Flim Flam Man (song) - Composition

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"Flim Flam Man" is a song written by Laura Nyro for the 1967 film The Flim-Flam Man. It was first recorded and released by Nyro in February 1967 on her debut album More Than a New Discovery.

"Flim Flam Man"

Single by Barbra Streisand

from the album Stoney End

B-side

"Maybe"

Released

May 1971

Recorded

1970

Genre

Pop, Easy Listening

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Laura Nyro

Producer(s)

Richard Perry

Barbra Streisand singles chronology

"Time and Love"
(1971)

"Flim Flam Man"
(1971)

"Where You Lead"
(1971)

The best-known version of the song was a hit for Barbra Streisand in 1971 (as "Hands Off The Man (Flim Flam Man)"). It was the final single of three releases from her Stoney End LP. The song was suggested to Streisand by record producer Richard Perry.

The song reached number 82 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971. It also reached number seven on the US Easy Listening chart.[1] In Canada it peaked at number 62 (and #17 Adult Contemporary).

Chart performance

Chart (1970–71)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	62
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary	17
US Billboard Hot 100[2]	82
US Billboard Easy Listening[3]	7
US Cash Box Top 100	69

Other versions

"Flim Flam Man" has also been recorded by Peggy Lipton (1968), Robin Wilson (1971), Don Lane (1973), Janice Hoyte (1974) and Grace Cosgrove (2012).[4]

References

Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 232.
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 232.
Second Hand Songs: Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man) by Barbra Streisand

External links

Barbra Streisand - Flim Flam Man on YouTube

v t e Barbra Streisand songs
Discography
1960s singles	"Miss Marmelstein" "Happy Days Are Here Again" "My Coloring Book" "People" "I Am Woman" "Funny Girl" "Absent Minded Me" "Why Did I Choose You" "My Man" "He Touched Me" "Second Hand Rose" "Where Am I Going?" "You Wanna Bet" "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long" "The Minute Waltz" "Non C'est Rien" "Free Again" "Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)" "Stout-hearted Men" "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" "Jingle Bells?" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "The Lord's Prayer" "Our Corner of the Night" "The Morning After" "Funny Girl" "I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)" "My Man" "Frank Mills" "Little Tin Soldier" "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" "Before the Parade Passes By" "Hello, Dolly!"
1970s singles	"The Best Thing You've Ever Done" "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" "Stoney End" "Time and Love" "Flim Flam Man" "Where You Lead" "Mother" "Space Captain" "Sweet Inspiration" / "Where You Lead" "Sing" / "Make Your Own Kind of Music" "Didn't We" "If I Close My Eyes" "The Way We Were" "All in Love Is Fair" "Guava Jelly" "Jubilation" "How Lucky Can You Get" "My Father's Song" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" "My Heart Belongs to Me" "Songbird" "Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)" "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" "Superman" "The Main Event/Fight" "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" "Kiss Me in the Rain"
1980s singles	"Woman in Love" "Guilty" "What Kind of Fool" "Promises" "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" "Memory" "The Way He Makes Me Feel" "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" "Left in the Dark" "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" "Emotion" "Somewhere" "Send In the Clowns" "Till I Loved You" "All I Ask of You" "What Were We Thinking Of" "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" "Someone That I Used to Love"
1990s singles	"Places That Belong to You" "For All We Know" "With One Look" "Children Will Listen" "Speak Low" "The Music of the Night" "As If We Never Said Goodbye" "Ordinary Miracles" "Evergreen (Live)" "I've Got a Crush on You" "I Finally Found Someone" "Tell Him" "If I Could" "Higher Ground" "I've Dreamed of You" "If You Ever Leave Me"
2000s singles	"It Must Have Been the Mistletoe" "I Won't Be the One to Let Go" "Stranger in a Strange Land" "Night of My Life" "Come Tomorrow" "Above the Law" "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
2010s singles	"I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Somewhere" "When You Wish Upon a Star" "It Had to Be You" "What Kind of Fool" "Enough Is Enough 2017" "Don't Lie to Me"
Category Template

v t e Laura Nyro
Studio albums	More Than a New Discovery (1967) Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) New York Tendaberry (1969) Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970) Gonna Take a Miracle (1971) Smile (1976) Nested (1978) Mother's Spiritual (1984) Walk the Dog and Light the Light (1993)
Live albums	Season of Lights (1977) Laura: Live at the Bottom Line (1989) Live from Mountain Stage (2000)
Compilations	The First Songs (1973) Impressions (1980) Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1997) Time and Love: The Essential Masters (2001)
Important songs	"Wedding Bell Blues" "Flim Flam Man" "Stoney End" "And When I Die" "Eli's Comin'" "Stoned Soul Picnic" "Sweet Blindness" "Blowing Away" "Save the Country" "Up on the Roof"
Related	Labelle Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro

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«Flim Flam Man» — песня, записанная и исполненная американской певицей Лорой Ниро специально для фильма «Вздорный человек (англ.) (рус.» 1967 года. Также она включила песню на свой дебютный альбом More Than a New Discovery (англ.) (рус..

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