What Is a Man

"What Is a Man" is a single from the American soul and pop band Four Tops from 1969. It was the first song was released as a single from the album " The Four Tops Now! ". Later that year were also the songs " Do What You Gotta Do "and" Do not Let Him Take Your Love From Me "is released. Two years later, in 1971, the last single from the album was released, namely " MacArthur Park ". Like the two predecessors of "What Is a Man," " Yesterday's Dreams "and" I'm in a Different World, "not even know the number in question to reach the top 40 of the pop chart in the United States. It was even the first issue of The Four Tops since " Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever "not achieved the charts in Canada. In contrast, the song had a lot of success in the UK. There ended up "What Is a Man" namely the # 16 position.

"What Is a Man" was under written by Johnny Bristol in collaboration with D. McNeill. It was the first of the group song written by Bristol and also produced. It was Bristol which could release a song with The Four Tops, because the Four Tops no fixed writer team had more like she'd had with Holland-Dozier-Holland in the mid-sixties, and because he appeared earlier successful songs like " What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) ", written for Jr. Walker & The All Stars, and " My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) "written for former Temptation David Ruffin . Because "What Is a Man" in the United States was not a great success, was the next single which was released by The Four Tops in the United States, one that was written by Norman Whitfield, known for hits like " Cloud Nine "and" I Wish It Would Rain "for The Temptations . That single was "Do not Let Him Take Your Love From Me".

The B-side of "What Is A Man" is the song "Do not Bring Back Memories". Like the A-side, this song comes from the album "The Four Tops Now!". "Do not Bring Back Memories" was written by R. Singleton.

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 * Lead: Levi Stubbs
 * Background: Renaldo "Obie" Benson , Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Lawrence Payton
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers
 * Writers: Johnny Bristol and D. McNeill
 * Production: Johnny Bristol