"You Think You're a Man" is a song by American performance artist

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, released as a single in 1984. The song appeared on the compilation album ''

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'', released the same year. It was written by Geoff Deane, formerly the lead singer and main songwriter with both the Leyton Buzzards and Modern Romance, and his occasional songwriting partner Keith Miller. Deane later went on to write the cross dressing-themed film '' Kinky Boots''.

Chart performance

"You Think You're a Man" was the first single produced by

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to reach the UK top 40 chart, peaking at number 16 in August 1984 and number 14 on the

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. It spent nine weeks on the

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, peaking at number 32 in September 1984. It was Divine's third top 40 single on the chart. The single was also successful in Australia, where it reached number 8 in October 1984 (for two weeks) and remained on the

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top 100 chart for 18 weeks. It also became Divine's first single to chart on the

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. It debuted and peaked at number 27 in March 1985, and spent four weeks on the chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Live performances

Divine performed the song as the featured musical guest on the Australian TV program ''

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'' on October 7, 1984. He also performed on the British music chart TV show ''

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'' on July 19, 1984, which resulted in a barrage of complaints.

Media appearances

The song can be heard in a club scene in the third episode of the

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''. A cover of the song, by dance group 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.

Cover versions

The song was covered by the Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP ''

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''. Australian actor Tim Campbell covered the song on his 2018 album '' Electrifying 80s''.

Track listings

*Dutch 12-inch vinyl single # "You Think You're a Man" (remix) – 6:26 # "You Think You're a Man" (radio mix) – 3:35 # "Give It Up" – 3:05 *German 12-inch vinyl singleDivine - You Think You're A Man German Single

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. Retrieved 15 June 2010. # "You Think You're a Man" (special remix) – 6:26 # "You Think You're a Man" – 8:07

References

External links

Divine – "You Think You're a Man" (''TOTP'' studio)
Divine performing on ''Top of the Pops'' {{Stock Aitken Waterman 1984 songs 1984 singles Divine (performer) songs Bellaphon Records singles LGBTQ-related songs The Vaselines songs Songs written by Geoff Deane Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman