Stranger in a Strange Land (Barbra Streisand song)

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is a song recorded by American singer Barbra Streisand for her 31st studio album, Guilty Pleasures (2005).

An Amazon.com exclusive, the music video was released for streaming alongside the song and features clips of Streisand interspersed with scenes of soldiers during the Iraq War.

[4] A pop track, "Stranger in a Strange Land", according to Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic, serves as one of Barry Gibb's many attempts to "update his signature sound" on Guilty Pleasures.

During the chorus, Streisand assures a deceased loved one that: "Somewhere in the lonely night, your flame is burning bright / I know it's how I'm gonna stay, for a stranger in a strange land far away.

[13] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic praised Gibb's production work on "Stranger in a Strange Land" (and on single "Night of My Life" and album track "Hideaway") for "proudly stick[ing] to unfashionable pop styles".

[9] "Stranger in a Strange Land" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, but did reach the same publication's Adult Contemporary chart, where it peaked at number 39.