[3] Lang stated most of the songs on his album More are "old school country" and "fun", and he wanted to have something different with "Only a Woman".

[2] He elected to release a piano version of the song later in 2020 when it became a single to "make it extra special" for fans.

[4] BuzzMusic referred to the song as a "sweet Country track that brightens our days with help from the dreamy instrumentals and Matt Lang's warm serenade," saying it "offers emotion from all corners while reminding us to hold our loved ones close".

[2] "Only a Woman" reached a peak of number 11 on the Billboard Canada Country chart for the week of April 10, 2021.

[5] It peaked at number 99 on the Canadian Hot 100 one week later, marking Lang's second entry on that chart.