Where Is My Man

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = Where Is My Man | cover = Single cover Eartha Kitt Where Is My Man.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = Eartha Kitt | album = I Love Men | released = 1983 | recorded = | studio = Power Station (New York City) | length = 6:08 | label = StreetWise | writer = Bruce Vilanch, Fred Zarr, Jacques Morali | producer = Jacques Morali | prev_title = Che Vale Per Me | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = I Love Men | next_year = 1984 }}

'''"Where Is My Man"''' is a song from 1983 by the American singer and actress Eartha Kitt, which appeared on her 1984 album ''I Love Men''. The song was co-written by comedy writer Bruce Vilanch<ref>[http://www.ujc.org/page.aspx?id=26920 "Featured speaker: Bruce Vilanch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227171853/http://www.ujc.org/page.aspx?id=26920 |date=February 27, 2009 }} UJC.org. Retrieved August 10, 2009.</ref> along with musicians and producers Fred Zarr and Jacques Morali.

== Composition == The song features Kitt singing in a low, seductive-sounding voice. Included in the song are some sounds that have come to be associated with Kitt, including a purring sound similar to one she made while portraying Catwoman on the 1960s TV series ''Batman''. The lyrics to the song detail specific things the singer expects to receive from her future lover, such as a trip to Saint-Tropez and shopping at Tiffany & Co.

== Failures == The title failed to find release in the United States until the producers' attorneys (the firm of Grubman, Indursky, Shindler) introduced the title to their client, New York based Streetwise Records. Streetwise Records released the title in late 1983 in the United States to the dance and club markets. It was Kitt's first recording released in the United States after she was ostracized and fled into self-imposed exile in Paris following her outspoken objection to the Vietnam War at a White House function in 1968. The song became her biggest-selling single in 30 years.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/26kitt.html?scp=2&sq=eartha%20kitt&st=cse "Eartha Kitt, a Seducer of Audiences, Dies at 81"] ''The New York Times'', Rob Hoerburger, December 25, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2009.</ref>

== Charts == In the United Kingdom, "Where Is My Man" reached the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 36 to give Kitt her first UK hit since "Under the Bridges of Paris" in 1955.<ref name="uk"/> The single was also a hit around the world, peaking at number one in Greece, number five in Sweden, number six in Belgium, and number 12 in Netherlands. In the United States, the song reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Disco Top 80 chart, peaking at number seven and remaining on the survey for 14 weeks.<ref name="usd"/><ref>Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003'', (Record Research Inc.), page 146.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1983) !Peak<br/>position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=168}}</ref> |align="center"|70 |- {{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Eartha Kitt|song=Where Is My Man|access-date=September 1, 2017}} |- |Greece (IFPI)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 3 in Europe|magazine=Eurotipsheet|volume=1|issue=1|page=6|date=March 19, 1984}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|12|year=1984|week=2|access-date=June 23, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|22|artist=Eartha Kitt|song=Where Is My Man|access-date=September 1, 2017}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|28|artist=Eartha Kitt|song=Where Is My Man|access-date=September 1, 2017}} |- |South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(W-Z).html|title=SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs W–Z|website=rock.co.za|access-date=June 23, 2023}}</ref> |align="center"|6 |- {{single chart|Sweden|5|artist=Eartha Kitt|song=Where Is My Man|access-date=September 1, 2017}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|36|artist=Eartha Kitt|artistid=1962|access-date=June 23, 2023|refname="uk"}} |- |US Dance/Disco Top 80 (''Billboard'')<ref name="usd">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/1984-01-14/|title=Dance Club Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=January 14, 1984|url-access=subscription|access-date=June 23, 2023}}</ref> |align="center"|7 |- {{single chart|West Germany|31|artist=Eartha Kitt|song=Where Is My Man|songid=16579|access-date=September 1, 2017}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/release/778889 Single release info at discogs.com]

Category:1983 singles Category:1982 songs Category:Eartha Kitt songs Category:Number-one singles in Greece Category:Songs written by Bruce Vilanch Category:Songs written by Fred Zarr Category:Songs written by Jacques Morali