Hazell Dean - Searchin' (Gotta Find A Man) Extended Mega Mix (Proto Records 1983)

"Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" is a song written and produced by Ian Anthony Stephenson and recorded by British singer Hazell Dean in 1983. It became a top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart and US Dance Club Songs chart. It was covered in 2007 by Australian girl group Young Divas.

The single was initially released in 1983 and peaked at number seventy-six in the UK Singles Chart. The song became a popular dance track, particularly so in gay clubs. After hitting the U.S. Dance charts, where it peaked at number eight, it was re-issued in the UK in 1984 and managed to reach number six in the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of her most successful singles to date. The song was later included on her album Heart First.

Hazell Dean (born Hazel Dean Poole) is an English dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading Hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top ten hits in the United Kingdom "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)", "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" and "Who's Leaving Who". She has also worked as a songwriter and producer.

Dean was born in Chelmsford, Essex. She started her career in the mid-1970s and came to prominence in the following decade after many years as a club performer and working on the gay scene with her brand of Hi-NRG. She was elected three times as the "Best Live Performer" by the "Federation of American Dance Clubs" (US), and twice as a "Best British Performer" by "Club Mirror Awards" (UK).

Dean started her career signed to Decca Records releasing a few pop/soul singles from the mid to late 70's written and produced by Paul Curtis. Dean participated in the A Song for Europe contest in 1976, and took eighth place (out of twelve) with the ballad, "I Couldn't Live Without You for a Day", written by contest veteran Paul Curtis.

Dean's first album was first released in 1981. The Sound Of Bacharach and David was a collection of covers written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and was only released promotionally to radio stations for them to use the songs to pad out their programming with songs they didn't have to pay so much for in royalties. A very rare album, it was re-released commercially for the first time in 2014. Dean also released a promotional double A side single for the area of Medway (Medway You're The One / Medway That's Where I Wanna Be) in 1982. This was re-discovered and put onto YouTube in 2017.

Dean decided to put behind her pop/soul sound she had been recording, and issued her first dance record, "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" in the summer of 1983. While it was a big hit in gay clubs, it only peaked at #76.

After the success of "Searchin'", Dean made her LGBT club début at Heaven in London and has subsequently enjoyed a large LGBT following. Acknowledging the support she has received from the LGBT community throughout her career, Dean frequently performs at LGBT Pride events both in the UK and abroad.

Hazell Dean is Patron of Pride in Surrey. She is in the Pride Power List - which celebrates the 100 most influential LGBT people in the UK. Hazell Dean is proud to be a Trans Ally and supporter of Transgender Rights. Hazell Dean has been in a long term relationship since 1991 and has been in a civil partnership since 2005.

Searchin' and seekin'
Never sleepin'
I've got to find me a man
I want no disguises
Just surprises someone who I'll understand
I don't need a guy who spends only one night
Then tell me he's got no more time
I'm looking for someone to share my life
I better move on down the line

Searchin' - looking for love all the time I can
Searchin' - looking for love I've got to find a man

Some guys excite me but don't invite me
They don't even notice
It seems
Oh I'm always waiting
Anticipating.
I long for the man of my dreams
He needn't be handsome
Have fortune or fame
He just gotta be sweet and kind
But there's so many wanting or needing the same
I gotta move on down the line

Searchin' - looking for love all the time I can
Searchin' - looking for love all the time I can
Searchin' - looking for love every place I can
Searchin' - looking for love all the time I can

Will I ever reach my goal
Will I ever get the chance
To live my life with just one man
Oh I thought by now I held the love I always wanted
But things are not the way I planned
Oh I'm searchin' - looking for love all the time I can
Searchin' - looking for love
I've got to find me a man
Searchin' - looking for love every place I can
Searchin' - looking for love
I've got to find a man

Searchin' and seekin'
Never sleepin'
I've got to find me a man
I want no disguises
Just surprises someone who I'll understand
I don't need a guy who spends only one night
Then tell me he's got no more time
I'm looking for someone to share my life
I better move on down the line

Searchin' - looking for love all the time I can
Searchin' - looking for love I've got to find a man
Searchin' - looking for love every place I can
Searchin' - looking for love
I've got to find a man

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