Written by: Ruan O’Lochlainn
Recorded: 8 March 1978
Producer: Vini Poncia
Engineer: Bob Schaper
Released: 21 April 1978 (UK), 16 June 1978 (US)
Available on:
Bad Boy
Personnel
Ringo Starr: vocals
Unknown: orchestral instruments
‘A Man Like Me’ is the final song on Ringo Starr’s seventh solo album, 1978’s Ringo The 4th.
It is a version of the Scouse The Mouse song ‘A Mouse Like Me’ with amended lyrics – the word “mouse” is simply changed to “man”.
The song was recorded on 8 March 1978 at Burbank Studios in New York, during the final session for Bad Boy. The recording features an orchestral arrangement by James Newton Howard.
To promote Bad Boy, Starr took part in a primetime US television special titled Ringo, filmed in Hollywood in February 1978. In the show, which was broadcast on 26 April, he performed ‘Heart On My Sleeve’, ‘Hard Times’, and ‘A Man Like Me’.