Song · Eurythmics
“I Need A Man” by Eurythmics
From the album Savage (1987)
“I Need A Man” by Eurythmics appears on 13 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1988 and 2005. It was first released in 1987 on the album Savage. Its best result is #51 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 1988 and #1,905 alternative song of all time.
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"I Need a Man" is Annie Lennox with the gloves off, a hard, strutting pop-rocker from Savage, Eurythmics' 1987 album, that she and Dave Stewart wrote together and Stewart produced. Lennox sings it with a commanding snarl, running down the whole list of things she will not put up with in a man, while the band behind her grinds and stomps.
RCA put it out as a single in May 1988. Manu Guiot engineered and mixed it. The video, directed by Sophie Muller, picks up the story begun in the clip for "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)", where Lennox's frazzled housewife made herself over into a Marilyn Monroe-style disco vixen and walked out the door; here that character lands in a dim nightclub and belts the song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 51 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 242 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 369 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1991 | 888 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 957 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1008 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1847 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 997 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1460 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 997 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 997 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: I Need a Man.
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