{{dmy|date=January 2022}} {{short description|1984 single by Divine}} {{Infobox song | name = You Think You're a Man | cover = YouThinkYou'reAMan.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Divine | album = The Story So Far | released = July 1984 | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Hi-NRG<ref name= "Matos 2020">{{cite book|first=Michaelangelo|last=Matos|title=Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year|chapter= New Music Seminar, New York City: August 6-8, 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGLbDwAAQBAJ|date=8 December 2020|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-0-306-90337-3|page=210}}</ref> * disco<ref name="AllMusic Erlewine">{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0000278057|title= Divine - ''The Best of Divine: Native Love'' (1991) Review|last= Erlewine|first= Stephen Thomas|access-date= March 23, 2025}}</ref> | length = 3:35 (radio mix) | label = {{hlist|Bellaphon|Proto}} | writer = Geoff Deane | producer = {{hlist|Barry Evangeli|Stock Aitken Waterman}} | prev_title = Shake It Up | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = I'm So Beautiful | next_year = 1984 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|063RGou-P_8|"You Think You're a Man"}} }} }} "'''You Think You're a Man'''" is a song by American performance artist Divine, released as a single in 1984. The song appeared on the compilation album ''The Story So Far'', released the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Divine-The-Story-So-Far/master/80033|title=Divine - the Story So Far|website=Discogs |year=1984 }}</ref> It was written by Geoff Deane, formerly the lead singer and main songwriter with both the Leyton Buzzards and Modern Romance, and his occasional songwriting partner Keith Miller. Deane later went on to write the cross dressing-themed film ''Kinky Boots''.

==Chart performance== "You Think You're a Man" was the first single produced by Stock Aitken Waterman to reach the UK top 40 chart, peaking at number 16 in August 1984<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20984/divine/|title= OfficialCharts.com |website= Official Charts |access-date= 20 January 2016}}</ref> and number 14 on the Irish Singles Chart.<ref name="ie">{{cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=YOU%20THINK%20YOU%20ARE%20A%20MAN|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|publisher=Fireball Media|access-date=2022-06-11}}</ref> It spent nine weeks on the German singles chart, peaking at number 32 in September 1984.<ref name="deu">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1141|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Divine - You Think You're a Man|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=2015-11-15}}</ref> It was Divine's third top 40 single on the chart.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102071930/http://i.imgur.com/My5ZAxf.jpg|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Divine (singles)|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|publisher=GfK Entertainment|archive-date=2015-11-02|access-date=2015-11-15}}</ref>

The single was also successful in Australia, where it reached number 8 in October 1984 (for two weeks) and remained on the Kent Music Report top 100 chart for 18 weeks.<ref name=kent/> It also became Divine's first single to chart on the New Zealand singles chart. It debuted and peaked at number 27 in March 1985, and spent four weeks on the chart.<ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Divine&titel=You+Think+You%27re+A+Man&cat=s|title=charts.nz > Divine - You Think You're a Man (song)|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2015-11-15}}</ref>

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1984) !Peak<br />Position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=kent>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=978-0-646-11917-5|page=91}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.</ref> |align="center"|8 |- | Finland (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/dic-doc.html |language= fi |title= Artistit DIC - DOC |publisher= Suomen listalevyt |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref> |align="center"| 24 |- |Germany (Media Control) |align="center"|32 |- |Ireland (IRMA)<ref>[http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=YOU%20THINK%20YOU%20ARE%20A%20MAN] irishcharts.ie Retrieved 11 June 2022</ref> |align="center"|14 |- |New Zealand (RIANZ) |align="center"|27 |- |Switzerland (Hitparade)<ref>[http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Divine Divine - Discography] Swiss Charts Online. Retrieved 15 June 2010.</ref> |align="center"|9 |- |UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="OCC">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20984/divine/|title=Official Charts > Divine|access-date=2015-11-15|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company}}</ref> |align="center"|16 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1984) !Position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> |align="center"|78 |} {{col-end}}

==Live performances== Divine performed the song as the featured musical guest on the Australian TV program ''Countdown'' on October 7, 1984. He also performed on the British music chart TV show ''Top of the Pops'' on July 19, 1984, which resulted in a barrage of complaints.<ref>[http://www.dreamlandnews.com/divine/discog.shtml Divine - Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429120429/http://www.dreamlandnews.com/divine/discog.shtml |date=29 April 2010 }} Dreamland News. Retrieved 15 June 2010.</ref>

==Media appearances== The song can be heard in a club scene in the third episode of the Channel 4 series ''It's a Sin''. A cover of the song, by dance group Full Frontal, was featured in the British television series ''Queer as Folk'', in the second episode. It was also featured in the series premiere of the North American version.

==Cover versions== The song was covered by the Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP ''Son of a Gun''. Australian actor Tim Campbell covered the song on his 2018 album ''Electrifying 80s''.

==Track listings== *'''Dutch 12-inch vinyl single'''<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Divine-You-Think-Youre-A-Man/release/1979709 Divine - You Think You're A Man Dutch Single] Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2010.</ref> # "You Think You're a Man" (remix) &ndash; 6:26 # "You Think You're a Man" (radio mix) &ndash; 3:35 # "Give It Up" &ndash; 3:05 *'''German 12-inch vinyl single'''<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Divine-You-Think-Youre-A-Man-Special-Remix/release/114405 Divine - You Think You're A Man German Single] Discogs. Retrieved 15 June 2010.</ref> # "You Think You're a Man" (special remix) &ndash; 6:26 # "You Think You're a Man" &ndash; 8:07

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orype5Z7Frc Divine – "You Think You're a Man" (''TOTP'' studio)] Divine performing on ''Top of the Pops''

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