He’s gotta be a heartbeatin’, fine treatin’
Breathtakin’, earthquakin’ kind
This song is undeniably catchy especially when Shania sings the above lines. Any Man of Mine was a 1995 monster hit for Shania Twain and is considered a country classic by many. In it, she details the qualities she seeks in a man–from his habits to his behaviour around her. This song still receives considerable airplay on country stations nationwide and is spun often at country dance clubs and honky-tonks. Shania even gives instructions on the line dance in the song:
Kick, turn, stomp, stomp, then you jump
Heel to toe, do-si-do
Any Man of Mine is the second song to feature here from Shania after her previous entry [If You’re Not in It for Love] I’m Outta Here!. My blog features a bit of 90s country music from Canadian stars Terri Clark and Shania Twain whom broke down national borders and stylistic barriers. I have watched a couple of documentaries on Shania Twain and admired the Canadian’s fortitude and passion despite great personal setbacks at a vulnerable age. You can read more about her plights in my previous post. Can you believe, she is the best-selling female artist in country music history!
[Intro]
This is what a woman wants
[Verse 1]
Any man of mine better be proud of me
Even when I’m ugly, he still better love me
And I can be late for a date—that’s fine
But he’d better be on time
Any man of mine’ll say it fits just right
When last year’s dress is just a little too tight
And anything I do or say better be okay
When I have a bad hair day
[Pre-Chorus]
And if I change my mind
A million times
I wanna hear him say
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I like it that way!”
[Chorus]
Any man of mine better walk the line
Better show me a teasin’, squeezin’, pleasin’, kinda time
I need a man who knows how the story goes
He’s gotta be a heartbeatin’, fine treatin’
Breathtakin’, earthquakin’ kind
Any man of mine
Any Man of Mine was the second single from her 1995 album The Woman in Me and her first No1 hit on country radio topping the charts for 2 weeks. it was nominated for both Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 1996 Grammy Awards. It won Single of the Year at both the Canadian Country Music Awards and Country Music Radio Awards in 1995.
“It is a very powerful singalong style song, with heavy syncopated drums – a la We Will Rock You“
– Alan Jones – Music Week
References:
1. Any Man of Mine – Wikipedia
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
Observation Blogger 
I didn’t know Shania Twain sang country?!!
Umm, Shania Twain is renowned principally as a Country – music artist. She became popular because of her country music hits in the 90’s. However she remains a bit contentious amongst country music puritans as I alluded to in my previous article:
‘I know some Country music puritans might have an axe to grind with Shania allegedly selling out to commercial Pop, but I hope to appease them by announcing my favourite songs from Shania are country steeped – Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore) and today’s track – [If You’re Not in It for Love] I’m Outta Here!’.