Me Myself I (song)

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"Me Myself I"
Single by Joan Armatrading
from the album Me Myself I
B-side "When You Kisses Me"
Released6 June 1980 (1980-06-06)
Genre Pop rock
Length3:16
Label A&M
Songwriter Joan Armatrading
Producer Richard Gottehrer
Joan Armatrading singles chronology
"He Wants Her"
(1980)		"Me Myself I"
(1980)		"All the Way from America"
(1980)
Official audio
"Me Myself I" on YouTube

"Me Myself I" is a song by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in June 1980 as the first single from her album of the same name. The song features jazz musician Marcus Miller on bass. It peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. [1]

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Meaning

Armatrading has said, "I'm very comfortable being on my own, I have no problems with it. I think quite a lot of people have a problem with being on their own, and I think it's quite a healthy thing to enjoy being by yourself. That's really what I was saying. Sometimes being on your own is quite an empowering thing". [2]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Deanne Pearson of Smash Hits described "Me Myself I" as having "genuine power and emotion" and believed it was Armatrading's "best single" since 1976's "Love and Affection". She wrote, "The song has a natural running melody that is sometimes absent from her more folky material and the intensity of the lyrics and arrangements are softened to just the right degree, producing a pop song that contains thought, feeling and conviction." [3] Robin Smith of Record Mirror noted the song's commercial potential, writing, "Big on ego, big on lyrics and huge on production, this should see Armatrading neatly cleaning up. Her most stark offering so far, attacking her previous, rather softer, style with a bottle of paint stripper. What a voice, what a song. Buy it." [4]

Track listing

7"

  1. "Me Myself I" – 3:16
  2. "When You Kisses Me" – 3:14

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 24
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 38
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] 14
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [9] 13
UK Singles (OCC) [1] 21
UK Airplay Guide 100 ( Record Business ) [10] 11

References

  1. 1 2 "Joan Armatrading: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  2. ↑ Songfacts. "Me Myself I by Joan Armatrading - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  3. ↑ Pearson, Deanne (29 May 1980). "Reviews: Singles". Smash Hits . Vol. 2, no. 11. p. 29. ISSN   0260-3004 . Retrieved 11 February 2021– via Flickr.
  4. ↑ Smith, Robin (31 May 1980). "Singles". Record Mirror . p. 11. ISSN   0144-5804.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 19. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Me Myself I". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ↑ "Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  8. ↑ "Joan Armatrading – Me, Myself, I". Top 40 Singles.
  9. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Airplay Guide 100". Record Business . Vol. 3, no. 14. 23 June 1980. ISSN   0144-0691.
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