The Man (Aloe Blacc song)
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"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 lyric "you can tell everybody" from John's 1970 song "Your Song".[1]
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from the album Lift Your Spirit | ||||
Released | January 21, 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
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Label | Interscope | |||
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The song 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 the United States, "The Man" topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and Sweden. On January 22, 2014, a remix of "The Man" featuring American rapper Kid Ink was released.