It's a Man's Man's Man's World
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It's a Man's Man's Man's World is a 1966 James Brown song written by himself and Betty Jean Newsome . The song was released on the album of the same name and lasts 2:52 minutes.
history
The content of the song is based on the observations of James Brown's then partner, Betty Jean Newsome. The world was built by men, in the form of cars, trains and electricity, but without women it was worthless. Together with Brown, she wrote the song and gave it the title It's a Man's Man's Man's World , based on the comedy Eine total, totally crazy world (original title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ). In later legal battles aimed at clarifying how many royalties Brown owed Newsome, Newsome claimed that Brown did not write any part of the lyrics.
Although the music magazine Rolling Stone described the song as "biblically chauvinistic", it voted it at number 123 of the 500 best songs of all time (in the 2010 updated version of the list, number 124).
occupation
The song was sung by James Brown . The recording was arranged and directed by Sammy Lowe . Not all members of the studio band who participated during the recording are known. The strings and the bass and trombone players are unknown. The following people are known:
- Trumpet: Dud Bascomb , Waymon Reed and Lamarr Wright
- Piano: Ernie Hayes
- Guitar: Billy Butler
- Drums: Bernard Purdie
- Baritone saxophone: Haywood Henry
Cover versions (selection)
- 1966: Lucio Dalla for his 1999 album (under the title Mondo di uomini )
- 1966: Nino Ferrer for his album Enregistrement public (in French under the title Si tu m'aimes encore and in Italian as Si tu m'aimes encore )
- 1973: Tom Jones for his album The Body and Soul of Tom Jones
- 1984: The Residents (Single)
- 1995: Cher for her album It's a Man's World
- 1997: Marla Glen for her album Our World
- 2003: Joss Stone for her album The Soul Sessions
- 2008: Seal for his album Soul
- 2014: Gerald Albright for his album Slam Dunk
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts FR Charts BE Charts US
- ↑ It's a Woman's World , villagevoice.com
- ^ Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. , rollingstone.com
- ↑ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). Star Time: Song by Song . In Star Time (page 46ff.). New York: PolyGram Records.