Female version of James Brown hit "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" set to piano and performed by Yuliyah.
Artist: Yuliyah
Arrangement: George Reshetar
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The song is written in the key of E-flat minor. The lyrics, which Rolling Stone characterized as "biblically chauvinistic", attribute all the works of modern civilization (the car, the train, the boat ("Like Noah made the ark"), and the electric light) to the efforts of men, but claim that it all would "mean nothing without a woman or a girl". The song also states that man made toys for the baby boys and girls, and comments about the fact that "Man makes money" to buy from other men. Before the song's fade, Brown states that man is lost in his bitterness and in the wilderness. Brown's co-writer and onetime girlfriend, Betty Jean Newsome, wrote the lyrics based on her own observations of the relations between the sexes. Newsome claimed in later years that Brown did not write any part of the song, and she argued in court that he sometimes forgot to pay her royalties. In May 1966, Record World magazine reported that Brown, King Records and Dynatone Publishing were being sued by Clamike Records for alleged copyright infringement of the Betty Newsome song "It's a Man's World (But What Would He Do Without a Woman)".
The composition of "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" developed over a period of several years. Tammy Montgomery, better known as Tammi Terrell, recorded "I Cried", a Brown-penned song based on the same chord changes, in 1963. Brown himself recorded a demo version of the song, provisionally entitled "It's a Man's World", in 1964. This version later appeared on the CD compilations The CD of JB and Star Time.
The released version of "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" was recorded quickly, in only two takes, with a studio ensemble that included members of Brown's touring band and a string section arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe. A female chorus was involved in the recording sessions, but their parts were edited out of the song's final master.
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" became a staple of Brown's live shows for the rest of his career. Its slow, simmering groove and declamatory vocal line made it suitable for long, open-ended performances incorporating spoken ruminations on love and loss and sometimes interpolations from other songs. It appears on almost all of Brown's live albums starting with 1967's Live at the Garden. Brown also recorded a big band jazz arrangement of the song with the Louie Bellson Orchestra for his 1970 album Soul on Top.
In 2004, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" was ranked number 123 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
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Lyrics:
This is a man's world
This is a man's world
But it wouldn't... it wouldn't be nothing
Nothing without a woman or a girl
You see, man made the cars to take us over the road
Man made the trains to carry the heavy load
Man makes the electric lights to take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water like Noah made the ark
This is a man... a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing without a woman
A woman or a girl
Now listen
Man thinks about little bitty baby girls
And baby boys
Man makes them happy
'Cause man, he makes them toys
And after man has made everything, everything
Everything he can
You know that man makes money
To buy from other man
This is a man... a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing
Without a woman or a girl
I said, "He's lost... lost in the world of a man, oh yeah"
And he's lost... lost in bitterness
This is a man's... this is a man's world, oh yeah
This is a man's world
This is a man... a man... a man's world
Oh, but it would be nothing without a woman or girl
I said it would... it would be nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Without a woman... nothing without a woman or a girl
This is a man's world
This is a man's... this is a man's world
I know it, you know it this is a man's world
This is a man... a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing... nothing without a woman or girl
Aaahh ha ha, without a woman or girl
This is... this is... this is a man... a man's world
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