Ain't No Man (Dina Carroll song)

"Ain't No Man" is a 1992 song by UK artist Dina Carroll. After singing on two singles with British dance production duo Quartz, Carroll was relaunched as a solo artist with the song. It was released as the first single from her album, So Close. Lyrically it is sung from the view of a woman singing to her man, telling him that there ain't no man that makes her feel like he do. The song peaked at number 16 in the UK charts, number 26 in the Netherlands and number 63 in Germany. A colorful music video was shot to accompany the song. It was directed by Pedro Romhanyi.[1]

"Ain't No Man"
Single by Dina Carroll
from the album So Close
ReleasedJune 1992
GenreHouse
Length3:44
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis
Producer(s)Nigel Lowis
Dina Carroll singles chronology
"It's Too Late"
(1991)
"Ain't No Man"
(1992)
"Special Kind of Love"
(1992)

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Carroll has a "wonderful, belting voice that deserves to be embraced in pop radio circles." He added that this track "slams mighty hard".[2] Pop Rescue described it as "a lovely little piece of up-tempo light pop."[3] Adam Higginbotham from Select noted the song as "solid, tastefully-cut soul bleeding subtly into brisk garage beats."[4] Johnny Dee from Smash Hits described it as a "luxury, jazzy, summertime wobbler that sounds a bit like a Burt Bacharach tune from the '60s." He added that the song "canters along, sweetly splish-splashing" and is "absolutely gorgeous."[5] In 2013, the song was picked as Official Chart's 'Pop Gem'. They called it a "stand by your man anthem" and labeled it as "an upbeat testimony that true love really did conquer all".[6]

Track listing

12" single, Germany (1992)
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't No Man" (Lowmac Mix) 
2."Ain't No Man" (Master Mix) 
3."Ain't No Man" (Mackmaster Mix) 
4."You'll Lose a Good Thing" 
CD single, Europe (1992)
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't No Man" 
2."You'll Lose a Good Thing" 
CD single, UK & Europe (1992)
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't No Man" (Lowmac 7")3:44
2."Ain't No Man" (Lowmac 12")5:15
3."Ain't No Man" (Master Mix)7:29
4."You'll Lose a Good Thing"3:10

Chart performance

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References

  1. "Dina Carroll: Ain't No Man (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 4 September 1993. p. 63. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "REVIEW: "SO CLOSE" BY DINA CARROLL (CD, 1993)". Pop Rescue. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. "Reviews: New Albums". Select. 1 April 1993. p. 73. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. "New Singles". Smash Hits. No. 355. 8 July 1992. p. 51. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. "Official Chart Pop Gem: Dina Carroll, Ain't No Man". Official Charts Company. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Dina Carroll – Ain't No Man". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Dina Carroll" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dina Carroll – Ain't No Man" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  12. "Dina Carroll: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  13. "Jaarlijsten 1993" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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