Shania Twain has opened about writing her classic hit single Man! I Feel Like a Woman.
The hitmaker released her now-signature tune as the in 1999 as the eighth single from her third studio album, ‘Come On Over’ (1997).
Speaking in an interview with Vice, the Queen of Country Pop looked back on the track, revealing: “When the Man! I Feel Like a Woman statement came out, then it was so obvious the song was liberated, independent, human beings. Celebrating your own spirit, and I felt it all through the songwriting.
“I’m just thinking, ‘This feels like a party song.’ It just made me feel like I’m standing up for myself. I’m not apologetic about all the things that are criticised that I’ve experienced in my own life.
“‘That’s too tight, that’s too short…’ For me to just start even recognizing that I’m OK with being a girl.”
The That Don’t Impress Me Much singer, who will release her sixth album, ‘Queen of Me’, in February, went on to reflect on how the song belongs to “everyone” and “changed” things for her as a country singer.
“I hadn’t written Man! I Feel Like a Woman for any particular person, except for the way I was feeling. It’s like everyone’s song. And they all take ownership of it in a different way, even regardless of what the song stands for and represents, and has come to represent.
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman is a signature song for my entire career. This song was absorbed by a global audience, which changed things for me as an artist, of course.
“I’m a part of pop culture now. It wasn’t a courageous thing to write this sort of statement, but once I said it, then I’m like, this is very satisfying thing to say, ‘Man, I feel like a woman,’ and I love that.’”
