Lady Willpower


"Lady Willpower" is a song written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1968 album Incredible. The single was awarded a million-selling Gold disc from the RIAA.

Song background

It is sung from the point of view of a man who is frustrated that the woman he is seeing will not agree to have sex with him. He promises, if she complies, to "shower heart with tenderness," but it is also implicit that the relationship will end if she does not.

Chart performance

In the U.S., the song hit No. 1 Cashbox Top 100 It ranked among Cashboxs Top 100 singles of 1968, where it hit the No. 1 position the week ending August 3, 1968.
"Lady Willpower" went No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. and reached No. 26 on the Easy Listening chart.. The song was the No. 34 song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles in 1968.
Outside the US, "Lady Willpower" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart during the year.