I Don't Need a Man

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"I Don't Need A Man"
Single by The Pussycat Dolls
from the album PCD
B-side(s)	We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going
Released	September 25, 2006
Format	Digital download CD Single
Genre	Pop R&B Dance
Length	3:39
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Rich Harrison Nicole Scherzinger Kara DioGuardi
Producer(s)	Rich Harrison
Chart positions
#2 (Poland, Asia) #4 (Netherlands, Romania) #6 (Australia, Lithuania) #7 (Belgium, UK, Hungary, New Zealand) #9 (Ireland, Bulgaria) #10 (Portugal) #11 (Canada, Germany, Russia) #12 (France) #13 (Italy) #14 (Europe, World) #15 (Switzerland) #16 (Belorussia) #17 (Finland) #19 (Austria) #25 (Latvia) #26 (Sweden)
The Pussycat Dolls singles chronology
"Buttons" (2006)	"I Don't Need a Man" (2006)	"Wait A Minute" (2006)

"I Don't Need a Man" is the fifth single released from the The Pussycat Dolls' debut album PCD (2005). The European and Canadian release date for the single was September 25, 2006, and the release date in Australia (according to HMV) was October 21.

[edit] Song information

The song is co-written by lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, producer Rich Harrison and professional songwriter Kara DioGuardi. Scherzinger's previous group, Eden's Crush, had recorded one song by DioGuardi. Scherzinger and DioGuardi also co-wrote the PCD bonus track "Flirt". "I Don't Need A Man" is produced by Rich Harrison and co-produced by Ron Fair. The official instrumental version of this song, that is featured on the CD single, contains some other samples than the album version.

[edit] B-side

The single's B-side is a cover version of "We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going", written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. This was a 1975 single for Labelle and a follow-up to their previous hit "Lady Marmalade". The Pussycat Dolls' version first appeared in September 2004 on the soundtrack to the animated film Shark Tale.

[edit] Formats and track listings

European Maxi CD

1. "I Don't Need A Man" (Album Version) 3:39
2. "I Don't Need A Man" (Instrumental) 3:39
3. "We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going" 3:50
4. "I Don't Need A Man" (Video) 3:39

UK Single

1. "I Don't Need A Man" (Album Version) 3:39
2. "We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going" 3:50

[edit] Music video

The Pussycat Dolls mimic a scene from the hair salon, having a 'girl talk' that 'I Don't Need a Man'

The music video for "I Don't Need A Man" was first announced and described by group member Ashley Roberts in a blog entry on their official website^[1]

On August 25, the music video premiered on The Box while on September 14, it premiered on MuchOnDemand in Canada.

The first verse begins with Roberts doing her nails dressed in white clothing. It features Nicole Scherzinger singing and Carmit Bachar doing her hair, also, Jessica Sutta having a shower as they prepare to go out. In the chorus, the Dolls mimic a hair salon scene, stating that they don't need men to have fun. In the second verse, it shows Kimberly Wyatt in a bath getting ready to go out, Melody Thornton putting on her make-up and features Scherzinger singing. In the second chorus, it shows all the Dolls performing a dance routine before breaking into different slides of the Dolls dancing separately. Following this, it shows Scherzinger and Thornton singing "Let it go", a bridge in the middle of the song. This then breaks to more dance clips of the Dolls with Scherzinger singing. The video comes to a close with the Dolls performing another dance routine against a black background in the final chorus before confetti falls down and the Dolls celebrate about not needing a man.

To stay true to the Dolls live show routines, the video also features the silhouette of bodies before the second verse of the song, also, the main background colour for the song is pink, contributing to the girly theme.

There are two versions of the video, one full-version and the other which edits dance routines with clips/frames previously shown in the video.

The video is proving to be a success by taking the number one spot on MMMTop10.com multiple times.

[edit] Chart peformance

"I Don't Need A Man" has reached the top 10 in several countries and has also made the top 5 in some countries. The single has reached #2 in Poland, #4 in the Netherlands (even more successful than Buttons (song)), #6 in Australia and #7 in the UK. "I Don't Need A Man" has broken the group's string of top 3 hits in both Australia and the UK, the four previous singles achieved top 3 positions in those two countries. "I Don't Need A Man" has also performed slightly weaker in Austria where it has peaked at #19 and Germany where it has reached #20. "I Don't Need A Man" has also broken the group's string of #1 hits in New Zealand reaching #7, the four previous singles "Don't cha", "Stickwitu", "Beep" and "Buttons" all reached the top spot in New Zealand, with "Beep" being the longest running number one there, spending a total of 7 consecutive weeks at the top. All four of these singles charted in the top 100 singles of 2006 in New Zealand though, making The Dolls the group with the most singles in the end of year chart. Although performing slightly weaker than previous singles "I Don't Need A Man" was one of four PCD songs to have ahcived a position on the Australian 2006 end of year chart, reaching #55 just missing the top 50. The other three songs to have achieved positions in this chart are "Stickwitu" (#29), "Beep" (#24) and "Buttons" (#17).

[edit] References

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