B-side "Sweet Lovin' Daddy" Format 7" single Label Alston Records | Released 1968 Length 2:07 | |
Writer(s) Willie Clarke
Clarence Reid | ||
"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" is a single by American recording artist Betty Wright from her debut studio album My First Time Around (1968). It was written by Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid, and released in 1968 by Alston Records. It reached number thirty-three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number fifteen on the US Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles. It has been covered and sampled by several artists.
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Background
"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" is a song written by Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid. It was arranged by Ray Love and produced by Brad Shapiro and Steve Alaimo for Wright's recording, which was released as a 7" single in 1968 by Alston Records—it was Wright's first release under that label. The B-side for the single was "Sweet Lovin' Daddy".
Reception
"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" peaked at number thirty-three on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at number fifteen on the US Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles. The song's theme was unpopular with the feminist movement, according to Andrew Hamilton from AllMusic.
Other versions
Dusty Springfield recorded a cover version "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" for her 1972 studio album See All Her Faces. Yellowman covered it for King Yellowman (1984). "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" is sampled in "Upgrade U" by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, from Beyoncé's album B'Day (2006) and in "No Homo Outro", a track from Turtleneck & Chain (2011) by The Lonely Island.