<Table> <Tr> <Td> "No Sad Song" (1972) </Td> <Td> "I Am Woman" (1972) </Td> <Td> "Peaceful" (1973) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "No Sad Song" (1972) </Td> <Td> "I Am Woman" (1972) </Td> <Td> "Peaceful" (1973) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Am Woman" is a song written by Australian - American artist Helen Reddy and singer - songwriter Ray Burton and performed by Reddy . The first recording of the song appeared on Reddy's debut album I Don't Know How to Love Him, released in May 1971, and was heard during the closing credits for the 1972 film Stand Up and Be Counted . A new recording of the song was released as a single in May 1972 and became a number one hit later that year, eventually selling over one million copies . The song came near the apex of the counterculture era and, by celebrating female empowerment, became an enduring anthem for the women's liberation movement . </P> <P> After securing a recording contract in 1971 with Capitol Records that yielded the hit "I Don't Know How to Love Him", Reddy--then living in Los Angeles--was asked for an album . She gave the label a set of 10 jazz - tinged pop songs . Nestled among the Leon Russell, Graham Nash and Van Morrison songs were two Reddy and Burton originals . "I Am Woman" was one of them . The composition was the result of Reddy's search for a song that would express her growing passion for female empowerment . In a 2003 interview in Australia's Sunday Magazine (published with the Sunday Herald Sun and Sunday Telegraph), she explained: </P>

Who sings i am woman hear me roar