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It's a Man's Man's Man's World
1966 single by James Brown
This article is about the song. For the album, see It's a Man's Man's Man's World (album). For other uses, see It's a Man's World (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the BillboardR&B chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2][3] Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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[edit]The song is written in the key of E-flat minor. The lyrics, which Rolling Stone characterized as "biblically chauvinistic",[4] attribute all the works of modern civilization (the car, the train, the boat ("Like Noah made the ark"), and the electric light) to the efforts of men, but claim that it all
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This article is about the song. For the album, see It's a Man's Man's Man's World (album). For other uses, see It's a Man's World (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the BillboardR&B chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2][3] Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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The song is written in the key of E-flat minor. The lyrics, which Rolling Stone characterized as "biblically chauvinistic",[4] attribute all the works of modern civilization (the car, the train, the boat ("Like Noah made the ark"), and the electric light) to the efforts of men, but claim that it all would "mean nothing without a woma
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The Associate (soundtrack)
- Shades - lead and back vocals
- Queen Latifah - lead vocal, additional lyrics
- Free - lead vocal, additional lyrics
- Taral Hicks - lead vocal
- Chantay Savage - lead vocal
- LaShanda Reese - lead vocal
- Anita Pointer - lead vocal
- The Pointer Sisters - back vocals
- Patra - lead vocal
- James Brown - lead vocal, writer, producer
- Kate Pierson - lead vocal
- Cindy Wilson - lead vocal
- Louise Hoffsten - lead vocal, writer, harmonica
- The Tri-City Singers - back vocals
- Tanya Smith - back vocal
- Shonda Howard - back vocal
- Vicki Mc Kisic - back vocal
- Timmy Maia - back vocal
- Sonja - back vocal
- Claytoven Richardson - back vocal
- Skyler Jett - back vocal
- Sandy Griffith - back vocal
- Nikita Germaine - back vocal
- Al Beretta - rap
- Christopher Tyng - writer, producer, synthesizer, drum programming
- Taylor Tyng - writer, guitar
- Diane Warren - writer
- Bernie Taupin - writer
- Elton John - writer
- Narada Michael Walden - writer, producer, background vocal arrangem