"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 song was also the band's second, and so far last Top 20 hit in the USA.
The final b-side on CD 2 of the UK release, "Happiness More or Less", was a remix of the title track made by guitarist Nick McCabe after another b-side was needed for the release. All of the guitar and most of the vocal parts were taken out, leaving the drums, bass and strings. Another b-side on CD 2, "MSG", was an alternate version of Bittersweet Symphony, which featured the percussion and bass line from that song, with psychedelic soundscapes added.
An earlier single from the band, "History" was included as a b-side on CD 1.
The track featured prominently in the prom scene at the final climax of the 2004 film The Girl Next Door.
Anastacia "borrowed" the melody and hook of this song for her hit "Cowboys & Kisses" in 2001, but Richard Ashcroft received no credit for it.
U2 frontman Bono recognized "Lucky Man" as one of six songs that he wished he had written from the last 20 years of music.
"Lucky Man" is a single by American country music group Montgomery Gentry that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was the second single from their 2006 album Some People Change, and the duo's third Number One single overall.
