"Modern Woman" is a song performed by Billy Joel from his album The Bridge. It was the album's lead-off single and was featured on the soundtrack to the film Ruthless People. In the film, the song removes an instrumental break present in the original. It was a Top 10 hit on Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986.
Reception
Cash Box called it "a chugging, instantly appealing cut".[1]Billboard said: "phrases turn with top hat-and-tails flair, rhythm track barrels along like the last of the steam powered trains".[2]
Personnel
Billy Joel – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers
^"Single Releases"(PDF). Cash Box. June 7, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
^"Reviews". Billboard. June 7, 1986. p. 85. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
^"RPM 100 Singles". RPM. Vol. 44, no. 21. 1986-08-16. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-07-02 – via Library and Archives Canada.
