"I Am Woman" is a solo version of the duet "You Are Woman, I Am Man" from the musical '' Funny Girl''. Released as the B-side single with "

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", the recording peaked at #114 on the US charts, and also peaked at number 6 on the Cash Box Looking Ahead Singles chart. This single predates the ''Funny Girl'' original Broadway cast recording by three months, and was one of the last Barbra recordings to be produced by

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. The recording was arranged and conducted by

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. The song was released for the first time on CD in 2002 as a bonus track on the European remastered editions of the album ''

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Track listing

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You Are Woman, I Am Man

"You Are Woman, I Am Man" was written by Jule Styne (composer) and

Bob Merrill Henry Robert Merrill Levan (May 17, 1921 – February 17, 1998) was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the US and UK single charts. He wrote ...

(lyricist) for the

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musical '' Funny Girl'' (

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) starring Barbra Streisand and

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, who both introduced the song. For the 1968 film adaptation of ''Funny Girl'', the song was performed by Streisand and Omar Sharif.

References

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