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“Lucky Man” by The Verve

From the album Urban Hymns (1997)

“Lucky Man” by The Verve appears on 27 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1998 and 2025. It was first released in 1997 on the album Urban Hymns. Its best result is #31 on the Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 1998 and #1,658 alternative song of all time.

27countdowns
16stations
#31best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1998–2025years charted

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"Lucky Man" came out on 24 November 1997 as the third single from the Verve's third album, Urban Hymns, and it's Richard Ashcroft's heart laid bare. He wrote it, words and music, and he has said it grew out of his marriage: that point in a relationship when the early showing-off is over and two people get down to who they really are.

Youth produced it with the band, and Chris Potter recorded it and added extra production and mixing, and the whole thing rises like a hymn toward a chorus of weary gratitude. It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, climbed to 16 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, the band's second top 20 there, and went top 40 in Finland, Iceland, Ireland and New Zealand. The UK release came in four formats, with the earlier single "History" tucked onto the first CD.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 56 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 74 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 70 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 91 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 99 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 37 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 71 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 71 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 997 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 485 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2001 195 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2004 118 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 423 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 304 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 410 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 236 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 1208 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1288 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1314 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1220 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1273 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1326 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1363 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 366 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 527 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 803 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2025 31 Absolute Radio Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems 100

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