You Make Me Want to Be a Man

"You Make Me Want to Be a Man"
Single by Utada
from the album Exodus
Released United Kingdom October 17, 2005
Format CD, regular single, digital download, radio single
Recorded —
Genre Electronica, techno, alternative dance
Length 4:37
Label Island Def Jam, Mercury
Writer(s) Hikaru Utada
Producer(s) Hikaru Utada
Utada singles chronology
"Be My Last"
(2005)		 "You Make Me Want to Be a Man"
(2005)		 "Passion"
(2005)

"You Make Me Want to Be a Man" is the sixth English language single and 20th single by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Utada. This song was written about her strained relationship with her husband, now ex-husband. The video for this single features a CG android of Utada. It was released in the UK on October 19, 2005.

“ You Make Me Want to Be a Man - To me it was pretty simple and straight-forward. I was trying to deal with my husband, and it was the first time I really came face to face with another human being, and the things that we couldn't understand about each other, or things we argued about, I felt like it was because [of that] some of it was just like a sex issue. I felt like if I could be a man, I could understand him more, in some ways, so I wanted to understand him, and I thought, 'I wish I were a man!' ”

- Utada, on the inspiration for You Make Me Want to Be a Man.

Track listing

CD Version
No. Title Length
1. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Radio Edit)"   3:45
2. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix)"   6:44
3. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Bloodshy & Avant Mix)"   4:03
4. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Video)"   -:--

CD+DVD Promo Version

CD
No. Title Length
1. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Radio Edit)"   3:45
2. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Bloodshy & Avant Mix)"   4:03
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Introduction to Utada"   -:--
2. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Music Video)"   -:--
White Label Promo Vinyl Version
No. Title Length
1. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix)"   6:44
2. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Dub)"   6:22
3. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Tom Neville Remix)"   4:03
4. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Tom Neville Dub)"   -:--
5. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Radio Edit)"   3:45
Promo Vinyl Version
No. Title Length
1. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Tom Neville Mix)"   7:01
2. "You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix)"   6:44

Release history

Country Date Format
United Kingdom October 17, 2005 Digital download, CD, Regular single
United States April 2004 Radio single

Charts

"You Make Me Want to Be a Man" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan), UK Singles Chart Charts (UK)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
October 19, 2005 Oricon Daily Singles Chart No Rank No Rank No Rank
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart No Rank No Rank No Rank
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart No Rank No Rank No Rank
UK Singles Chart 227 - -

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