Claim: Songwriting is an act performed by Shania Twain.

`` Man ! I Feel Like a Woman ! '' is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain taken from her third studio album , Come On Over -LRB- 1997 -RRB- . Written by Twain with her longtime collaborator and then-husband Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange , who also produced the track , the song was released first to North American country radio stations in March 1999 as the seventh single from the album , and later it was released worldwide in September 1999 . `` Man ! I Feel Like a Woman ! '' is a country pop song with lyrics about female empowerment .   The song received generally favorable reviews from music critics , who praised the song 's attitude and hook as well as Twain 's vocals . Commercially , the song was also successful , reaching the top-ten in six countries , while reaching the top-twenty in Canada and number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart . It was even more successful on the Hot Country Songs chart , reaching the top-five and was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 digital downloads . The song also won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000 .   The accompanying music video for `` Man ! I Feel Like a Woman ! '' was released on March 3 , 1999 , and it pays homage to Robert Palmer 's `` Addicted to Love '' and Tone Lōc 's `` Wild Thing '' music videos , featuring Twain dancing with buffed and blank-eyed male models . The song was the opening song on both Twain 's Come On Over Tour and the Up ! Tour as well as Twain 's headline on the Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime show . It was also used to comic effect in a 2004 Chevy Colorado TV commercial , as well as being on the soundtrack of Brazilian telenovela Laços de Família . The song was also performed by American Idol winner Carrie Underwood during the fourth season , and by Britney Spears in her first movie Crossroads -LRB- 2002 -RRB- .