Gypsy Woman (The Impressions song)

{{Short description|1961 song performed by The Impressions}}

{{More citations needed|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Gypsy Woman

| image = Gypsy woman by the impressions US single side-A.png

| alt = side-A label

| caption = Side A of the original US single

| type = single

| artist = The Impressions

| album = The Impressions

| B-side = As Long as You Love Me

| released = October 1961

| format =

| recorded =

| studio = Universal Recording (Chicago){{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |last2=Clark |first2=William |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |date=2003 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, California, USA |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 |page=133}}

| genre =

• Rhythm and blues{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=310}}
• Latin soul{{cite book|title= Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music|first=Peter|last=Doggett|date= 1 January 2015|chapter= Soul Food|page= 283|publisher=The Bodley Head|location= London|isbn=978-1-847-92218-2

|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Electric_Shock.html?id=guSsCAAAQBAJ|access-date= 20 February 2025}}

| length = 2:20

| label = ABC-Paramount

| writer = Curtis Mayfield{{cite web|title=discogs.com|website=Discogs |date=September 1961 |url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Impressions-Gypsy-Woman-As-Long-As-You-Love-Me/release/2198815|accessdate=June 8, 2021}}

| producer =

| prev_title = For Your Precious Love

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = Grow Closer Together

| next_year = 1962

}}

"Gypsy Woman" is a 1961 rhythm and blues song written by Curtis Mayfield and recorded by his group the Impressions. The group's first single following the departure of lead singer Jerry Butler, it reached No. 2 on the US Billboard R&B chart, No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100{{cite web

| last = Huey

| first = Steve

| title = The Impressions [Awards]

| publisher = AllMusic

| url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-impressions-mn0000082013/awards

| access-date = 20 August 2014}} and number 17 on the Cash Box chart. It also appeared on the group's 1963 eponymous debut album. Joe Bataan (1967), Brian Hyland (1970), Bobby Womack (1985), Steve Marriott (1989), and Santana (1990) covered this song.

According to a 1995 British interview, Mayfield wrote "Gypsy Woman" when he was 12 years old.{{cite web|title=Curtis Mayfield: Darker Than Blue (1995)| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESEsC8mVLwo}}