I Am What I Am (Mark Owen song)

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"I Am What I Am"
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Single by Mark Owen
from the album Green Man
B-side
  • "Mr. You"
  • "Johnny"
Released1 August 1997 [1]
Recorded1995–1996
Genre Britpop
Length4:06
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Mark Owen
Producer(s) Craig Leon
Mark Owen singles chronology
"Clementine"
(1997)
"I Am What I Am"
(1997)
"Four Minute Warning"
(2003)

"I Am What I Am" is the third and final single to be released from Take That band member Mark Owen's debut solo album, Green Man . The single was released on 1 August 1997. [1] The single peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart, [2] becoming his worst performing single from Green Man . "I Am What I Am" was originally intended to become the fourth single from the album, however due to ongoing battles between Owen and the label, became his final single on RCA Records before he was dropped.

Contents

Track listing

UK CD single #1
  1. "I Am What I Am" – 4:21
  2. "Mr. You" – 4:23
  3. "Johnny" – 3:12
  4. "Clementine" (remix) – 3:56
UK CD single #2
  1. "I Am What I Am" – 4:21
  2. "Is That What It's All About" (live) – 5:11
  3. "Secondhand Wonderland" (live) – 6:55
  4. "I Am What I Am" (remix) – 4:06
UK cassette
  1. "I Am What I Am" – 4:21
  2. "Johnny" – 3:12
Promotional single
  1. "I Am What I Am" – 4:06
  2. "I Am What I Am" (album version) – 4:21
  3. "Child" (radio edit) – 3:48
  4. "Clementine" (remix) – 3:56

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [3] 24
Spain (Top 40 Radio) [4] 21
Taiwan (IFPI Taiwan) [5] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 29

References

  1. 1 2 "I Am What I Am [CD 1]: Mark Owen: Amazon.co.uk: Music". UK: Amazon. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Mark Owen – I Am What I Am". Official Charts Company. 23 August 1997. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. "Scottish Singles Chart". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  5. "IFPI Taiwan – Single Top 10 (1997/32)". ifpi.org.tw. Archived from the original on 24 February 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2022.