Cohen first started work on the song in the early eighties when he called the work "Raise My Voice in Song." He abandoned it for several years, but one night in Montreal he completed the lyrics, called an engineer and recorded it in one take for I'm Your Man using a toy synthesizer.
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Unlike many songwriters who can write songs in minutes when the inspiration strikes, Cohen would sometimes take years to write his best songs, taking care to get every word just right. Talking about "I'm Your Man," he explained to Song Talk: "I sweated over that one. I really sweated over it. .