Spencer Davis Group - I'm a man (with Lyrics)

[tintisha123]

Cheers for putting this up. Really enjoyed it. Not sure about some of the lyrics though.. for example ..elsewhere on lyric sites "And my toilet's trimmed with chrome" (last line) ..is "and my body's pretty strong" ... but yours is much more fun! ;-)

[iowaozone]

This was one of the first rap songs... listen to Winwood rapping.

[FuckngBastard]

@iowaozone Yeah, if you think history started during the Sixties.

[LailaBerries]

Haha I came here because I watched a funny dog commercial and it was amazing you guys should check it out it had this song in it, just type in funny dog commercial and go to the one with a white dog standing with his back kinda turned to you.

[rozwyatt]

Winwood just had something special from the beginning. He handled this song like a man and of course he was still in his teens. Talent is a beautiful thing.

[cllcharger440]

Im 15 and this is one of my favorite songs. I love the 60's. I wish i was born then

[BreezesofConey]

@cllcharger440 Realistically,let;s just say you had been born in the 60s, you'd grow up during the 70s and come of age in either the late 70s or early 80s depending on when and adopt an entirely anti hippie sentiment made popular during the punk movement of the 70s. Just saying. You'd be my age, pushing 60 maybe a little older and have been born following the tail end of WWII in the late 40s or early 50s. As a child, older relatives would have been listening to 50s music.

[FuckngBastard]

Being born in 1960, my experience was somewhat different than your assumptions, and typical of others my age. Our enthusiasm for music started at age 11 or 12, and was directed towards Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, David Bowie and other post-Sixties bands. During the Seventies we got stuck on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Boston. By the time 1980 rolled around some of us were rapidly trying to catch up with bands that had already made their mark, such as Wire and Joy Division.

[u2joshuadesireu]

i never knew stevie winwood was with spencer davis

[phyllis1753]

Yeah, well, Steve sometimes had a little trouble with diction and misheard lyrics...

[txncgirl1]

Stevie is the BEST!!!!!!!!:=)

[Capillus]

Pete York's drumming is one of the greatest grooves to be found. This and Paul Hammond's drumming on Atomic Rooster's "The Devil's Answer"

[DrFeelRotten]

No knock on Winwood or the Spencer Davis Group because this is great, but i still think Terry Kath and Chicago hit it better.. he had that hot guitar not to mention a much better precision section in the hit they did. The picking and drumming knocked it out of the ballpark for them.. Still, I like this version too.

[tdavidc80]

will people listen to Oasis (or rap/hip hop etc) in 44 years?? doubt it! classic!

[BostonHomer]

What I love most is how this generation is gettin turned on to this great sound as they carry it on to the next generation.

[bjroberts65]

This is REAL music by REAL musicians.....Much thanks for to lebieufleur for uploading.

[johnpeelfeel]

Full of people all unknown...

[lebleufleur]

@johnpeelfeel who imagine I'm not human..

[johnpeelfeel]

@lebleufleur welcome 2 my world!

[free2rym99]

@lebleufleur and my heart is made of stone..

[NarcoticBeats]

Come play my game!

[usamud]

Classic! This is one of my all time favorite songs!! I have always loved Steve Winwood, or Stevie as he was called when this came out. Soul, rock, ballads, he can do it. And this was recorded so dirty. No fancy studio tricks here. Damn, I miss real music.

[groomercab]

Can't help but think of that telly advert with the dogs singing this classic.great groove going on.love it

[edb081904]

Stevie Winwood was 16/17 years old when he saaaang this .... a gifted singer!!!! So happy that i grew up during times when this type of musician was there .... spoiled I am !!!

[tampabaybucs7]

(.Y(.) boobs...........

[wackybumcheek]

anyone else notice that oasis completely ripped this off with "f*cking in the bushes"?

[lebleufleur]

@wackybumcheek i would say that oasis riped hendrix's little miss lover in that song...

[stoopidryan8]

@wackybumcheek caca is spanish for oasis, no?

[weagley49]

@wackybumcheek LOL....I missed that dam!

[SuperSimonuk]

@wackybumcheek Is there anyone who Oasis have NOT ripped off?

[Beetlebug1960]

i'm glad to see that some one finally got the lyrics right. Especially the third verse. Although, I might argure the point he may actually say gold instead of chrome.

[2na84]

SORRY GUYS ITS BREATHE - i get it also from who sampled . com - but i write the wrong song - haha -

yess it is breathe !!!

greetings from austria

[lebleufleur]

@2na84 wich one? breathe? i had to ask, 'cause you said it was firestarter... (Y)

[uknuttah]

still say its breathe, theres a site u can goto to hear the samples played side by side but this site wont let me post the link, the site is whosampled c o m if u wanna go take a look :)

[mondyboy81]

@uknuttah - I'm with you, its sampled in Breathe not Firestarter. Keith Flint sings 'Come play my game I'll test ya' to the bit around "I'm a man, yes I am etc". Firestarter sounds nothing like this.

[2na84]

@darrouken - yes it is firestarter - good ear :)

[darrouken]

@2na84 Thank you, I study music theory so i've built good listening skills over the years. :-) They're both great songs.

[uknuttah]

@darrouken well ur listening to the wrong tune!! if ur ears are that trained there having an off day ;)

[formine56]

Fiat Lux! Elder Tom.

[2na84]

prodigy sampled this one at 0.19 sec.

[darrouken]

@2na84 haha I think i can hear it! Is it fire starter?

[uknuttah]

@darrouken nah it was breathe i think

[uknuttah]

and its more like the 0:23 mark 2 be honest

[uknuttah]

sorry for all the posts...but at 0:23 sing slowly in ur head...come play my game.

[2na84]

no it was firestarter

[2na84]

yesssss

[Bentom86]

Hey Lebleufleur...THANK YOU for including the lyrics to this masterpiece. For my entire life, I could never quite make out what Steve sang, and I'm not sure if these are the exact ones, but it's much closer than I've ever gotten. Thanks again!

[RollerCoaster1963]

I said it before, I'll say it again. This is the greatest song ever recorded. This combination of Hammond and base will never be matched. Thank you Spencer Davis for this all time great !

[Querencias]

Chicago's version is very fine but this one, this one ... is unmatched! Classic among classics.

[RedDragonEye13]

I got to keep my image

While suspended from a throne

That looks out upon a kingdom

Full of people all unknown

Who imagine I'm not human

And my heart is made of stone

I never had no problems

And my toilet's trimmed with gold!

[formine56]

To all I loved in the past. Come to my funeral.

[fusion2000]

Interestingly, at least 1/2 the people who heard this song for the first time assumed that Stevie couldn't be white....the dude can sing.....

[angelrocket88]

For a long time I thought the Spencer Davis Group was a Motown band

[lebleufleur]

that organ..

[RollerCoaster1963]

that base.........how great is this tune huh?

[Breatherable]

@lebleufleur What made Steve Winwood's voice more incredible, he was around 17 years old when the recordings were made.

[antoniosoul]

Are those really the words?

Wow, I had no idea what he was singing.

[ZadeJones]

When he says, "I would rather be with cats", he means other guys. Today, you say "dudes"; in the late 60's it was "cats".

[BrkCityFG9]

Its "cats" again now!

[bullfrogblues80]

that organ, that fu*#in´ hot bass line in combination with that hypnotizing drum beat ... can´t get any better!

[mcphert1]

One of my favourite songs. However I hadn't picked up some of the wackier lyrics about rather being with cats and about chrome trimmed toilets! Great!

[65DDTG]

Damn, this is good!

[clintstonedare1]

Yes I Am!!!

[Diva2678]

Honestly, if Soul Train was still on TV today, this song would be the first song I would play. Had no idea SPG was white. I've been shakin my ass to this song for the last 3 days. I don't like the version that Chicago did. This is definitely some "down-home soul."

[statelybird3]

@Diva2678

I know! This song is the shit---this is one of this best examples of how white British groups absorbed black American R&B and were able to come up with some cool-ass original R&B tunes based on that influence. However, as a Chicago fan, I gotta say their version actually wasn't all that bad. If I didn't already know the group was white, I probably would've assumed that was a black rock 'n roll band getting their groove on---that's how good some of these British R&B bands were.

[RollerCoaster1963]

To think of all the great recordings from this era of music greatness and nothing comes close to this. The deep lead-in heavy base, the Hammond and vocals. Thank you S-D-G, to this day I haven't heard a better song. I do love CTA's version and the bell, but the original is just too good man........What a song !

[kemric]

i just can love it

one of the best song ever

[ADMxues]

lol it looks like Flashman's theme from MM2 is rip-off.

[CTyankee4277]

KILLER acid rock!

I'm a man, yes I am & I love this song! :)

I must confess, when I first heard this I thought the singer was black. It wasn't till later that I realized this was Steve Winwood. Not to take anything away from him - he's obviously paying tribute to R&B artists but he does inject his own style into this , which is probably why it worked.

Video is great too! Thanx 4 posting! :)

[Daleesmith100]

This is a text book definition of rock - it bring you in with a thumping bass and builds with his premier pipes - it doesn't get any better.

[RollerCoaster1963]

The greatest song ever recorded hands down. An all time great. I freakin love this song.

[frenchharp1]

IM A MAN WOW I AM

[ArthurAllblack]

This is the song that got me into Mod. The L.A. scene is still alive and jumpin, and whenever I or any other DJ play this song(on a 45 of course) the dancefloor gets packed everytime.

[chuckylicious]

@ArthurAllblack where do you dj at?

[ArthurAllblack]

@ArthurAllblack Mainly at mod clubs around L.A.

[MikeHelbick]

awesome song

[marleebartman]

i love this song its so groovy

[theleggs1]

you sure as hell dont get singers like this anymore

[bonezor]

I agree; the fact he sounds even better live makes it even more different from the rubbish around today.

[bastardrian]

wow very cool groovy song i always liked it though i grew up with the chicago cover and didnt know for about 7 years that this is the original

[vidpop]

Sorry it must have been 67 then.

[vidpop]

I remember Radio London blasting this one out in about 65 I think. One of the best records of the time and that includes the Stones and Beatles.

[dannpenn]

i thought he was a great black singer ,the first time i heard this song,when i knew he was white ,it was for me incredible, i thought it was not possible.Steve Winwood's voice WHAT A SOULFUL VOICE!!!

[lebleufleur]

damn right....

[moustachiozo]

Chicago was bold in covering this, but I think they nailed it. Terry Kath's vocals almost one-up Winwood. You know you're a great songwriter when other great songwriters are covering your stuff haha.

[Clivey234]

This is a massive song. How can any compilation of rock not have this included? Its got the lot .

[bixbyglaser]

The late 60's-early 70's were the greatest era in music. This one was among the greatest from that era.

[mic187x2]

was the cheetah girls butchering of this song as bad as hilary duff butchering personal jesus for reach out

[DanielBowden1975]

Jimmy Miller R.I.P

[drev2007]

thanks for the lyrics I never knew them iv heard the song 30 yrs. or so thank you again..loved it!!!

[ebf1957]

The Cheetah Girls covered this? May they burn in hell for that!

[whyaretherenoneleft]

How did the Cheetah Girls manage to get away with "I'm a Man"!?!?!?

[quirpco]

Volvo Amazon @ :53, my first car! 

This is one of THE best songs of the 60s.

[camonyouirons]

amazing stuff

[Holl64]

the cheetah girls copied this song & changed all the words so no one would notice, exept me. the song was "dig a little deeper."

[IDzineM]

Pretty funky Steve! This era was a great time. Turn on, tune in and drop out. Looks like it's time to do it again.

[ELLSANO]

thats one groovy mother fucker

lol

wicked song

[mobyboy]

groovy . bravo for winwood sounding so mature at the age of 17

[musiclover59]

One of the all-time greats. One of the most powerful introductions to be found in any song. This song never fails to get me charged.

[thenowuk]

F(ck of polo advert-u can't cheapen this track,f&cking awesome

[leopardgeckocrazy]

two words: Pollo advert

[tlcompanion]

Great song

[NeonNerdStar]

Awesome song!

Love it

x

[stOOpid68]

nice post!! ******

in my sleeeve notes to this LP its says (in the last line) "...And my toilets rimmed with GOLD" ??? still, a killer tune!! timeless!!

Lee

Liverpool Mods.

[OakBluffer]

@stOOpid68 Gold? I'd argue chrome cuz chrome rhymes with throne, unknown, and stone (the long vowel O, you know) but cramming my ear up against my stereo, it sure sounds like gold. And it's impossible to tell from Winwood's 2008 Academy of Music performance. Deciphering it out of Chicago, ain't gonna do you much better: there are three separate singers there; none of them clearly enunciate. However, keeping with the song's developed metaphor...this man's toilet would be trimmed with chrome!