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Wikipedia article




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| type = single

| artist = Divine

| album = The Story So Far

| released = July 1984

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| genre = Hi-NRG

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| writer = Geoff Deane

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| prev_title = Shake It Up

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = I'm So Beautiful

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"'You Think You're a Man'" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1984. The song also appeared on the compilation album 'The Story So Far', 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 sometime songwriting partner Keith Miller. Geoff Deane later went on to write the cross dressing-themed movie 'Kinky Boots'.

The song was later covered by the Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP 'Son of a Gun'.

Chart performance



"You Think You're a Man" was the first single produced by Stock Aitken Waterman to reach the UK Top 75 chart, peaking at No. 16 in August 1984 and No. 14 on the Irish Singles Chart.

It spent nine weeks on the German Singles Chart, peaking at No. 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 No. 8 in October 1984 (for two weeks) and remained on the Kent Music Report Top 100 chart for 18 weeks. It also became Divine's first single to chart on the New Zealand Singles Chart. It debuted and peaked at NO. 27 in March 1985, and spent four weeks on the chart.

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Live performances



Divine performed the song "You Think You're a Man" as the featured musical guest on the Australian TV program 'Countdown' on October 7, 1984. Divine also performed on the UK TV program 'Top of the Pops' on July 19, 1984, which resulted in a barrage of complaints.[http://www.dreamlandnews.com/divine/discog.shtml Divine - Discography] Dreamland News. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

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

Track listings



*'Dutch 12-inch vinyl single'[http://www.discogs.com/Divine-You-Think-Youre-A-Man/release/1979709 Divine - You Think You're A Man Dutch Single] Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

# "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 single'[http://www.discogs.com/Divine-You-Think-Youre-A-Man-Special-Remix/release/114405 Divine - You Think You're A Man German Single] Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

# "You Think You're a Man (Special Remix)" – 6:26

# "You Think You're a Man" – 8:07

References




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