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"I'll Be Your Man" is a song by the British singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was released as the fourth single from his third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble. The single was released as a digital download single on 23 May 2011, and will be released as a physical single on September 9, 2011. The song also was released in the United States, where Blunt performed on the Conan O'Brian show and Dancing with the Stars. A music video was released on 26 May 2011, and featured footage of Blunt's Some Kind of Trouble tour.
Marc Hirsh from Boston Globe said that: "Blunt’s happy on those Train tracks: He pulls the same trick nine songs later (minus the whoas) on “I’ll Be Your Man.’’ (“So baby come over from the end of the sofa,’’ the romantic sings on that one, too lazy to move five feet on his own.)Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic was positive, saying that: "Blunt’s strength is his embrace of soft rock cliché, whether he’s cheerfully bouncing along on “I’ll Be Your Man.” Colin Somerville from Scotsman said positively that: "I'll Be Your Man is Blunt getting in touch with his inner teen idol, all chugging acoustic guitar and an excuse to twitch the pelvis." Simon Price from The Independent was negative, saying that: "When he tries to do "seductive" ("I'll Be Your Man") it's embarrassing." Mike Schiller from PopMatters said that: "“I’ll Be Your Man” could be John Cougar Mellencamp. Maybe such similarities could be chalked up to homage, to an artist wanting to pay tribute to those that made him such a success, but these songs are prototypical of their influences to the point of caricature", he completed.
I'll Be may refer to:
James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire can be best described as a mix of acoustic-tinged pop, rock and folk. After recording on the independent American label Custard Records, Blunt won two Brit Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, and by 2006 was nominated for five Grammy Awards. The following year, he released his second album All the Lost Souls (2007). Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released in November 2010. Worldwide, Blunt has sold over 18 million albums, and his debut album, Back to Bedlam, is the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict there in 1999. While posted to Kosovo, Blunt was introduced to the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or "Doctors Without Borders"). Since then, Blunt has supported MSF by holding meet-and-greet auctions at many of his concerts.
Giguere
Where were you when I need... ed you so
Where were you when I called your name
Where are you now when I need you again
I guess that things just stay the same
Verse 2:
Where's the feelin' you told me you had
The feelin' you said would never change
I was again just like all the rest
I guess that things just stay the same
Chorus (w/background vocals second time only):
But if we ever meet again (meet again)
And if-a you need a true lovin' friend (true lovin' friend)
Just look my way and give me a smile (give me a smile)
And you can stay with me a...
whi-hi-hile[to verse 3]
while[to coda]
Verse 3:
If I could start all over again
You know I'd start again with you
So says my heart but my mind can see
That what we had is through
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
As long as you can (long as you can, long as you can, long as you can)
[N.C.]
I'll be your...