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By request, we take on a classic one-hit-wonder (in the U.S. anyway). It's Michelle Wright with 1992's "Take It Like a Man". Rarely has a song done more with a single note than this one does with the note G. But this cut is much more than a just G thing. How does this catchy number shift seamlessly between eye-rolling frustration and empowered assertion?  And how do Wright's outstanding vocals tie it all together?

Here's the video we mention in the episode, in which Wright tells the story of the song's composition. Start at 6:37.