pop singer Sandy Posey, produced by Chips Moman in Nashville on March 15, 1966.{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/9229/sposey.htm |title=MGM home page |access-date=October 10, 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021031202/http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/9229/sposey.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2009 }} This reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2010|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=708|year=2011|isbn=978-0-89820-188-8}} It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.{{cite book

| first= Joseph

| last= Murrells

| year= 1978

| title= The Book of Golden Discs

| edition= 2nd

| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd

| location= London

| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/210 210]

| isbn= 0-214-20512-6

| url-access= registration

| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/210

}}{{dubious|Gold disc|date=November 2021}}

"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 Grammy Award 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 Judy Stone, 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 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966. Posey's original reached No.7 on the Canadian chart and No.24 on the UK chart.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 432}}

The song was later covered by Nick Lowe on his Bowi EP and by Hubble Bubble. It was later used by Rush Limbaugh for his "Feminist Update".