My Man and Me

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"My Man and Me"
Single by Lynsey de Paul
from the album Taste Me...Don't Waste Me
B-side "Dancing on a Saturday Night"
Released1975
Genre Pop
Length3:46
Songwriter(s) Lynsey de Paul
Lynsey de Paul singles chronology
"No, Honestly"
(1974)
"My Man and Me"
(1975)
"Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby"
(1975)

"My Man and Me" is a song written, [1] recorded and produced by the British female singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul for her second album, Taste Me... Don't Waste Me , and released as a single backed with de Paul's smoochy version of "Dancing on a Saturday Night" on 21 February 1975. [2]

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Chart performance

It reached the UK top 40 in March 1975 and was de Paul's seventh UK Singles Chart hit. [3] It was listed as one of the best singles of 1975 in the UK music paper Record Mirror . [4] The song also reached No. 23 on the Radio Capital Countdown on 29 March 1975, No. 27 on the Radio Luxembourg singles chart on 1 April 1975 [5] and No. 35 on the NME singles chart. [6] Despite not being her biggest hit, it is rated the most played de Paul song on the BBC. [7] It was also listed as one of the best singles of 1975 by the Record Mirror (at that time known as Record Mirror & Disc). [8]

Other recordings

Notable performances of the song include a live version for The Old Grey Whistle Test , [9] and a live performance on David Nixon's Christmas Magic shown on prime time TV on Christmas Day, [10] plus an appearance singing the song on Top of the Pops on 20 February 1975. [11] De Paul also performed the song on The Russell Harty Show on 14 March 1975, [12] and on the British children's TV programme Magpie . [13] De Paul also performed the song as part of a special televised concert for the BBC. [14] It was included as one of the tracks on the K-Tel 1976 compilation album 44 Superstars, [15] as well as various Polydor compilation albums such as That's When the Music Gets Me, [16] 14 Internationale Hits, [17] Super Dance Party 3 [18] and Pop Pourri. [19]

The song has been released as a cover version by Swedish singer Agneta Munther with Swedish lyrics by Britt Lindeborg on her 1975 album Två sidor; [20] as well as by Japanese duo Beautiful Hummingbird (Mitsuko Koike and Nobuaki Tabata) [21] accompanied by acoustic guitar on their self titled 2013 CD album. [22]

The song title and lyric was altered to "My Girl and Me" on the 1977 single release by ex-the Move member Carl Wayne, which was produced by de Paul. [23] It was given a more bluesy makeover that seems to be a precursor to de Paul's re-recorded version of the song for her 1979 album Tigers and Fireflies . [24] It has since been released on a number of de Paul compilation albums. [25] [26] [27] [28]

References

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  2. "Lynsey de Paul - My Man and Me / Dancing on a Saturday Night - Jet - UK - JET 750". 45cat.com. 1975-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. "My Man and Me". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  4. "Rocklist.net...Record Mirror Lists". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. "Lynsey de Paul - My Man and Me / Dancing on a Saturday Night". Discogs . 1975. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. NME, 29 March 1975
  7. "Lynsey de Paul - New Songs, Playlists, Videos & Tours - BBC Music". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  8. Record Mirror & Disc, p. 2, 27 December 1975
  9. "OGWT Lynsey de Paul". Bob Harris. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  10. "David Nixon's Christmas Magic". IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  11. "Episode #12.8". IMDb . 20 February 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  12. "TV Pop Diaries - 1975". Tvpopdiaries.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  13. Record Mirror , 15 March 1975. p. 9
  14. "Lynsey De Paul". IMDb.com. March 22, 1975.
  15. "Various - 44 Superstars". Discogs . 1976. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  16. "Various - That's When the Music Gets Me". Discogs . 1975. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  17. "14 Internationale Hits, (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1975. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. "Super Dance Party 3 (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1975. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  19. "Various - Pop Pourri". Discogs.com. April 27, 1975. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  20. "Original Versions of Min Man och Jag (My Man and Me) by Agneta Munther". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  21. "Beautiful Hummingbird". Discogs . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. "Beautiful Hummingbird - Beautiful Hummingbird (CD)". Discogs . 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  23. "Carl Wayne - Hi Summer / My Girl and Me - Weekend / DJM - UK - DJS 10797". 45cat.com. 1978-01-21. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  24. "Lynsey de Paul – Tigers and Fireflies". Discogs . 1979. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  25. "Lynsey de Paul – The Best of Lynsey de Paul (1993, CD)". Discogs . 1993. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  26. "Lynsey de Paul – Greatest Hits (1994, CD)". Discogs . 1994. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  27. "Lynsey de Paul – Best of the 70's (2000, CD)". Discogs . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  28. "Lynsey de Paul – Sugar and Beyond Anthology 1972-1974 (2013, CD)". Discogs . 18 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.