Whatta Man
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| Single by Salt-n-Pepa and En Vogue | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Very Necessary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | December 2, 1993(United States) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single Cassette single |
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| Recorded | August 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Hip-hop/R&B | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:42 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Next Plateau/London | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Cheryl James Dave Crawford Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor |
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"Whatta Man" was the second single released from Salt-n-Pepa's 1993 album Very Necessary. The song featured R&B group En Vogue and was produced by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor. The song also appeared on En Vogue's Runaway Love EP. "Whatta Man" was a major hit for both Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.
Cheryl "Salt" James and producer Hurby Azor covered the song "What a Man" from the 1968 Stax hit by Linda Lyndell, written by Dave Crawford and rapped over the track. "What a Man's" chorus of "What a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man" is also repurposed for this recording.
En Vogue sang the entire vocals on all original and remixed versions of this song. While the song and video features all four members of En Vogue, Cindy Herron does not perform any of the lead vocals. While some lead vocals are performed by Maxine Jones & Terry Ellis, the song is predominately led by Dawn Robinson.
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[edit] Music video
A music video was released to promote the single. Tupac Shakur and Treach from Naughty By Nature make cameo appearances.
The single's music video, directed by Matthew Rolston, won three MTV Video Music Awards: Best Dance Video, Best R&B Video, and Best Choreography in 1994
[edit] Reception
"Whatta Man" was named #23 on VH1's countdown of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s.
[edit] Charts
[edit] Peak positions
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[edit] End of year charts
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[edit] Awards and nominations
| Year | Award |
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| 1994 | Won MTV Video Music Awards for Best Dance Video, Best R&B Video, and Best Choreography for "Whatta Man". |
| 1995 | Nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Whatta Man"). |
| 1995 | Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Whatta Man"). |
[edit] Parody
In the TV show Bill Nye the Science Guy, a parody of this song called "Whatta Brain" by En Vogue parody En Lobe is featured on the "Brain" episode.
The song references Whitney Houston's 1991 hit "My Name Is Not Susan" with the lyrics, "And he knows that my name is not Susan."
Australian rock band New Waver covered the song in 1994 and released their cover as a Cassingle.
[edit] Lena version
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| Single by Lena | ||||
| from the album Good News Platinum edition | ||||
| Released | 2 September 2011 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Universal Music | |||
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The song was covered by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut and will be the theme song to the German movie What a Man from the Platinum edition her second studio album Good News, it will also feature on the Soundtrack for the movie. It was released on 2 September 2011 as a Digital download in Germany.
[edit] Background
The single was released on 2 September 2011 for digital download on iTunes, the single included a Live version of the song "Good News". The song will be the theme song to the German movie What a Man.
[edit] Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "What a Man" was first released onto YouTube on 30 August 2011 at a total length of three minutes. The video features actor Matthias Schweighöfer.[17]
[edit] Track listings
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| 1. | "What a Man" | 2:54 | |||||||
| 2. | "Good News" (Live) | 3:24 | |||||||
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Germany (Media Control AG)[19] | 21 |
[edit] Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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| Germany | 2 September 2011[18] | Universal Music | Digital download |
[edit] References
- ^ Bye-Bye, Maniacs | EW.com
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 59, No. 9, March 21 1994". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2421. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 19, 1994" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Salt-N-Pepa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Salt-N-Pepa. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Salt-N-Pepa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Salt-N-Pepa. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Salt-N-Pepa Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Salt-N-Pepa. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1994
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1994". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1994. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ Lena - What A Man YouTube
- ^ a b "What a Man - Single von Lena". iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/what-a-man-single/id458251020.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Lena / Single" (in German). Phononet.Gmbh. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Lena/?type=single. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
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