"I Wanna Be Your Man" is the second single from
Ironik's debut album ''
No Point in Wasting Tears
''No Point in Wasting Tears'' is the debut album by Ironik and was released on 29 September 2008. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 21 but fell to number 36 in its second week. It was removed from the UK iTunes Store, but subsequen ...
''. The song samples the 1987 song "''
I Want to Be Your Man
"I Want to Be Your Man" is a song by American funk singer-songwriter Roger Troutman, from his third studio album '' Unlimited!''. It was released as the lead single from the album in September 1987 by Reprise Records. The song was co-written b ...
''" by
funk
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R&B artist
Roger
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. The song peaked at No. 35 on the official
UK Singles Chart
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Music video
The video features Ironik in different scenes through Paris where he is in the studio recording this track. It also features him driving in a car looking for the girl of his dreams.
Track listing
;UK CD single
#"I Wanna Be Your Man" - original version
;UK Maxi-single
#"I Wanna Be Your Man" - radio edit
#"I Wanna Be Your Man" -
Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian British, Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.
Stryder has released three solo (music), solo studio al ...
/Ghetto remix
Chart performance
References
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2008 singles
Ironik songs
Songs written by Ironik
2008 songs
Asylum Records singles