This article is about the Roger Troutman song. For the Lennon–McCartney song, see I Wanna Be Your Man. For the Ironik song, see I Wanna Be Your Man (Ironik song). For Other Uses, see I Wanna Be Your Man (disambiguation).
1987 single by Roger
"I Want to Be Your Man"
Front sleeve of 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Roger
from the album Unlimited!
B-side
"I Really Want to Be Your Man"
Released
September 1987[1]
Recorded
Troutman Recording Studios, Dayton, Ohio, 1986
Genre
R&B
Length
4:14 (album version) 3:58 (7" edit)
Label
Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman[2]
Producer(s)
Roger Troutman
Roger singles chronology
"Girl Cut It Out" (1984)
"I Want to Be Your Man" (1987)
"Everybody (Get Up)" (1991)
Music video
"I Want to Be Your Man" on YouTube
"I Want to Be Your Man" is a song by American funk singer-songwriter Roger Troutman, from his third studio album Unlimited!. It was released as the lead single from the album in September 1987 by Reprise Records. The song was co-written by Roger's brother, Larry Troutman, and produced by Roger, who conceived of the song as a statement on romantic commitment. "I Want to Be Your Man" features Roger singing in both his natural tenor and his trademark talk box.
The song topped the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, his highest as lead artist and second highest overall. Internationally, the song reached number nine in the Netherlands, number 15 in Germany, number 18 in New Zealand, and number 27 in Canada. It has been featured in films such as 2000's Love & Basketball and has been sampled by numerous R&B and hip hop artists. The 2002 single "Down 4 U" by Irv Gotti featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita, and Charli Baltimore contains interpolations of the song. "I Want to Be Your Man" was covered by Charlie Wilson and Fantasia in 2010.
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