You Make Me Want to Be a Man

"You Make Me Want to Be a Man"
Single by Utada
from the album Exodus
Released	October 17, 2005
Format	CD, Regular Single, Digital Download, radio single
Recorded	—
Genre	Electropop, techno, alternative dance
Length	4:37
Label	Island Def Jam, Mercury
Writer(s)	Hikaru Utada
Producer	Hikaru Utada
Utada singles chronology
"Be My Last" (2005) "You Make Me Want to Be a Man" (2005) "Passion" (2005) Music sample You Make Me Want to Be a Man noicon

"You Make Me Want to Be a Man" is the sixth English language single and 20th single by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Utada. This song was written about her strained relationship with her husband, now ex-husband. The video for this single features a CG android of Utada. It was released in the UK on October 19, 2005.

“

You Make Me Want to Be a Man - To me it was pretty simple and straight-forward. I was trying to deal with my husband, and it was the first time I really came face to face with another human being, and the things that we couldn't understand about each other, or things we argued about, I felt like it was because [of that] some of it was just like a sex issue. I felt like if I could be a man, I could understand him more, in some ways, so I wanted to understand him, and I thought, 'I wish I were a man!'[citation needed]

”

- Utada, on the inspiration for You Make Me Want to Be a Man.

Track listing

CD Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Radio Edit)"	3:45
2.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix)"	6:44
3.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Bloodshy & Avant Mix)"	4:03
4.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Video)"	-:--

CD+DVD Promo Version

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Radio Edit)"	3:45
2.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Bloodshy & Avant Mix)"	4:03

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction to Utada"	-:--
2.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Music Video)"	-:--

White Label Promo Vinyl Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix)"	6:44
2.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Dub)"	-:--
3.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Tom Neville Remix)"	4:03
4.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Tom Neville Dub)"	-:--
5.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Radio Edit)"	3:45

Promo Vinyl Version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Tom Neville Mix)"	7:01
2.	"You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix)"	6:44

• Both You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Bloodshy & Avant Mix) and You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix) were featured as bonus tracks on the UK release of EXODUS.

Release history

Country	Date	Format
United Kingdom	October 17, 2005	Digital download, CD, Regular single
United States	April 2004	Radio single

Charts

"You Make Me Want to Be a Man" - Oricon Sales Chart (Japan), UK Singles Chart Charts (UK)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
October 19, 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	No Rank	No Rank	No Rank
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	No Rank	No Rank	No Rank
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	No Rank	No Rank	No Rank
	UK Singles Chart	227	-	-

External links

• UTADA Official Website — Official Island Records UTADA site (ENGLISH)
• UTADA Official Website — Official Island Records UTADA site (JAPANESE)