You Think You're a Man

"You Think You're a Man"
Single by Divine
from the album The Story So Far
Released July 1984
Format Vinyl, 12-inch single
Genre Hi-NRG
Label Bellaphon Records, Proto Records
Writer(s) Geoff Deane
Producer(s) Barry Evangeli, Stock Aitken Waterman
Divine singles chronology
"Shake It Up"
(1983)		 "You Think You're A Man"
(1984)		 "I'm So Beautiful"
(1984)

"You Think You're a Man" is the fifth single from the album The Story So Far by Divine. It was also covered by The Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP Son of a Gun. It was written by Geoff Deane, formerly the lead singer and main songwriter with both the Leyton Buzzards and Modern Romance, and his sometime songwriting partner Keith Miller. Geoff Deane later went on to write the cross dressing-themed movie Kinky Boots.

Chart performance

"You Think You're a Man" was the first single produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman to reach the UK Top 75 chart, peaking at #16 in August 1984.[1]

In Ireland, "You Think You're a Man" peaked at #14 and spent three weeks on the Irish Singles Chart.[2]

"You Think You're a Man" spent nine weeks on the German Singles Chart, and peaked at #32 in September 1984.[3] It spent one week at its peak.[3] It was Divine's third Top 40 single on the chart.[4]

In Australia, "You Think You're a Man" peaked at #8 for two weeks in October 1984, and spent 18 weeks on the top 100 Kent Music Report chart.[5]

"You Think You're a Man" became Divine's first single to chart on the New Zealand Singles Chart. It debuted and peaked at #27 in March 1985, and spent four weeks on the chart.[6]

Live performances

Divine performed the song "You Think You're a Man" as the featured musical guest the Australian TV program Countdown. Divine also performed on the UK TV program Top of the Pops on July 19, 1984, which resulted in a barrage of complaints. [7]

Media appearances

A cover of the song, by dance band Full Frontal, was featured in the British television series Queer as Folk, in the second episode. It was also featured in the series premiere of the North American version.

Track listings

  1. "You Think You're a Man (Remix)" - 6:26
  2. "You Think You're a Man (Radio Mix)" - 3:35
  3. "Give It Up" - 3:05
  1. "You Think You're a Man (Special Remix)" - 6:26
  2. "You Think You're a Man" - 8:07

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 8
German Singles Chart[3] 32
Irish Singles Chart[2] 14
New Zealand Singles Chart[6] 27
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 9
UK Singles Chart[1] 16

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Charts > Divine". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  2. 1 2 "Screen shot of page 2 of search results for 'Divine' on http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2015-11-15. External link in |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 "Offizielle Deutche Charts > Divine - You Think You're a Man". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Divine (singles)". GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  5. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  6. 1 2 "charts.org.nz > Divine - You Think You're a Man (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  7. ↑ Divine - Discography Dreamland News. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  8. ↑ Divine - You Think You're A Man Dutch Single Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  9. ↑ Divine - You Think You're A Man German Single Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  10. ↑ Divine - Discography Swiss Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
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