"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" is a 1995 song written
by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange for
the film of the same year
Don Juan DeMarco. The melody is used as a musical motif
throughout the film, and the song is featured three times in
the movie, twice performed by other artists in Spanish, and
finally performed by Adams himself during the closing credits.
The Adams version of the song, which features flamenco
guitarist Paco de Lucia, is featured on the soundtrack album
and also on the album
18 Til I Die. It was at number one for five weeks on the
Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the third
number one song for the songwriting team, and went on to earn
them their second Oscar nomination.
Various women's groups contacted Adams when the song became
popular, which led to his publishing a series of books of
photos, with all proceeds going to breast cancer research.
The music video was shot in Spain at Casa las Pavos Reales,
Malaga starring Cecilie Thomsen and Amira. It was directed by
the music video director Anton Corbijn and released and aired
in May 1995.