"Ain't No Man" is a 1992 song by UK artist Dina Carroll. After singing on two singles with British dance production duo Quartz, Carroll was relaunched as a solo artist with the song. It was released as the first single from her album, So Close. Lyrically it is sung from the view of a woman singing to her man, telling him that there ain't no man that makes her feel like he do. The song peaked at number 16 in the UK charts, number 26 in the Netherlands and number 63 in Germany. A colorful music video was shot to accompany the song. It was directed by Pedro Romhanyi.[1]
Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Carroll has a "wonderful, belting voice that deserves to be embraced in pop radio circles." He added that this track "slams mighty hard".[2] Pop Rescue described it as "a lovely little piece of up-tempo light pop."[3] Adam Higginbotham from Select noted the song as "solid, tastefully-cut soul bleeding subtly into brisk garage beats."[4] Johnny Dee from Smash Hits described it as a "luxury, jazzy, summertime wobbler that sounds a bit like a Burt Bacharach tune from the '60s." He added that the song "canters along, sweetly splish-splashing" and is "absolutely gorgeous."[5] In 2013, the song was picked as Official Chart's 'Pop Gem'. They called it a "stand by your man anthem" and labeled it as "an upbeat testimony that true love really did conquer all".[6]