My Man (Luv' song)
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| “My Man” | |||||
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| Single by Luv' from the album With Luv' |
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| B-side | Don't Let Me Down | ||||
| Released | 1977 | ||||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single | ||||
| Recorded | 1977 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:04 | ||||
| Label | Philips Records/Phonogram Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (a.k.a Janschen & Janschens) | ||||
| Producer | Hans van Hemert | ||||
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This song is not to be confused with two other songs:
- My Man, the English translation of the 1920s song, Mon homme, composed by Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz and Maurice Yvain
- My Man by Yoko Ono
"My Man" is the debut single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the Spring of 1977 by Philips Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album, With Luv'.
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[edit] Song history
The song is Luv's very first commercially available single. In 1976, the producers and song writers Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer first recorded the music of a self penned composition entitled My Man and were looking for female vocalists. They recruited three young women (José Hoebee, Marga Scheide and Patty Brard) to form the girl group Luv'. The lyrics of this track (which dealed with a railroad man who was shot and died) shocked the Netherlands because at the same time of its release, a taking of hostages happened in a train in Drente in May 1977.
[edit] Chart performance
Though this song didn't get lots of airplay, its peak position in the Dutch Top 40 charts was #12 and it also became a Top 10 hit in Flanders (Belgium). Luv' performed it during the famous Musikladen TV show broadcasted on August 18th 1977 to promote it in the German speaking countries. However, My Man failed to break into the charts in Germany, in Austria and in Switzerland.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 12 |
| Flanders (BRT Top 30) | 10 |
[edit] Chart sources
- Dutch charts : (Dutch) Stichting Nederlandse Top 40
- Belgian charts :(Dutch) BRT Top 30/Radio 2 Top 30
