Take It Like a Man
by Cher

Album: Closer To The Truth (2013)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song features a guest vocal turn from Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears. Cher described the song to Billboard magazine as "very double-entendre," adding that "it's a beautiful song that's crazy and raucous, and rocks out and is a great dance song."
  • This includes some vocoder effects on Cher's and Shears' vocals. Cher previously employed vocal manipulation to great impact on her 1998 chart-topping single "Believe." "What we did with his voice is so strange," Cher told Billboard, "but I know he's gonna love it."
  • The song was co-produced by British record producer Mark Taylor who was also responsible for creating the vocal effects on "Believe."
  • This was co-written by Tebey Ottoh, a Canadian country singer and multi-genre songwriter whose credits include a range of acts, including One Direction, Justin Moore, and Flo Rida. But he says that Cher, hands down, was the biggest surprise of his career. He explained in a 2022 Songfacts interview:

    "I remember writing 'Take It Like A Man' while in the south of England on a writing trip. We originally were aiming for a British girl group called The Saturdays, but their record company A&R passed on it. About a year later, the song somehow found its way to Cher's management team in LA, and the rest is history. That song reached #2 on the Billboard Dance Chart."

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