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“What Makes A Good Man?” by Heavy
“What Makes A Good Man?” by Heavy appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2012. Its best result is #37 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #122 alternative song of 2012.
The Heavy, the English rock band, fired off "What Makes a Good Man?" on Ninja Tune on 23 May 2012 as the first taste of The Glorious Dead, their third studio album, and the video followed on 21 August. It only scraped to 127 in France, but the song found its real career elsewhere, as the go-to soundtrack for anybody in need of a shot of swagger.
WWE made it the theme for the Royal Rumble in January 2013, EA Sports put it in NHL 13, and it rolls over the closing credits of the game Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Television can't get enough of it either: it has opened Germany's Late Night Berlin since March 2018, it turned up in Top Gear's "Nile Special" and the Grand Tour's "Lochdown" special, and it scored a pastoral spring scene on Clarkson's Farm in 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 81 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 68 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 37 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 181 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
Also listed as: What Makes A Good Man.
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