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{{Infobox song
| name       = My Man and Me
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Lynsey de Paul]]
| album      = Taste Me...Don't Waste Me
| B-side     = "Dancing on a Saturday Night"
| released   = 1975
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 3:46
| label      =
| writer     = Lynsey de Paul
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[No, Honestly (song)|No, Honestly]]
| prev_year  = 1974
| next_title = [[Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby]]
| next_year  = 1975
}}
"'''My Man and Me'''" is a song written,<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Man and Me |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=1038871&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |access-date=2016-12-21 |website=Repertoire.bmi.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1975-03-28 |title=Lynsey de Paul - My Man and Me / Dancing on a Saturday Night - Jet - UK - JET 750 |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/750 |access-date=2016-08-12 |website=45cat.com}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
It reached the UK top 40 in March 1975 and was de Paul's seventh [[UK Singles Chart]] hit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Man and Me |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/my%20man%20and%20me |access-date=2016-08-12 |website=OfficialCharts.com}}</ref> It was listed as one of the best singles of 1975 in the UK music paper ''[[Record Mirror]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...Record Mirror Lists |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/recordmirror.htm#1975 |access-date=2017-07-20 |website=Rocklistmusic.co.uk}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul - My Man and Me / Dancing on a Saturday Night |url=https://www.discogs.com/Lynsey-De-Paul-My-Man-And-Me-Dancing-On-A-Saturday-Night/master/469365 |access-date=21 June 2018 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1975 }}</ref> and No. 35 on the ''[[NME]]'' singles chart.<ref>''NME'', 29 March 1975</ref> Despite not being her biggest hit, it is rated the most played de Paul song on the [[BBC]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul - New Songs, Playlists, Videos & Tours - BBC Music |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/68d47eba-a349-4834-b5f7-93999e149fc1 |access-date=2016-08-12 |website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> It was also listed as one of the best singles of 1975 by the ''Record Mirror'' (at that time known as ''Record Mirror & Disc'').<ref>''Record Mirror & Disc'', p. 2, 27 December 1975</ref>
==Other recordings==
Notable performances of the song include a live version for ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=OGWT Lynsey de Paul |url=http://www.bobharris.org/pages/ogwtpics.asp?artist=OGWT%20Lynsey%20De%20Paul |access-date=2016-08-12 |publisher=Bob Harris}}</ref> and a live performance on ''David Nixon's Christmas Magic'' shown on prime time TV on Christmas Day,<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Nixon's Christmas Magic |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1603168/ |access-date=7 January 2019 |website=IMDb.com}}</ref> plus an appearance singing the song on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' on 20 February 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 1975 |title=Episode #12.8 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0730330/ |access-date=10 January 2018 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> De Paul also performed the song on ''The [[Russell Harty]] Show'' on 14 March 1975,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1975.html|title=TV Pop Diaries - 1975|website=Tvpopdiaries.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref> and on the British children's TV programme ''[[Magpie (TV series)|Magpie]]''.<ref>''[[Record Mirror]]'', 15 March 1975. p. 9</ref> De Paul also performed the song as part of a special televised concert for the BBC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5772954/|title=Lynsey De Paul|date=March 22, 1975|website=IMDb.com}}</ref> It was included as one of the tracks on the K-Tel 1976 compilation album ''44 Superstars'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Various - 44 Superstars |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-44-Superstars/release/3272032 |access-date=18 August 2018 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1976 }}</ref> as well as various Polydor compilation albums such as ''That's When the Music Gets Me'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Various - That's When the Music Gets Me |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Thats-When-The-Music-Gets-Me/release/8483010 |access-date=18 August 2018 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1975 }}</ref> ''14 Internationale Hits'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=14 Internationale Hits (1975, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5858103-Various-14-Internationale-Hits |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1975 }}</ref> and ''Super Dance Party 3''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Dance Party 3 (1975, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1083734-Various-Super-Dance-Party-3 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1975 }}</ref>
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'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=Original Versions of Min Man och Jag (My Man and Me) by Agneta Munther |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/29026 |access-date=2016-08-12 |website=SecondHandSongs.com}}</ref> as well as by Japanese duo Beautiful Hummingbird (Mitsuko Koike and Nobuaki Tabata)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beautiful Hummingbird |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3658963-Beautiful-Hummingbird |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> accompanied by acoustic guitar on their self titled 2013 CD album.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-23 |title=Beautiful Hummingbird - Beautiful Hummingbird (CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Beautiful-Hummingbird-Beautiful-Hummingbird/release/8858176 |access-date=2016-08-12 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1978-01-21 |title=Carl Wayne - Hi Summer / My Girl and Me - Weekend / DJM - UK - DJS 10797 |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/djs10797 |access-date=2016-08-12 |website=45cat.com}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul – Tigers and Fireflies |url=https://www.discogs.com/Lynsey-De-Paul-Tigers-And-Fireflies/release/3653267 |access-date=3 April 2018 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1979 }}</ref> It has since been released on a number of de Paul compilation albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul – The Best of Lynsey de Paul (1993, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6681361-Lynsey-De-Paul-The-Best-Of-Lynsey-De-Paul |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1993 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul – Greatest Hits (1994, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2552265-Lynsey-De-Paul-Greatest-Hits |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]|year=1994 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul – Best of the 70's (2000, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1246813-Lynsey-De-Paul-Best-Of-The-70s |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynsey de Paul – Sugar and Beyond Anthology 1972-1974 (2013, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4665271-Lynsey-de-Paul-Sugar-And-Beyond-Anthology-1972-1974 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Discogs]]|date=18 March 2013 }}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{Discogs release|10536527}}
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[[Category:1975 songs]]
[[Category:Lynsey de Paul songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Lynsey de Paul]]
[[Category:Jet Records singles]]
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