You Think You're a Man

"You Think You're a Man"
Single by Divine
from the album The Story So Far
Released 1984
Format Vinyl, 12-inch single
Genre Hi-NRG
Label Bellaphon Records, Proto Records
Writer(s) Geoff Deane
Producer(s) Barry Evangeli, Pete Waterman
Divine singles chronology
"Shake It Up"
(1983)		 "You Think You're A Man"
(1984)		 "I'm So Beautiful"
(1984)

"You Think You're a Man" is the fifth single from the album The Story So Far by Divine. It was also covered by The Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP Son of a Gun. It was written by Geoff Deane, formerly the lead singer and main songwriter with both the Leyton Buzzards and Modern Romance, and his sometime songwriting partner Keith Miller. Geoff Deane later went on to write the cross dressing-themed movie Kinky Boots.

Chart performance

"You Think You're a Man" became Divine's first single to chart on the New Zealand Singles Chart. It debuted and peaked at #27. The song spent four weeks on the chart.[1]

"You Think You're a Man" spent nine weeks on the German Singles Chart and peaked at #32. It spent one week at its peak. It was Divine's third Top 40 single on the chart.[2]

Live performances

Divine performed the song "You Think You're a Man" as the featured musical guest the Australian TV program Countdown. Divine also performed on the UK TV program Top of the Pops on July 19, 1984, which resulted in a barrage of complaints. [3]

Media appearances

A cover of the song, by dance band Full Frontal, was featured in the British television series Queer as Folk, in the second episode. It was also featured in the series premiere of the North American version.

Track listings

  1. "You Think You're A Man (Remix)" - 6:26
  2. "You Think You're A Man (Radio Mix)" - 3:35
  3. "Give It Up" - 3:05
  1. "You Think You're A Man (Special Remix)" - 6:26
  2. "You Think You're A Man" - 8:07

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
Position
Australian Singles Chart 8
German Singles Chart[2] 32
New Zealand Singles Chart[6] 27
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 9
UK Singles Chart[8] 16

References

  1. ↑ Divine - You Think You're A Man New Zealand Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Divine - Singles Musicline.de (German). Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. ↑ Divine - Discography Dreamland News. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  4. ↑ Divine - You Think You're A Man Dutch Single Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  5. ↑ Divine - You Think You're A Man German Single Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  6. ↑ Divine - Discography New Zealand Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  7. ↑ Divine - Discography Swiss Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  8. ↑ "Divine". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

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