My Man and Me

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"My Man and Me"
Single by Lynsey de Paul
from the album Taste Me...Don't Waste Me
B-side"Dancing On a Saturday Night"
Released1975
GenrePop
Length3:46
Songwriter(s)Lynsey de Paul
Lynsey de Paul singles chronology
"Rhythm And Blue Jean Baby"
(1975) 		"My Man and Me"
(1975) 		"Love Bomb"
(1975)

"My Man and Me" is a song written,[1] recorded and produced by the British female singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul for her second album, Taste Me... Don't Waste Me, and released as a single on 21 February 1975.[2] It reached the UK top 40 in March 1975 and was de Paul's seventh UK Singles Chart hit.[3] It was listed as one of the best singles of 1975 in the UK music paper Record Mirror.[4] The song also reached No. 23 on the Radio Capital Countdown on 29 March 1975, No. 27 on the Radio Luxembourg singles chart on 1 April 1975[5] and No. 35 on the NME singles chart.[6] Despite not being her biggest hit, it is rated the most played de Paul song on the BBC.[7] Notable performances of the song include a live version for The Old Grey Whistle Test,[8] a live performance on David Nixon's Christmas Magic shown on prime time TV on Christmas Day,[9] and an appearance singing the song on Top of the Pops on 20 February 1975.[10] It was included as one of the tracks on the K-Tel 1976 compilation album 44 Superstars,[11] as well as various Polydor compilation albums such as That's When The Music Gets Me.[12]

The song has been released as a cover version by Swedish singer Agneta Munther with Swedish lyrics by Britt Lindeborg on her 1975 album Två sidor;[13] as well as by Japanese artist Beautiful Hummingbird accompanied by acoustic guitar.[14]

The song title and lyric was altered to "My Girl and Me" on the 1977 single release by ex-the Move member Carl Wayne, which was produced by de Paul.[15] It was given a more bluesy makeover that seems to be a precursor to de Paul's re-recorded version of the song for her 1979 album Tigers and Fireflies.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "My Man and Me". Repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  2. ^ "Lynsey De Paul - My Man And Me / Dancing On A Saturday Night - Jet - UK - JET 750". 45cat.com. 1975-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. ^ "My Man And Me". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  4. ^ "Rocklist.net...Record Mirror Lists". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. ^ "Lynsey De Paul - My Man And Me / Dancing On A Saturday Night". Discogs. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ^ NME, 29 March 1975
  7. ^ "Lynsey de Paul - New Songs, Playlists, Videos & Tours - BBC Music". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  8. ^ "OGWT Lynsey De Paul". Bob Harris. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  9. ^ "David Nixon's Christmas Magic". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Episode #12.8". IMDb.com. 20 February 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Various - 44 Superstars". Discogs. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Various - That's When The Music Gets Me". Discogs. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Original versions of Min man och jag (My Man and me) by Agneta Munther". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  14. ^ "Beautiful Hummingbird - Beautiful Hummingbird (CD)". Discogs.com. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  15. ^ "Carl Wayne - Hi Summer / My Girl And Me - Weekend / DJM - UK - DJS 10797". 45cat.com. 1978-01-21. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  16. ^ "Lynsey De Paul – Tigers And Fireflies". Discogs. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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