"What Makes a Man" | ||||
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Single by Westlife | ||||
from the album Coast to Coast | ||||
Released | 18 December 2000 [1] | |||
Studio | Rokstone (London) | |||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Steve Mac | |||
Westlife singles chronology | ||||
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"What Makes a Man CD2" | ||||
Music video | ||||
"What Makes a Man" on YouTube |
"What Makes a Man" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 18 December 2000 in the UK and Ireland as the third single from their second studio album, Coast to Coast . The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and was their first single not to peak at number one,being beaten to the Christmas number-one spot by "Can We Fix It?",the theme to the cartoon series Bob the Builder . It also debuted and peaked at number two in Ireland,held off the top spot by Eminem's song "Stan".
The song was the 39th-best-selling single of 2000 in the UK and received a gold sales certification for over 400,000 copies sold. It is the band's fifth-best-selling single in paid-for sales,and seventh-best-selling single in combined sales as of January 2019. [2]
"What Makes a Man" was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in B major,with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of E4 to Bb5. [3]
Brian McFadden of Westlife had little faith in the release. [4] Speaking in an interview with Worldpop.com,he remarked:"It's a weak song,and we didn't do much promotional work. Bob [the Builder] deserved it." [5]
UK CD1 and cassette single [6] [7]
UK CD2 [8]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [16] | Gold | 400,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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