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
Genre	Hi-NRG[1]
Label	Bellaphon Proto
Songwriter(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)
Music video
"You Think You're a Man" on YouTube

"You Think You're a Man" is a song by American performance artist Divine, released as a single in 1984. The song appeared on the compilation album The Story So Far, released the same year.[2] 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 Stock Aitken Waterman to reach the UK top 40 chart, peaking at number 16 in August 1984[3] and number 14 on the Irish Singles Chart.[4] It spent nine weeks on the German singles chart, peaking at number 32 in September 1984.[5] It was Divine's third top 40 single on the chart.[6]

The single was also successful in Australia, where it reached number 8 in October 1984 (for two weeks) and remained on the Kent Music Report top 100 chart for 18 weeks.[7] It also became Divine's first single to chart on the New Zealand singles chart. It debuted and peaked at number 27 in March 1985, and spent four weeks on the chart.[8]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1984) Peak Position Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 8 Finland (IFPI)[9] 24 Germany (Media Control) 32 Ireland (IRMA)[10] 14 New Zealand (RIANZ) 27 Switzerland (Hitparade)[11] 9 UK Singles (OCC)[12] 16

Year-end charts Chart (1984) Position Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 78

Live performances

Divine performed the song as the featured musical guest on the Australian TV program Countdown on October 7, 1984. He also performed on the British music chart TV show Top of the Pops on July 19, 1984, which resulted in a barrage of complaints.[14]

Media appearances

The song can be heard in a club scene in the third episode of the Channel 4 series It's a Sin. 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 Son of a Gun. Australian actor Tim Campbell covered the song on his 2018 album Electrifying 80s.

Track listings

• Dutch 12-inch vinyl single[15]

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

• German 12-inch vinyl single[16]

1. "You Think You're a Man" (special remix) – 6:26
2. "You Think You're a Man" – 8:07

References

1. Matos, Michaelangelo (8 December 2020). "New Music Seminar, New York City: August 6-8, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
2. "Divine - the Story So Far". Discogs. 1984.
3. "OfficialCharts.com". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Fireball Media. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
5. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Divine - You Think You're a Man". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
6. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Divine (singles)". GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
8. "charts.nz > Divine - You Think You're a Man (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
9. "Artistit DIC - DOC" (in Finnish). Suomen listalevyt. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
10. [1] irishcharts.ie Retrieved 11 June 2022
11. Divine - Discography Swiss Charts Online. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
12. "Official Charts > Divine". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
13. "Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
14. Divine - Discography Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine Dreamland News. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
15. Divine - You Think You're A Man Dutch Single Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
16. Divine - You Think You're A Man German Single Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

External links

• Divine – "You Think You're a Man" (TOTP studio) Divine performing on Top of the Pops