My Man and Me

"My Man and Me" is a song written,[1] recorded and produced by the British female singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul for her second album, Taste Me... Don't Waste Me, and released as a single on 21 February 1975.[2] It reached the UK top 40 in March 1975 and was de Paul's seventh UK Singles Chart hit.[3] It was listed as one of the best singles of 1975 in the UK music paper Record Mirror.[4] The song also reached No. 23 on the Radio Capital Countdown on 29 March 1975, No. 27 on the Radio Luxembourg singles chart on 1 April 1975[5] and No. 35 on the NME singles chart.[6] Despite not being her biggest hit, it is rated the most played de Paul song on the BBC.[7] Notable performances of the song include a live version for The Old Grey Whistle Test,[8] a live performance on David Nixon's Christmas Magic shown on prime time TV on Christmas Day,[9] and an appearance singing the song on Top of the Pops on 20 February 1975.[10] It was included as one of the tracks on the K-Tel 1976 compilation album 44 Superstars,[11] as well as various Polydor compilation albums such as That's When The Music Gets Me.[12]

The song has been released as a cover version by Swedish singer Agneta Munther with Swedish lyrics by Britt Lindeborg on her 1975 album Två sidor;[13] as well as by Japanese artist Beautiful Hummingbird accompanied by acoustic guitar.[14]

The song title and lyric was altered to "My Girl and Me" on the 1977 single release by ex-the Move member Carl Wayne, which was produced by de Paul.[15] It was given a more bluesy makeover that seems to be a precursor to de Paul's re-recorded version of the song for her 1979 album Tigers and Fireflies.[16]