"Deep River Woman" is a song written by American R&B artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music band Alabama.
It was released in November 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album Dancing on the Ceiling as double A-side with "Ballerina Girl".
The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100, his first solo single to miss the top 10 on that chart.
[1] On Richie's 2012 duets album, Tuskegee, he re-recorded the song with Little Big Town.
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