It's a Man's Man's Man's World

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single song

"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a 1966 soul ballad by James Brown, renowned for its powerful vocals, orchestral arrangement, and commentary on gender roles and male dominance in society.

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Label Occurrences
It's a Man's Man's Man's World canonical 4
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World 1
This Is a Man's World 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithArtistNickname Godfather of Soul ⓘ
chartPerformance US Billboard Hot 100 hit ⓘ
US R&B chart hit ⓘ
composer James Brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact frequently used in media to underscore themes of gender and power ⓘ
decade 1960s ⓘ
genre soul ⓘ
soul ballad ⓘ
hasChorus This is a man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Celine Dion ⓘ
Christina Aguilera ⓘ
Etta James ⓘ
Joss Stone ⓘ
Luciano Pavarotti ⓘ
Michael Bolton ⓘ
Seal ⓘ
Tom Jones ⓘ
hasInfluenced later soul ballads about gender relations ⓘ
hasInstrumentation horns ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
strings ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasLiveVersionOn James Brown ⓘ
surface form: James Brown – Live at the Apollo recordings
hasMusicalFeature powerful vocals ⓘ
includedIn James Brown live performance repertoire ⓘ
key F minor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2:45 ⓘ
lyricist Betty Jean Newsome ⓘ
lyricTheme dependence of men on women ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
male dominance in society ⓘ
narrativePerspective male viewpoint ⓘ
notableFor dramatic orchestral arrangement ⓘ
emotional vocal delivery ⓘ
social commentary on patriarchy ⓘ
orchestralArrangement orchestral strings ⓘ
originallyPerformedBy James Brown ⓘ
performer James Brown ⓘ
producer James Brown ⓘ
recordingDate 1966 ⓘ
recordLabel King Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-04-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
vocalist James Brown ⓘ
writer Betty Jean Newsome ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ

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James Brown → notableWork → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ
Taking Chances → hasPart → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ
this entity surface form: This Is a Man's World
I Got You (I Feel Good) → followedBySingle → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ
this entity surface form: It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted → hasPart → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ
this entity surface form: “It’s a Man’s World”
Quinn Fabray → singsSongInSeries → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ
Charles Bobbit → notableWork → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ
Charles Bobbit → coWrote → It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ