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"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
Song

"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. The song was used in Revlon commercials in which Shania was a part of, and later on in Chevrolet truck commercials. "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" was the opening song on both the Come on Over Tour and the Up! Tour. "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000. Twain headlined the Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime show, and opened her set with "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!". The song was also performed by American Idol winner Carrie Underwood during the fourth season. In 2006, the single was certified Gold by the RIAA for 100, 000 digital downloads.

Review

Since the release of Shania Twain's 12-times-platinum Come On Over in 1997, this track has been among the most obvious single choices among the steady stream of releases to both pop and country radio. Already a hit at her home base (It peaked at No. 4 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in June), there's no reason that "Man!", with its coquettish turn of phrase, shouldn't have the same kind of appeal as her earlier "That Don't Impress Me Much". There are plenty of tasty ingredients that radio traditionally searches out here-great tempo, attitude, a hook that sells like ice cream in summer (including a guitar riff that conjures the ubiquitous "Spirit In The Sky"), and the instantly recognizable vocals of a woman who is a fond acquaintance of so many millions out there now. This is country crossover at its best and that little something different that radio says it is always after, remixed gently to add a pop touch without stripping it of its vital twang. And wait until you catch this videoclip, which features Twain imitating Robert Palmer in his groundbreaking 1986 clip for "Addicted to Love," complete with buffed and blank-eyed male models in the background. Hilarious. This is all good; go for it.

--Billboard, September 4 1999

Music video

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"Man! I Feel like a Woman!" 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. For the video, the Alternative mix was used.

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 climed 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 fourty 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 secong biggest single, being certified Silver. The song debuted, at it's 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.[1]It also hit the top ten in the Netherlands and Australia.

Audio versions

  • Original Album Version (3:53)*
  • International Version (3:53)*
  • Live from Dallas (3:56)
  • Live from Divas Live (4:34)

*The International Version of the song is also known as the Alternate Mix in Noth America, while the Original Album Version is known as the Alternate Mix internationally.

Track listings

Charts

Chart[2][3] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts 3
Austrian Singles Chart 11
French Singles Chart 3
German Singles Chart 33
Netherlands Singles Chart 10
New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart 1 (1 wk)
Sweden's Singles Chart 20
Swiss Singles Chart 43
UK Singles Chart 3
Chart Peak
position
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
Billboard Country Singles trajectory
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chart position 53 48 36 32 26 23 17 13 12
9
6
5
5
4
4
Billboard AC Singles trajectory
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart position 29 27 26 24 24 23 23 22 21 20 19 16
Billboard Hot 100 Singles trajectory
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Chart position 93 80 61 54 48 44 36 34 39 43 60 72 80 39 91 90 84 67 53 44 40 34 33 35 31 23

(Above trajectories from debut to peak, and does not include decline)

UK Singles trajectory
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Chart position
3
3
6
10 15 18 19 25 29 32 36 46 45 46 48 50 58 67

Awards

Trivia

  • The recording 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.
Preceded by RIANZ (New Zealand)
number one single
8 August 1999 		Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=26081 Chart Stats
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=34388&model.vnuAlbumId=562635 Billboard chart history
  3. ^ http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=1262 International chart history
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