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“What Kind Of Man” by Florence And The Machine
From the album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
“What Kind Of Man” by Florence And The Machine appears on 14 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2015 and 2024. It was first released in 2015 on the album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Its best result is #4 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 2015 and #354 of the '10s.
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"What Kind of Man" came out on 12 February 2015 as the first taste of How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, Florence and the Machine's third album, and it plugged in hard. Florence Welch wrote it with Kid Harpoon and John Hill, Markus Dravs produced with Hill as co-producer, and Welch has said the band spent ages chasing the right guitar tone before stacking three different sounds on top of each other. Leo Abrahams and Robert Ackroyd handle the guitars.
It starts in a low simmer, then crashes into a thumping beat of tambourine and bass drum before blooming into full brass-band pop, courtesy of a small army of trumpets, French horns, trombone, tuba and euphonium. Welch aims all of it at a man who wronged her and couldn't make up his mind. The Grammys nominated it for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 11 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 26 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 4 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 67 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 42 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 32 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 60 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
| 2015 | 26 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 12 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2015 | 125 |
| 2015 | 46 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 41 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 70 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 893 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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