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"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year; its title a word play on the 1963 comedy film, 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.' It reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Residents released their cover of It's a Man's Man's Man's World in 1984, and have reworked it a number of times, releasing sixteen total alternative recordings of the song.
History[]
When It's a Man's Man's Man's World was released by James Brown in 1966, Brown was already a hugely popular star, and the young Residents were already fans by that point, and had seen Brown in concert the year prior. The song was a big hit for Brown, and was later, in 1974, covered by Renée Geyer.
The Residents' first take on the song was recorded and released in 1984. They have since recorded many alternate versions.
Releases[]
- The White Single (1984) [Version 1]
- It's A Man's Man's Man's World / I'll Go Crazy (1984) [Version 1]
- Ralph Before '84 (1984) [Version 1]
- George & James cassette (1984) [Version 1]
- Memorial Hits (1985) [Version 1]
- Heaven? (1986) [Version 1]
- The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) (1986) [Version 2]
- Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986) [Version 3]
- This Is A Mans Mans Mans World / Jailhouse Rock (1986) [Version 4]
- Video Voodoo (1987) [Version 1]
- 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland (1987) [Version 5]
- Commercial Album + (1988) [Version 1]
- Liver Music (1990) [Version 4]
- Stranger Than Supper (1990) [Version 4]
- Twenty Twisted Questions (1992) [Version 1]
- In Memoriam Torso (1994) [Version 1]
- Louisiana's Lick (1995) [Version 1]
- Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses (1997) [Version 1]
- Twenty-Five Years Of Eyeball Excellence (1998) [Version 4]
- Live At The Fillmore (1998) [Version 6]
- Icky Flix (2001) [Version 1] [Version 7]
- Live! ...On The Outskirts (2002) [Version 8] [Version 9]
- Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2003) [Version 8] [Version 9]
- Cover Versions (2009) [Version 1]
- Icky Flix Live (2009) [Version 10]
- RMX (2009) [Version 11]
- 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010) [Version 12]
- The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014) [Version 13]
- Manz Whirled (2014) [Version 14]
- 80 Aching Orphans (2017) [Version 1]
- Loss Of The Lizard Lady (2018) [Version 1]
- In Between Dreams Live (2018) [Version 15]
- Icky Flix (2020) [Version 1]
- Moravian Meeting (2020) [Version 16]
Versions[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 'White Single' recording, 1984 (3:41)
- ↑ Tokyo live recording, October 30th 1985 (4:58)
- ↑ Minneapolis live recording, February 10th 1986 (5:55)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Studio rerecording, August 10th 1986 (5:00)
- ↑ Holland live recording, October 25th 1986 (6:21)
- ↑ Fillmore East live recording, October 31st 1997 (7:16)
- ↑ 'Icky Flix' re-recording (3:41)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Australian TV live recording, August 1986 (5:17)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Brava Theatre live recording, October 28th 2001 (2:43)
- ↑ Seattle live recording, March 30th 2001 (4:20)
- ↑ RMX version, 2006 (3:29)
- ↑ Ritz NY live recording, January 16th 1986 (5:28)
- ↑ Cleveland live recording, January 27th 1986 (5:39)
- ↑ Remix of November 11th, 2001 live recording (4:04)
- ↑ San Francisco live recording, April 2018 (5:20)
- ↑ Randy Rose live recording, October 20th 2010 (4:33)