The Man (Aloe Blacc song)

"The Man"
"The Man"
Single by Aloe Blacc
from the album Lift Your Spirit
Released	January 21, 2014
Recorded	2013
Genre	Soul; R&B;
Length	4:16 (album version); 3:29 (radio edit);
Label	Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Egbert Dawkins III; Sam Barsh; Daniel Seeff; Khalil Abdul Rahman; Elton John; Bernie Taupin;
Producer(s)	DJ Khalil; Dontae Winslow; Alex Finkin;
Aloe Blacc singles chronology

"The Man" is a song by American singer Aloe Blacc. First included on his EP Wake Me Up, the song was later released as the second single from his third studio album, 2014's Lift Your Spirit, on Interscope Records. Blacc co-wrote the track with Sam Barsh, Daniel Seeff, and its producer DJ Khalil and Alex Finkin. Additionally, Elton John and Bernie Taupin are credited as songwriters as the song interpolates the melody and the lyric "you can tell everybody" from John's 1970 song "Your Song".^[1]

"The Man" is Blacc's most successful single as a solo artist to date; it sold 2.5 million copies in the United States as of December 2014,^[2] peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "The Man" topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and Sweden. On January 22, 2014, a remix of "The Man" featuring American rapper Kid Ink was released.

^ Cantor, Brian (13 January 2014). "Aloe Blacc's "The Man" Sparks Sales, Buzz Over Elton John Homage". Headline Planet. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
^ "The Big 9 in 2014: Interscope". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. December 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[1] Cantor, Brian (13 January 2014). "Aloe Blacc's "The Man" Sparks Sales, Buzz Over Elton John Homage". Headline Planet. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

[sales-2] "The Big 9 in 2014: Interscope". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. December 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

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