# Where Is My Man
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{{Infobox song
| name = Where Is My Man
| cover = Single cover Eartha Kitt Where Is My Man.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [Eartha Kitt](/source/Eartha_Kitt)
| album = [I Love Men](/source/I_Love_Men)
| released = 1983
| recorded =
| studio = Power Station (New York City)
| length = 6:08
| label = StreetWise
| writer = [Bruce Vilanch](/source/Bruce_Vilanch), [Fred Zarr](/source/Fred_Zarr), [Jacques Morali](/source/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](/source/Eartha_Kitt), which appeared on her 1984 album ''[I Love Men](/source/I_Love_Men)''.
The song was co-written by comedy writer [Bruce Vilanch](/source/Bruce_Vilanch)[[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.] along with musicians and producers [Fred Zarr](/source/Fred_Zarr) and [Jacques Morali](/source/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](/source/Catwoman) on the 1960s TV series ''[Batman](/source/Batman_(TV_series))''. The lyrics to the song detail specific things the singer expects to receive from her future lover, such as a trip to [Saint-Tropez](/source/Saint-Tropez) and shopping at [Tiffany & Co](/source/Tiffany_%26_Co).
== Failures ==
The title failed to find release in the United States until the producers' attorneys (the firm of [Grubman](/source/Allen_Grubman), Indursky, Shindler) introduced the title to their client, [New York](/source/New_York_City) based Streetwise Records. Streetwise Records released the title in late 1983 in the United States to the [dance](/source/Dance_music) 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](/source/Paris) following her [outspoken objection](/source/Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War) to the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) at a [White House](/source/White_House) function in 1968. The song became her biggest-selling single in 30 years.[[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.]
== 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.[[Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2004). ''Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003'', (Record Research Inc.), page 146.]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1983)
!Peak
position
|-
|Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))[{{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}}]
|align="center"|70
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Eartha Kitt|song=Where Is My Man|access-date=September 1, 2017}}
|-
|Greece ([IFPI](/source/IFPI_Greece))[{{cite magazine|title=Top 3 in Europe|magazine=[Eurotipsheet](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=1|issue=1|page=6|date=March 19, 1984}}]
|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](/source/Springbok_Radio))[{{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}}]
|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](/source/Dance_Club_Songs) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/1984-01-14/|title=Dance Club Songs|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=January 14, 1984|url-access=subscription|access-date=June 23, 2023}}]
|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]
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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
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