Peak
23
Weeks
28
Score
2,620
Chart Year
1999
The music video for "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" was shot in New York City and directed by Paul Boyd. It debuted on March 3, 1999, on CMT. The video is a role-reversed version of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible" music videos.[9][40] In the music video, Twain stands in front of a group of men, all dressed alike, one playing electric guitar, one playing bass, one playing drums, one playing the two neck guitar, and one playing keyboard, complete with buffed and blank-eye, meant to imitate the women from Palmer's videos. Twain starts the video dressed in a long coat and a veiled top hat, white dress shirt, black tie, but throughout the video she strips off items of clothing until she is left wearing a black corset, mini skirt, thigh-high boots, a black choker, and black gloves. Twain even has black eyeshadow on. [40] American singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood covered the song on "American Idol". The video won the MuchMoreMusic Video of the Year award at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 2000.[22] The video uses the 'Alternate Mix', which tones down the guitar and synth parts and blends them into the background. The 'Alternate Mix' of the video is available on Twain's compilations Come On Over: Video Collection (1999) and The Platinum Collection (2001), though an alternate version of the video using the 'International Version' was used as a backdrop for Twain's performance of the song on her Top of the Pops special in 1999.[41] On YouTube, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" is Twain's most-viewed video with 356 million views as of May 2023. On November 1, 2022 a remastered HD version of the music video, using the 'Original Album Version', was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the parent album Come On Over.
Shania Twain wrote this ode to her feminine side with her producer husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange. She originally wrote it as a message of encouragement to herself, but the song then transformed into a celebration of her transition into womanhood. Speaking with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Twain explained that she grew up in Canada as a tomboy, and once she started getting curves, it took her a long while to accept her womanly body. "The inspiration was, I started to appreciate the fact that I can really have fun being a woman," she said of the song's meaning. "I didn't realize it would have so much impact on others and that so many other people related to this." Twain takes the Tina Turner approach of directing her songs to her female fans, which are her base. She learned that men might not sing along to songs like this one, but they aren't going to turn them off either. This attitude built her a huge fan base and made her a staple of Country radio, which skews heavily male. Program directors figured out that guys were happy to hear some Shania tunes mixed in with their Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" was the seventh single from Shania Twain's third album, Come On Over. After releasing her first album in 1993 when she was 28, it didn't seem like she's get past the first few rungs on the ladder, but then she met Mutt Lange and found her voice as a singer and songwriter. Her second album, The Woman In Me, was released in 1995 and included her first Country chart-topper: "Any Man Of Mine." Come On Over took her to a whole new level. "New Country" was still big, with the genre crossing over to pop and country radio stations still sprouting up like mushrooms. Lange could work in pretty much any genre - his most famous production is AC/DC's Back In Black album. Paired with Twain, he was able to reach even greater heights. The first single from the album was "Love Gets Me Every Time," which went to #25 in October 1997. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" peaked at #23 in November 1999 - more than two years later! That whole time, the album kept selling. It eventually was certified Diamond for 20 million copies sold in America. Thanks to this lengthy run of hits, Twain didn't release her next album, Up!, until 2002. The music video was shot in New York City and parodies Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love." The role reversal clip shows Twain on a stage singing surrounded by sexy male musicians all dressed in red. It was directed by Paul Boyd, whose credits include Sting's "Desert Rose" and Seal's "Prayer For The Dying." A concert crowd-pleaser, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" was the opening song on both Twain's Come on Over and Up! Tours. It's almost always in her setlist, including her Las Vegas residency that started in 2019. Regarding her songwriting, Twain said: "I love to write stories. Songwriting is my favorite part of what I do. I like to give every song its own personality and attitude and to sing each one in its own style." (Source Tommy's #1 Shania Twain Supersite). The song won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000. Billboard ranked "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" at #1 on their 2022 100 Greatest Karaoke Songs of All Time list. "That's always a girl-empowerment song that gets the room going," said Kiki Park, owner of Kiki Karaoke in Los Angeles. "And the best is when a drunk guy sings that song. It's just the best entertainment."
Let's go girls Come on I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright Gonna let it all hang out Want to make some noise, really raise my voice Yeah, I want to scream and shout, ah No inhibitions, make no conditions Get a little outta line I ain't gonna act politically correct I only want to have a good time The best thing about being a woman Is the prerogative to have a little fun and Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady Men's shirts, short skirts Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction Color my hair, do what I dare Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel Man! I feel like a woman! Woo The girls need a break tonight we're gonna take The chance to get out on the town We don't need romance, we only want to dance We're gonna let our hair hang down The best thing about being a woman Is the prerogative to have a little fun and Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady Men's shirts, short skirts Oh, oh, oh, really go wild, yeah, doin' it in style Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction Color my hair, do what I dare Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel Man! I feel like a woman! Ow ow uh huh Oh oh yeah The best thing about being a woman Is the prerogative to have a little fun (fun, fun) Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady Men's shirts, short skirts Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction Color my hair, do what I dare Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel (feel the way I feel) Man! I feel like a woman! Woo, oh, oh Uh, uh, yeah, yeah I get totally crazy Can you feel it? Come, come, come on baby Woo, woo, woo I feel like a woman
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 17, 1999 | 93 | 33 |
| 2 | Apr 24, 1999 | 80 | 46 |
| 3 | May 1, 1999 | 61 | 65 |
| 4 | May 8, 1999 | 54 | 72 |
| 5 | May 15, 1999 | 48 | 78 |
| 6 | May 22, 1999 | 44 | 82 |
| 7 | May 29, 1999 | 36 | 90 |
| 8 | Jun 5, 1999 | 34 | 92 |
| 9 | Jun 12, 1999 | 39 | 87 |
| 10 | Jun 19, 1999 | 43 | 83 |
| 11 | Jun 26, 1999 | 60 | 66 |
| 12 | Jul 3, 1999 | 72 | 54 |
| 13 | Jul 10, 1999 | 80 | 46 |
| 14 | Jul 17, 1999 | 86 | 40 |
| 15 | Jul 24, 1999 | 91 | 35 |
| 16 | Jul 31, 1999 | 90 | 36 |
| 17 | Aug 7, 1999 | 100 | 26 |
| 22 | Sep 11, 1999 | 84 | 42 |
| 23 | Sep 18, 1999 | 67 | 59 |
| 24 | Sep 25, 1999 | 53 | 73 |