My Man and Me

"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]

"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
GenrePop
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)

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] a live performance on David Nixon's Christmas Magic shown on prime time TV on Christmas Day,[10] and an appearance singing the song on Top of the Pops on 20 February 1975.[11] It was included as one of the tracks on the K-Tel 1976 compilation album 44 Superstars,[12] as well as various Polydor compilation albums such as That's When the Music Gets Me,[13] 14 Internationale Hits,[14] and Super Dance Party 3.[15]

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;[16] as well as by Japanese duo Beautiful Hummingbird (Mitsuko Koike and Nobuaki Tabata)[17] accompanied by acoustic guitar on their self titled 2013 CD album.[18]

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.[19] 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.[20] It has since been released on a number of de Paul compilation albums.[21][22][23][24]

References
  1. "My Man and Me". Repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  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. 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. "Various - 44 Superstars". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  13. "Various - That's When the Music Gets Me". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. "14 Internationale Hits (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  15. "Super Dance Party 3 (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  16. "Original Versions of Min Man och Jag (My Man and Me) by Agneta Munther". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  17. "Beautiful Hummingbird". Discogs. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. "Beautiful Hummingbird - Beautiful Hummingbird (CD)". Discogs. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  19. "Carl Wayne - Hi Summer / My Girl and Me - Weekend / DJM - UK - DJS 10797". 45cat.com. 1978-01-21. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  20. "Lynsey de Paul – Tigers and Fireflies". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  21. "Lynsey de Paul – The Best of Lynsey de Paul (1993, CD)". Discogs. 1993. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. "Lynsey de Paul – Greatest Hits (1994, CD)". Discogs. 1994. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  23. "Lynsey de Paul – Best of the 70's (2000, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  24. "Lynsey de Paul – Sugar and Beyond Anthology 1972-1974 (2013, CD)". Discogs. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.


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