The Man (Aloe Blacc song)

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"The Man"
Single by Aloe Blacc
from the album Lift Your Spirit
Released January 28, 2014
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 4:16 (album version)
3:29 (radio edit)
Label Interscope
Writer(s)
Producer DJ Khalil, Dontae Winslow
Aloe Blacc singles chronology
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"Wake Me Up"
(2013)
"The Man"
(2014)
"Here Today"
(2014)

"The Man" is a song by American vocalist Aloe Blacc. First included on his EP Wake Me Up, the song was later released as the second single from his third studio album Lift Your Spirit by Interscope Records. Blacc co-wrote the track with Sam Barsh, Daniel Seeff, and its producer DJ Khalil; Elton John and Bernie Taupin received songwriting credits for the song's interpolation of the line "You can tell everybody" from John's 1971 single "Your Song".

The song has become 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,[1] 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.

Music video[edit]

A lyric video to accompany the release of "The Man" was first released to YouTube on January 10, 2014.[2]

The song's official music video followed on March 3, 2014.[3] The video takes place in the 1960s and 1970s and gives tribute to figures and events significant to African American culture during that era.

Below is a list of tributes to people/events in the music video.

0:39 Marvin Gaye What's Going On album cover
0:39-0:54 Violence and racial injustice at the time
0:54-1:12 Civil Rights and Vietnam war protest
1:12-1:45 Louis Armstrong or Clifford Brown
1:45-2:25 Marvin Gaye
2:25-2:57 Muhammad Ali
2:57-3:05 Soul Train
3:19-3:37 Malcolm X
3:37-3:49 Role of African Americans in politics [ Barack Obama ]
3:49---- Martin Luther King, Jr.
3:59---- Selma to Montgomery marches aka "Bloody Sunday"
4:18---- 1968 Olympics Black Power salute (back, right corner)

In popular culture[edit]

Commercials[edit]

In December 2013, "The Man" was used as the backdrop for a series of Beats by Dre commercials promoting the company's "Hear What You Want" campaign, which featured several notable sports personalities, including NFL players Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks and Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, NBA player Kevin Garnett of the Brooklyn Nets, and Chelsea FC football player Cesc Fabregas, wearing Beats headphones to block out the sound of heckling from disgruntled fans.[5]

The song was used extensively at the 2014 NFL Draft, being played 108 times over the course of the three-day event.[6] MLB also used the song for its ads for the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. The ad shows different highlights and celebrations of possible All-Stars for 2014.

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] Platinum 70,000^
Italy (FIMI)[22] Gold 15,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.*
Sweden (GLF)[24] 2× Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Gold 400,000Template:Double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[26] Platinum 2,500,000[1]
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[27] 2× Platinum 5,200,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Label
United States[28][29][30] January 21, 2014 Contemporary hit radio Interscope Records
Rhythmic contemporary radio
February 4, 2014 Urban adult contemporary radio
United Kingdom[31] March 28, 2014 Digital download
United States[32] June 10, 2014 Digital download (Draft Day mix)

References[edit]

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  25. Template:Certification Cite/Title. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on September 18, 2014. Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Enter The Man in the search field and then press Enter.
  26. Template:Certification Cite/Title. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on March 5, 2014. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  27. Certificeringer - Aloe Blacc - The Man. IFPI Denmark. Retrieved on November 1, 2014.
  28. Top 40/M Future Releases. All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved on June 14, 2014.
  29. Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases. All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved on June 14, 2014.
  30. Urban/UAC. All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on January 30, 2014. Retrieved on July 22, 2014.
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  32. The Man (Draft Day Mix) – Single by Aloe Blacc. iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved on April 10, 2014.

External links[edit]

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