"
Oh, Pretty Woman" (originally issued as "
Pretty Woman") is a song recorded by
Roy Orbison, written by Orbison and
Bill Dees. It was released as a single in August 1964 on
Monument Records and spent three weeks at number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 – the second single by Orbison to top the US charts. It was also Orbison's third single to top the
UK Singles Chart chart (for a total of three weeks). The record ultimately sold seven million copies and marked the high point in Orbison's career. Within months of its release, in October 1964, the single was certified
gold by the
RIAA. At the year's end,
Billboard ranked it the number four song of 1964.