The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)

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"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"
"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" cover
Single by Shania Twain
from the album The Woman in Me
Released August 1995
Format Radio Single
Maxi Single
CD Single
Cassingle
Recorded 1994
Genre Country
Length 3:57
Label Mercury Nashville
Producer(s) Mutt Lange
Chart positions
  • #14 (U.S. Country)
Shania Twain singles chronology
"Any Man of Mine"
(1995)		 "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"
(1995)		 "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
(1995)

"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the third single and title track from her 1995 album The Woman in Me. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. The song became Twain's third top-twenty hit at country radio. It was released to radio in August of 1995, following the success of her previous single "Any Man of Mine". Despite not being able to crack the top-ten "The Woman in Me" was still included in Twain's 2004 Greatest Hits package.

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[edit] Review

“ After two uptempo radio smashes, Mercury releases the title cut from Twain's hot-selling album. Judging from her winning streak at country radio this summer, this single will likely follow its predecessors up the charts. Twain's voice sparkled with personality on the two previous singles, and on this one she seems to gain some momentum on the chorus, but on the verses it seems like she doesn't quite get a vocal grasp on this song. ”

--Billboard, August 12, 1995

"The Woman in Me" video
"The Woman in Me" video

[edit] Music video

The music video for "The Woman in Me" was shot in Cairo and Saqqara, Egypt and directed by Markus Blunder. It was filmed during the first week of July 1995 and released on August 9, 1995. In the video, Twain is riding around on a horse through the desert by the pyramids and riding a boat down the Nile River. The video is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection.

[edit] Chart performance

"The Woman in Me" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of August 12, 1995 at number 65. At that time, her highest debut, a record previously held by "Any Man of Mine". It spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 14 on November 4, 1995, where it remained for one week. "The Woman in Me" became Twain's third consecutive top twenty single.

[edit] Audio versions

  • Album Version (4:50)
  • Radio Edit (3:57)
  • Steel Guitarless Mix (4:50)

[edit] Track listings

U.S. CD/Cassette (Double A-Side)

  1. "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"
  2. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!

Australian Maxi CD

  1. "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" (Steel Guitarless Mix)
  2. "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" (Dance Mix)
  3. "Leaving is the Only Way Out"
  4. "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"

[edit] Charts

Chart[1] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 14
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 4*

*Equivalent to #104 on the Hot 100.

Billboard Country Singles trajectory
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
Chart position 65 58 47 39 37 30 27 22 19 19 20 18 14

(Trajectory from debut to peak, and does not include decline)

[edit] Awards

The following are awards which have been won by "The Woman in Me".[2]

  • 1996: Golden Pick Awards - Favorite Video of the Year

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=34388&model.vnuAlbumId=562635 Billboard chart history
  2. ^ http://www.shaniasplace.com/Facts%20and%20Figures/Shania_facts_and_figures_awards.htm Shania Twain awards
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