Written by Rick Roberts, then the group's frontman, the track is distinguished by the performance on flute of Firefall member David Muse and vocals by Chuck Kirkpatrick.

Rick would recall writing "You Are the Woman": "When that chorus and tune jumped into my head I realized I was [not] creating...one of the great works of art in history...[but rather] a bouncy little pop ditty...I was stumped for several months about where the verses should go [ie.

"[2] Steve Heflin recalls that right after the song jumped into Rick's head, a group of his friends were fortunate to have him sing it: Steve Heflin, Chris Wienard, and Janet Cooper were gathered around Rick who was sitting on the arm of an over-stuffed chair in Chris's apartment in Boulder, Colorado.

Introduced on Firefall, the band's debut album recorded at Miami's Criteria Studios and released in August 1976, "You Are the Woman" was issued as the album's second single that summer after several other tracks had received airplay on FM radio including the lead single "Livin' Ain't Livin'", which had just missed the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

After two months of support in smaller markets, "You Are the Woman" broke in such larger areas as Chicago and Houston in October 1976, effecting a top 40 entry with a subsequent ascent to a No.