So Many Men – So Little Time

"So Many Men, So Little Time"
Single by Miquel Brown
from the album Manpower
B-side	"So Many Men, So Little Time (Instrumental)"
Released	1983 (1983)
Genre	Hi-NRG[1][2][3] post-disco[3]
Length	3:57 8:12 (12" and album version)
Label	Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)	Ian Levine Fiachra Trench
Producer(s)	Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench
Audio
"So Many Men, So Little Time" on YouTube

"So Many Men – So Little Time",^[4] or "So Many Men, So Little Time",^[5] is a song by Canadian singer Miquel Brown, which was a hit in 1983.

Lyrics

It is a song about "a woman sleeping with countless men and waking in the morning unaware of the name of the person sharing her bed".^[6]

History

Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench wrote this song specifically for the London gay club Heaven, where Levine worked as a DJ.^[7]

Levine remembers:

The big record at Heaven was Dan Hartman's 'Relight My Fire'—that's when we brought the big fans out and two thousand people had their hands in the air screaming. It was electrifying. But there weren't enough records coming out that could capture that magic, so we started making our own. I had been at the Circus Maximus in L.A. and I saw a guy wearing a T-shirt that said, 'So many men, so little time,' and I was like, 'One day I want to make a record with that title.' The concept was I sat down with my cowriter and arranger, an Irish guy called Fiachra Trench, and I played him 'Relight My Fire' and I said, 'I want this kind of choppy piano, big powerful chords, and the idea is a woman is going to sing, instead of “I love you, I want you, you're the man of my dreams,” I want the opposite. I want “I wake up next to this man and say, 'Who are you?'” It's so naughty but nice and everyone'll love it.'^[7]

The song, along with Evelyn Thomas' "High Energy", played an important role in the evolution of disco into hi-NRG.^[1][2]

Cover

In 1999, the Danish musical duo Me & My covered the song in their second album Let the Love Go On.^[8]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1983) Peak position Australian (Kent Music Report)[9] 94 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 6 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 8 France (IFOP)[12] 51 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 11 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 14 Paraguay (La Opinion)[15] 2 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 20 UK Singles (OCC)[17] 88 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[18] 2 West Germany (GfK)[19] 28 Chart (1984) Peak position UK Singles (OCC)[20] 78

Year-end charts Chart (1983) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 68

References

1. James Arena (5 July 2013). First Ladies of Disco: 32 Stars Discuss the Era and Their Singing Careers. McFarland. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-1-4766-0332-2.
2. Bob Stanley (13 September 2013). Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. pp. 574–. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
3. Rolling Stone Staff (24 October 2023). "The 100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 100". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 January 2025. A post-disco hi-NRG classic, singer/actress Miquel Brown's delightfully cheeky "So Many Men, So Little Time" remains an enduring club...staple
4. Jörg Amtage; Matthias Müller (2003). Jörg Amtage und Matthias Müller präsentieren Alle Hits aus Deutschlands Charts 1954-2003. Pro Business. ISBN 978-3-937343-20-4.
5. Joel Whitburn's Music Yearbook. Record Research Incorporated. 1983. ISBN 978-0-89820-052-2.
6. Tom Bower (10 September 2012). Sweet Revenge: Updated Edition. Faber & Faber. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-0-571-29938-6.
7. Peter Shapiro (23 June 2015). Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-1-4668-9412-9.
8. "Me & My - Let the Love Go on". Discogs. 1999.
9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 46. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
10. "Miquel Brown – So Many Men, So Little Time" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
11. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Miguel Brown". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 39. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
12. "InfoDisc : Accès direct à ces Artistes > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
13. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 31, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
14. "Miquel Brown – So Many Men, So Little Time" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
15. "Éxitos mundiales de actualidad". La Opinión (Los Angeles) (in Spanish). 30 September 1983. p. 15. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
16. "Miquel Brown – So Many Men, So Little Time". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
17. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
18. "Miquel Brown Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
19. "Offiziellecharts.de – {{{song}}}" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
20. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
21. "Jaaroverzichten 1983". Ultratop. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

External links

• "So Many Men, So Little Time" at Discogs (list of releases)