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"What Makes a Good Man?"
Single by The Heavy
from the album The Glorious Dead
B-side
"In Your Hands" (Green 7")
"The Sleeping Ignoramus" (Orange 7")
Released
23 May 2012
Genre
Alternative rock
indie rock
funk rock
neo soul
Length
3:48(album version)
3:24(radio edit)
Label
Counter
Songwriter
The Heavy
Producer
Jim Abbiss
The Heavy singles chronology
"Short Change Hero" (2009)
"What Makes a Good Man?" (2012)
"Curse Me Good" (2012)
"What Makes a Good Man?" is a song by English rock band The Heavy. It was released as the lead single from their third studio album, The Glorious Dead, on 23 May 2012.[1] A music video for the song was also released on Vevo and YouTube on 21 August 2012. The song peaked at number 127 on the French Singles Chart.
The song was used during the credits sequence in the video game Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.[2] and a Russian television commercial for the Volkswagen Teramont. Since March 2018 it is also the theme song for the German late night show Late Night Berlin. It was also used as the theme song for WWE's PPV event Royal Rumble in January 2013. In 2024, the song appears as the soundtrack to a pastoral spring scene at the end of Season 3, Episode 4 of Clarkson's Farm. In 2013 the song was used for a short period during the Top Gear season 19 “Nile Special”. In 2021 the trio used it as part of their “Lochdown” special in Season 4 of the Grand Tour.
Music video
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The official music video for the song, lasting three minutes and twenty-one seconds, was uploaded on 21 August 2012 to the band's Vevo channel on YouTube.[3]
Track listing
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7" vinyls
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Counter — COUNT044 A/B (Green vinyl)[4]
Side A
No.
Title
Length
1.
"What Makes a Good Man?"
3:48
Side B
No.
Title
Length
1.
"In Your Hands"
3:02
Counter — COUNT044 C (Orange vinyl)[5]
Side A
No.
Title
Length
1.
"What Makes a Good Man?"
3:48
Side B
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Sleeping Ignoramus"
3:58
Promo CD
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Counter — COUNTCD044P [6]
Side A
No.
Title
Length
1.
"What Makes a Good Man?" (Radio edit)
3:24
2.
"What Makes a Good Man?"
3:48
3.
"What Makes a Good Man?" (Radio edit instrumental)
3:22
4.
"What Makes a Good Man?"
3:46
Charts
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Chart (2012)
Peakposition
France (SNEP)[7]
127
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8]
31
References
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^"The Heavy – 'What Makes A Good Man?'". YouTube. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^2K Australia / Gearbox Software (14 October 2014). Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. 2K Games. Scene: Credits sequence.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"The Heavy – What Makes A Good Man? (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^"The Heavy – What Makes A Good Man? (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^"The Heavy – What Makes A Good Man? (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^"The Heavy – What Makes A Good Man? (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^"The Heavy – What Makes a Good Man?" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^"The Heavy Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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The Heavy
Albums
Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (2007)
The House That Dirt Built (2009)
The Glorious Dead (2012)
Hurt & the Merciless (2016)
Sons (2019)
Amen (2023)
Singles
"How You Like Me Now?"
"What Makes a Good Man?"
Other songs
"Short Change Hero"
Related articles
Discography
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