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“The Man” by The Killers

From the album Wonderful Wonderful (2017)

“The Man” by The Killers appears on 19 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2017 and 2024. It was first released in 2017 on the album Wonderful Wonderful. Its best result is #4 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #1 alternative song of 2017 and #140 of the '10s.

19countdowns

16stations

#4best position

0#1 finishes

4top 10 finishes

2017–2024years charted

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"The Man" kicked off the Wonderful Wonderful era for the Killers, arriving on June 14, 2017, as the first single from their fifth album, and it struts in wearing a disco-funk swagger and a grin. Jacknife Lee produced it, with Erol Alkan adding synths, percussion and extra production, and Dan Grech-Marguerat mixed it until it gleamed.

Brandon Flowers sings as a peacock in his twenties, chest puffed out, bulletproof and sure of it, and the joke is on him. Ronnie Vannucci Jr. has said the song pokes fun at that young idea of manhood, which misses the point: the real thing is about compassion and empathy. Flowers has said it grew out of stepping back from the album's gentler songs, "Rut" and "Some Kind of Love". The writing credits stretch to Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, and Anton Corbijn shot the cover, a picture of Flowers's youngest son, Henry.

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
2017	9	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2017	91
2017	6	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017	20
2017	15	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017	99
2017	23	WERS 88.9 Boston, MA	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017	88
2017	112	Lightning 100 Nashville, TN	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017	200
2017	13	WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017	104
2017	16	WXPN Philadelphia, PA	WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017	50
2017	11	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2017	104
2017	4	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017	88
2017	41	The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017	89
2017	16	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017	50
2017	9	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017	103
2017	19	Triple J Australia (national)	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017	100
2018	18	WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018	104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2019	51	103.3 The Edge	103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade	103
2019	91	102.7 WEQX	WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade	103
2019	1030	WYEP	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019	1099
2020	43	107.7 The End	The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s)	107
2024	756	WXPN	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)	885

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