"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 backed with de Paul's smoochy version of "Dancing on a Saturday Night" on 21 February 1975.[2]
| "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" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lynsey de Paul | |||
| Lynsey de Paul singles chronology | ||||
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Chart performance edit
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] It was also listed as one of the best singles of 1975 by the Record Mirror (at that time known as Record Mirror & Disc).[8]
Other recordings edit
Notable performances of the song include a live version for The Old Grey Whistle Test,[9] and a live performance on David Nixon's Christmas Magic shown on prime time TV on Christmas Day,[10] plus an appearance singing the song on Top of the Pops on 20 February 1975.[11] De Paul also performed the song on The Russell Harty Show on 14 March 1975,[12] and on the British children's TV programme Magpie.[13] De Paul also performed the song as part of a special televised concert for the BBC.[14] It was included as one of the tracks on the K-Tel 1976 compilation album 44 Superstars,[15] as well as various Polydor compilation albums such as That's When the Music Gets Me,[16] 14 Internationale Hits,[17] and Super Dance Party 3.[18]
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;[19] as well as by Japanese duo Beautiful Hummingbird (Mitsuko Koike and Nobuaki Tabata)[20] accompanied by acoustic guitar on their self titled 2013 CD album.[21]
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.[22] 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.[23] It has since been released on a number of de Paul compilation albums.[24][25][26][27]
References edit
- ^ "My Man and Me". Repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "My Man and Me". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Rocklist.net...Record Mirror Lists". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul - My Man and Me / Dancing on a Saturday Night". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ NME, 29 March 1975
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul - New Songs, Playlists, Videos & Tours - BBC Music". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Record Mirror & Disc, p. 2, 27 December 1975
- ^ "OGWT Lynsey de Paul". Bob Harris. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "David Nixon's Christmas Magic". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Episode #12.8". IMDb. 20 February 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "TV Pop Diaries - 1975". Tvpopdiaries.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ Record Mirror, 15 March 1975. p. 9
- ^ "Lynsey De Paul". IMDb.com. March 22, 1975.
- ^ "Various - 44 Superstars". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Various - That's When the Music Gets Me". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "14 Internationale Hits (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Super Dance Party 3 (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Original Versions of Min Man och Jag (My Man and Me) by Agneta Munther". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Beautiful Hummingbird". Discogs. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Beautiful Hummingbird - Beautiful Hummingbird (CD)". Discogs. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Carl Wayne - Hi Summer / My Girl and Me - Weekend / DJM - UK - DJS 10797". 45cat.com. 1978-01-21. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul – Tigers and Fireflies". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul – The Best of Lynsey de Paul (1993, CD)". Discogs. 1993. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul – Greatest Hits (1994, CD)". Discogs. 1994. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul – Best of the 70's (2000, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Lynsey de Paul – Sugar and Beyond Anthology 1972-1974 (2013, CD)". Discogs. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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