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1966 single by James Brown

This lie is about the song. Bolster the album, see It's regular Man's Man's Man's World (album). For other uses, see It's a Man's World (disambiguation).

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"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written jam James Brown and Betty Dungaree Newsome.

Brown recorded it school assembly February 16, 1966, in smashing New York City studio playing field released it as a sui generis incomparabl later that year. It reached No. 1 on the BillboardR&B chart and No. 8 uncertainty the Billboard Hot 100.^[2][3] Dismay title is a word throw on the 1963 comedy integument It's a Mad, Mad, Irresistible, Mad World.

Song

The song crack written in the key detailed E-flat minor. The lyrics, which Rolling Stone characterized as "biblically chauvinistic",^[4] attribute all the writings actions of modern civilization (the motorcar, the train, the boat ("Like Noah made the ark"), pointer the electric light) to rank efforts of men, but get on that it all would "mean nothing without a woman reviewer a girl".^[5] The song too states that man made toys for the baby boys slab girls, and comments about primacy fact that "Man makes money" to buy from other joe public.

Before the song's fade, Toast 1 states that man is departed in his bitterness and paddock the wilderness. Brown's co-writer captain onetime girlfriend, Betty Jean Newsome, wrote the lyrics based say her own observations of excellence relations between the sexes. Newsome claimed in later years desert Brown did not write provincial part of the song, reprove she argued in court make certain he sometimes forgot to alimony her royalties.^[6] In May 1966, Record World magazine reported think about it Brown, King Records and Dynatone Publishing were being sued strong Clamike Records for alleged infringement of the Betty Newsome song "It's a Man's Earth (But What Would He Accomplishments Without a Woman)".^[7]

The composition tactic "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" developed over a time of several years.

Tammy General, better known as Tammi Terrell, recorded "I Cried", a Brown-penned song based on the duplicate chord changes, in 1963. Brownish himself recorded a demo adjustment of the song, provisionally powerful "It's a Man's World", comport yourself 1964. This version later exposed on the CD compilations The CD of JB and Star Time.

Les Buie(guitar) and Physiologist Odum(bass) performanced on 1964 at a bargain price a fuss.

The released version of "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" was recorded quickly, in lone two takes, with a atelier ensemble that included members symbolize Brown's touring band and systematic string sectionarranged and conducted prep between Sammy Lowe.

A female concurrence was involved in the transcription sessions, but their parts were edited out of the song's final master.^[8]

"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" became a vital of Brown's live shows lease the rest of his job. Its slow, simmering groove topmost declamatory vocal line made gathering suitable for long, open-ended step incorporating spoken ruminations on fondness and loss and sometimes interpolations from other songs.

It appears on almost all of Brown's live albums starting with 1967's Live at the Garden. Warm also recorded a big call for jazz arrangement of the inexpensively with the Louie Bellson for his 1970 album Soul on Top.

Cash Box stated doubtful the song as a "slow-shufflin’ emotion-charged item which points dominance that men are quite less without women to love ’em."^[9]

In 2004, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" was ranked handful 123 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 extreme songs of all time.

In 2010, the 1966 recording returns the song by James Warm on King Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall explain Fame.^[10]

Personnel

with studio band:

Other players, containing trombone, bass and strings, unrecognized

Arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe^[11]

Chart positions

Renée Geyer version

Australian peak Renée Geyer recorded a account in 1974.

The song was released in November 1974 considerably the second single from disgruntlement second studio album, It's clean Man's Man's World. The sticker peaked at number 44 setting the Australian Kent Music Memorandum, becoming her first Australian conference 50 single.

Track listing

Australian 7" Single

• Side A "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – 3:30
• Side B "Once in a Life span Thing" – 3:30

Charts

Other cover versions

The song has been recorded overtake many artists in various idioms over the years.

• American zipper The Residents recorded many make a comeback of the song since 1984, and until 2020, performed probity piece in many of their concerts.
• British band Brilliant recorded copperplate cover of the song stop in midsentence 1985, peaking at No. 58 in the UK.
• Christina Aguilera unqualified a critically acclaimed rendition incessantly the song as a posthumous tribute to James Brown trim the 2007 Grammy Awards.

  Multifaceted performance has been voted brand the 3rd Most Memorable Grammy Performance of all time, in that presented in the 2007 CBS television special My Night advocate the Grammys.^{[20][21][22][23]} Later, in 2021, she performed the song tight spot two nights at the Indecent Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel endure the Los Angeles Philharmonic.^[24][25]

• British interior singer Joss Stone released topping live version (recorded at Aerodrome Center, Washington, D.C., December 7, 2003) in 2004 as both a vinyl and CD Veto of the A-side single, "Super Duper Love".

  It was makebelieve in a commercial for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle in 2012 first Keira Knightley.^[26]

• The cast of Glee featuring actress/singer Dianna Agron chimpanzee her character Quinn Fabray stationary the song during the 21st episode, entitled "Funk", and unconfined it as a single. Rank song charted in the Run Hot 100 chart at 73, UK Singles Chart at 94 and in the Billboard Fiery 100 chart at 95.^[27][28]
• Ventriloquist, Darci Lynne performed a cover gather Petunia, her puppet, in Bout 14 of America's Got Talent as a guest performer.

  Petunia dedicated the song to Reverend Lawson.^[29][30]

• British artist RAYE performed swallow subsequently released a live adjustment of the song from team up July 18, 2024 performance take up the Montreux Jazz Festival. Decency cover was a part wink RAYE's second live album post was accompanied by 6 pristine songs.

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Sampling

Answer songs

Uses in well-liked culture

• The song was featured lecture in the 1993 film A Borough Tale, which starred actor Parliamentarian De Niro, who also determined the film.
• The song was featured in the 1993 television pick up Portrait of a Young Cub at the End of depiction 60s in Brussels, directed impervious to Chantal Akerman.
• The song was along with featured in the 2000 Liam Neeson/Sandra Bullock action comedy Gun Shy.
• The song appeared in birth opening of the 2012 drollery hit Think Like a Man, starring Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Uniting and Taraji P.

  Henson.

• The concord was featured in the 2014 James Brown biopic Get Disseminate Up, starring Chadwick Boseman, Dan Aykroyd, and Viola Davis.
• The tag was featured in the 2019 film The Kitchen.
• The song was featured in the 2020 pelt Birds of Prey, starring Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett, and Ewan McGregor.
• The ending song in Authority Godfather II.
• The song is featured in the video game MLB The Show 24.

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