You Don't Own Me

"You Don't Own Me" is a popular song written by Philadelphia songwriters John Madara and David White and recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963, when Gore was 17 years old. The song was Gore's second most successful recording and her last top-ten single. Gore herself considered it to be her signature song claiming “I just can’t find anything stronger to be honest with you, it’s a song that just grows every time you do it.”

This article is about the song recorded by Lesley Gore. For the single by Pale Waves, see You Don't Own Me (Pale Waves song).
"You Don't Own Me"
Single by Lesley Gore
from the album Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
B-side"Run Bobby, Run"
ReleasedDecember 11, 1963
RecordedSeptember 21, 1963
Genre
Length2:31
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Quincy Jones
Lesley Gore singles chronology
"She's a Fool"
(1963)		 "You Don't Own Me"
(1963)		 "That's the Way Boys Are"
(1964)

The song was striking in 1963 for its anti-patriarchal stance, showing the power of one woman to deny the wishes of a man. Since then, the song has been hailed as an early feminist anthem. In 2015, singer Grace took Gore's song to No. 1 in Australia with a version featuring rapper G-Eazy. The following year, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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