"Only Women Bleed" is a song written by Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner. It is a ballad about a woman in an abusive marriage. The song was often mistakenly presumed to be about menstruation, and that has limited its play on radio and in other public forums. It is one of Cooper's biggest hits, reaching #1 on the Canadian RPM national singles chart (listed as "Only Women", see below) and #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1975. It is from his album Welcome to My Nightmare. It was the first of several ballad releases by Cooper that got into the top 20.