Other Versions
Numerous artists have recorded "I'm a Man" over the years. The Royal Guardsmen (from the 1967 album Return of the Red Baron) recorded it, as well as The Litter (1967 single and Distortions). The Who recorded the song for their debut album My Generation. A live recording of "I'm a Man" was the B-side of Dr. Feelgood's 1975 single, "Back in the Night", and appeared on their chart-topping 1976 live album, Stupidity. Doug Sahm performed the song in a San Francisco nightclub scene in the 1979 film More American Graffiti. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed the song throughout their 2006 North American "Highway Companion" tour. A version from this tour was later featured on The Live Anthology album.
In 2008, a schaffel beat version by Black Strobe was included in the film and soundtrack album for Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla. This version of the song was used also in the third season of the Norwegian reality television program Paradise Hotel and seventh season of the of the Danish Paradise Hotel and later again in Paradise Hotel Reunion. Also in 2008, an untitled rock variation of the song was featured in the trailer for the two-part French film, Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One. It is commonly mistaken for the version of the song performed by Black Strobe, the difference being that the words "I'm a Man" are replaced with "Highwayman" in the trailer version.
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