Song · The Arcade Fire
“Modern Man” by The Arcade Fire
From the album The Suburbs (2010)
“Modern Man” by The Arcade Fire appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2010 and 2026. It was first released in 2010 on the album The Suburbs. Its best result is #28 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #669 alternative song of 2011.
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"Modern Man" is tucked into The Suburbs, the third album from Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire, which Merge Records released in August 2010. The credits hand the writing, arranging and producing of this one to the band as a whole rather than to any single member, while Markus Dravs is named as producer of the album it lives on.
It rode along on quite a run. The Suburbs opened at number one in Canada, the United States, the UK and Ireland, and in 2011 it was named Album of the Year at both the Grammys and the Juno Awards, won Best International Album at the BRITs and took the Polaris Music Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 40 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 46 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 | 107 |
| 2010 | 83 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
| 2011 | 67 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 | 103 |
| 2011 | 35 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Best of 2011 | 50 |
| 2011 | 40 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 | 105 |
| 2011 | 79 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 28 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2011 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 403 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 446 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 446 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 942 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 682 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 956 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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