"My Man" is the debut single by the Dutch girl group

Luv' Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe ( Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Cana ...

, released in May 1977 by

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. It appears on the 1978 album

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Background

The song is Luv's very first commercially available single. In 1976, producers and songwriters

Hans van Hemert Hans van Hemert (7 April 1945 – 7 October 2024) was a Dutch record producer and songwriter. Mouth and MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced. He won an ASCAP award for the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth and MacNeal. and composed th ...

and

Piet Souer Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer (born 29 March 1948) is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger. Through his collaborations with acts such as Luv', Mouth & MacNeal, Liesbeth List, Ramses Shaffy, American Gypsy, and Champagne, he has achi ...

first recorded the music of a self-penned composition entitled "My Man" and were looking for female vocalists. They recruited

José Hoebee Josina van de Wijdeven (born 29 March 1954), known as José Hoebee, is a Dutch people, Dutch pop music, pop singer. She was a member of Luv' in the late 1970s and early 1980s that scored hits in more than 15 countries. In late 1981, she went so ...

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and

Patty Brard Petula Louise "Patty" Brard (born March 25, 1955) is a Dutch singer, television personality, actress and entrepreneur, most notable for being a former member of the girl group Luv'. For five decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid ...

to form the

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. The lyrics of this

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-esque track dealt with the death of a railroad man. It was a coincidence that around the time of its release, a taking of hostages happened in a train in

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in late May and early June 1977. The single charted in the Netherlands and Belgium. Luv' performed it on the

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TV show broadcast on August 18, 1977, to promote it in the German-speaking countries. However, "My Man" failed to break into the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Track listing and release

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Accessed: February 11, 2011 * a. "My Man" * b. "Don't Let Me Down"

Charts

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 1977 debut singles Luv' songs Songs written by Hans van Hemert Songs written by Piet Souer Phonogram Records singles 1977 songs Philips Records singles Private Stock Records singles