Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
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| Single by Shania Twain from the album Come on Over |
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| Released | March 1999 (Country) September 20, 1999 (UK) |
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| Format | Radio Single, Maxi Single | ||||
| Recorded | 1997 | ||||
| Genre | Country, pop, country-rock | ||||
| Length | 3:53 | ||||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | ||||
| Writer(s) | Robert Lange, Shania Twain | ||||
| Producer | Robert "Mutt" Lange | ||||
| Certification | Platinum (Australia, New Zealand) Gold (U.S.) Silver (UK) |
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"Man! I Feel like a Woman!" is a Grammy Award winning song by singer Shania Twain. It was the seventh country single released from Shania Twain's 1997 album Come on Over, while it was fourth to pop, and fifth to AC and International markets. It was written by Mutt Lange and Shania Twain. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" was originally released to North American country radio stations in early 1999. "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" was the opening song on both the Come on Over Tour and the Up! Tour. The song won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000.[1] Twain headlined the Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime show, and opened her set with "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!". In 2006, the single was certified Gold by the RIAA for 100 000 digital downloads.
"Man! I Feel like a Woman!" was used to comic effect in a 2004 Chevy Colorado TV commercial, in which a group of men are traveling in one of the vehicles, and one of them begins singing along very enthusiastically with Twain's recording (from the female narrative), much to the discomfort of his friends. (Chevrolet is a sponsor of the Country Music Association.) The song was also performed by American Idol winner Carrie Underwood during the fourth season. Britney Spears can be seen singing "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" in her movie Crossroads.
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[edit] Critical reception
Billboard reviewed the single favorably, calling it "country crossover at its best."[2]
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" was shot in New York City and directed by Paul Boyd. It was filmed on January 11 and debuted on March 3, 1999. The video is a role reversed version of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love". The video won the MuchMoreMusic Video of the Year award at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 2000. The original version of the video is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection.
[edit] Chart performance
"Man! I Feel like a Woman!" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of March 13, 1999 at number 53, the highest debut of the week. The single spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number four on June 12, 1999, where it remained for two weeks. The single became Twain's eleventh top ten (seventh consecutive), and her thirteenth top twenty single on the country charts. "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" also topped the Hot Country Recurrents chart for two weeks.
At adult contemporary radio, "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" debuted at number 29 the week of October 2, 1999, the highest debut of the week. The single spent 26 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 16 on December 18, 1999, where it remained for one week. "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" became Twain's fifth consecutive top twenty single, however it was her first to miss the top ten.
Twain's fifth most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 is "Man! I Feel like a Woman!". It debuted on April 17, 1999, at number 93. It spent 28 weeks on the chart and peaked at number 23 for one week on November 13, 1999. The song became Twain's seventh top forty single, it would have peaked higher if a commercial single was issued, however Mercury did not release one, it was also would have peaked higher if the song was released to Country, Pop and AC at the same time, instead of months apart giving it an uneven chart climb.
"Man! I Feel like a Woman!" became Twain's second consecutive number one in New Zealand, where it debuted at the top spot, and was certified platinum, making it her biggest single in that country. In France, it was her first and to date, only top ten single. In the UK, "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" became Twain's second biggest single, being certified Silver. The song debuted, at its peak, on October 2, 1999 at number three, where it remained for two weeks, and remained in the top ten for another two weeks. It remained on the entire chart for 18 weeks. "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" became Twain's fourth (third consecutive) top ten in the UK.[3] It also hit the top ten in the Netherlands and Australia.
[edit] Audio versions
- Original Album Version (3:53)
- International Version (3:53)
- Alternate Version (3:53)
- Live from Dallas (3:56)
- Live from Divas Live (4:34)
In addition, another version was released on the Up (Live in Chicago) DVD.[4]
[edit] Charts
| Chart[5][6] | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Charts[7] | 4 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[8] | 11 |
| Belgian Ultratop 50 Singles Chart[9] | 16 |
| Canada RPM Country Singles | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[10] | 10 |
| French Singles Chart[11] | 3 |
| German Singles Chart | 33 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[12] | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[13] | 20 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[14] | 43 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 20 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 8 |
| United World Chart | 16 |
| Preceded by "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez |
RIANZ (New Zealand) number one single 8 August 1999 |
Succeeded by "If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five |
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.shaniatwain.com/about-awards.asp Shania Twain awards
- ^ Billboard, September 4, 1999
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=26081 Chart Stats
- ^ Amazon.com: Shania Twain - Up (Live in Chicago): Movies & TV: Shania Twain
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=34388&model.vnuAlbumId=562635 Billboard chart history
- ^ http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=1262 International chart history
- ^ http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Australia Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://www.austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Austria Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Belgium Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Netherlands Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s France Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s New Zealand Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Sweden Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Switzerland Singles Chart Peaks
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