Lucky Man

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"Lucky Man"
Single by The Verve
from the album Urban Hymns
Released	24 November 1997
Format	CD
Genre	Britpop, Rock
Length	4:53
Label	Hut
Producer(s)	Youth, The Verve
Chart positions
#7 (UK Singles Chart)
The Verve singles chronology
"The Drugs Don't Work" (1997)	"Lucky Man" (1997)	"Sonnet" (1998)

"Lucky Man" is also a song performed by Emerson, Lake and Palmer on their debut and self-titled album

"Lucky Man" is a song by Britpop band The Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns. It was released 24 November 1997 as the third single from the album, charting at #7 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).

The track featured prominently in the prom scene at the final climax of the 2004 film The Girl Next Door.

U2 frontman Bono recognized "Lucky Man" as one of six songs that he wished he had written from the last 20 years of music.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] The Video

The UK version of the video sees the band playing in a riverside apartment near Hammersmith, West London.

The US version was shot in New York, in an apartment and later on a mountain top

[edit] Track listings

• CD1 HUTDG92

1. "Lucky Man"
2. "Never Wanna See You Cry"
3. "History"

• CD2 HUTDX92

1. "Lucky Man"
2. "MSG"
3. "Longest Day"
4. "Lucky Man (Happiness More Or Less)"

CD1

CD2

The Verve
Nick McCabe | Richard Ashcroft | Simon Jones | Peter Salisbury | Simon Tong
Discography
Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven | A Northern Soul | Urban Hymns
EPs: Verve EP | Five by Five
Compilations: No Come Down | This is Music: The Singles 92-98
Singles: "All in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" | "Sonnet"
Tours: Gravity Grave Tour | Urban Hymns Tour
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