51 Top Man Songs – Songs With Man in the Title
Last Updated: July 1, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell (Editor of My Wedding Songs and wedding DJ)
In the beginning, there was, man. He was lonely so God created a woman.
Well, we want to feature a song list with all of the songs having the word man in the song title. So we did!
My list of man songs covers many different music styles including rock, country, R&B, pop, and folk.
Man is portrayed in many different ways as well. Man can be simple, a preacher, play the piano, old, really good and he may also be working. You can even walk like one.
No matter how man is presented – I hope you enjoy my list of man songs!
Spotify Man Playlist
Top 20 Trending Man Songs
- “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” by Shania Twain (Country – 1997)
- “Maneater” by Nelly Furtado (Pop – 2006)
- “Man Eater” by Daryl Hall & John Oates (Rock – 1982)
- “Maneater (Live)” by Andrew Barth Feldman (Soundtrack – 2023)
- “The Man” by Taylor Swift (Pop – 2019)
- “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight” by ABBA (Pop – 1979)
- “Die A Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett (Country – 2015)
- “Piano Man” by Billy Joel (Rock – 1973)
- “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson (Pop – 1988)
- “Man” by JoJo (R&B – 2020)
- “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars (Pop – 2012)
- “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Rock – 1973)
- “Man” by Caye (Pop – 2020)
- “A Lesser Man” by The Weeknd (R&B – 2023)
- “One Man Band” by Old Dominion (Country – 2019)
- “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)” by Elton John (Rock – 1972)
- “Little Lion Man” by Mumford & Sons (Alternative – 2009)
- “MAN” by Domani (Hip Hip – 2023)
- “Dying Man” by Morgan Wallen (Country – 2023)
- “Man Down” by Rihanna (Pop – 2010)
Popular Songs About A Man
Half the Man – Jennifer Smestad
Released in 2020 on the album Half the Man
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Lucky as a girl’s ever gonna get
To love a man that’s half the man that my daddy is
My Old Man – Zac Brown Band
Released in 2020 on the album Welcome Home
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Now I finally understand
I have a lot to learn
From my old man
What A Man Gotta Do – Jonas Brothers
Released in 2020 on the album What A Man Gotta Do
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
So, what a man gotta do?
What a man gotta do?
To be totally locked up by you
First Man – Camila Cabello
Released in 2019 on the album Romance
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You held me so tight
Now someone else can
But you were the first man that really loved me
Dead Man Walking – Jeremy Camp
Released in 2019 on the album The Story’s Not Over
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Putting the beat in my heart again
I was a dead man walking
Until you loved this dead man walking back to life
The Man – Taylor Swift
Released in 2019 on the album Lover
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can
Wondering if I’d get there quicker
If I was a man
The Man – The Killers
Released in 2017 on the album Wonderful Wonderful
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m the man, come ’round and
No-no-nothing can break, you can’t break me down
Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett
Released in 2015 on the album Tangled Up
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
If I never get to see the Northern Lights
Or if I never get to see the Eiffel Tower at night
Oh, if all I got is your hand in my hand
Baby, I could die a happy man
Man Of The Year – Schoolboy Q
Released in 2014 on the album Oxymoron
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
It’s a party over here
Shake it for the man of the year
Uh ma-man of the year
Ma-man of the bounce
When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars
Released in 2013 on the album Unorthodox Jukebox
Genre: Pop
Should have gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party ’cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby’s dancing
But she’s dancing with another man
Can’t Raise A Man – K. Michelle
Released in 2013 on the album Rebellious Soul
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Girl, you ain’t never gonna change nobody
If he don’t wanna, you can’t make nobody
You can’t raise a man, no, no
The Man – Aloe Blacc
Released in 2013 on the album Lift Your Spirit
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Yeah you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
I’m the man, I’m the man, I’m the man
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Released in 2012 on the album Night Visions
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Shake it, shake it
And we’re moving again
Been a long time coming for the working man
Think Like A Man – Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo Featuring Rick Ross
Released in 2012 on the album Think Like A Man Soundtrack
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
But in love, love, love
You gotta act like a woman and think like a man
Man Down – Rihanna
Released in 2011 on the album Loud
Genre: Reggae
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, mama, mama, mama
I just shot a man down
In central station
In front of a big ol’ crowd
Cinderella Man – Eminem
Released in 2010 on the album Recovery
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Who can catch lightin’ in a bottle, set fire to water
Comin’ out the nozzle on a fire hose, flyer than swatters
Cinderella Man, Cinderella Man
Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons
Released in 2009 on the album Sigh No More
Genre: Folk
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Tremble for yourself, my man
You know that you have seen this all before
Tremble, little lion man
You’ll never settle any of your scores
Simple Man – Shinedown
Released in 2009 on the album Leave a Whisper
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
And be a simple kind of man
Hmm, be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won’t you do this for me son, if you can, if you can
The Man I Want To Be – Chris Young
Released in 2009 on the album The Man I Want to Be
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I wanna be a good man
A ‘do like I should’ man
I wanna be the kind of man the mirror likes to see
I wanna be a strong man
Next, read songs about a woman.
The Man Who Can’t Be Moved – The Script
Released in 2008 on the album The Script
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Some try to hand me money, they don’t understand
I’m not broke, I’m just a broken-hearted man
I know it makes no sense but what else can I do?
And how can I move on when I’m still in love with you?
Ain’t No Other Man – Christina Aguilera
Released in 2006 on the album Back to Basics
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Ain’t no other man can stand up next to you
Ain’t no other man on the planet does what you do
You’re the kinda guy a girl finds in a blue moon
Your Man – Josh Turner
Released in 2005 on the album Our Man
Genre: Country
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’ve been thinking ’bout this all day long
Never felt a feeling quite this strong
I can’t believe how much it turns me on
Just to be your man
I Don’t Need A Man – The Pussycat Dolls
Released in 2005 on the album PCD
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I don’t need a man to make it happen
I get off being free
I don’t need a man to make me feel good
I get off doing my thing
Real Good Man – Tim McGraw
Released in 2002 on the album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Ain’t much I can promise you
‘Cept to do the best I can
I’ll be damned
I may be a real bad boy
But baby, I’m a real good man
The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
Released in 2002 on the album American IV: The Man Comes Around
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Everybody won’t be treated all the same
There’ll be a golden ladder reachin’ down
When the man comes around
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow – The Soggy Bottom Boys
Released in 2000 on the album O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I am a man of constant sorrow
I’ve seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to ol’ Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised
Man! I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
Released in 1999 on the album Come On Over
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free, yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man, I feel like a woman
The Man Who Sold The World – Nirvana
Released in 1993 on the album MTV Unplugged in New York
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You’re face to face
With the man who sold the world
Whatta Man – Salt-n-Pepa & En Vogue
Released in 1993 on the album Very Necessary
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
What a man, what a man, what a man
What a mighty good man
He’s a mighty mighty good man
Man On The Moon – R.E.M.
Released in 1992 on the album Automatic for the People
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believed there’s nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Brand New Man – Brooks & Dunn
Released in 1991 on the album Brand New Man
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
By the fire in your touch and the flame in your eyes
I’m born to love again
I’m a brand new man
Man In The Box – Alice in Chains
Released in 1990 on the album Facelift
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m the man in the box
Buried in my shit
Won’t you come and save me?
Save me
Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
Released in 1989 on the album Doolittle
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
There is a wait so long
(So long, so long)
You’ll never wait so long
Here comes your man
Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
Released in 1988 on the album Bad
Genre: R&B
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways
And no message could’ve been any clearer
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
Released in 1983 on the album Eliminator
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
‘Cause every girl crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man
Macho Man – Village People
Released in 1978 on the album Macho Man
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man (macho man)
I’ve got to be a macho man
Magic Man – Heart
Released in 1975 on the album Dreamboat Annie
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You don’t have to love me yet, let’s get high awhile
But try to understand, try to understand
Try, try, try to understand, I’m a magic man
Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released in 1973 on the album Pronounced ‘l?h-‘nérd ‘skin-‘nérd
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
And be a simple kind of man
Oh, be something you love and understand
Baby, be a simple kind of man
Oh, won’t you do this for me son, if you can?
Piano Man – Billy Joel
Released in 1973 on the album Piano Man
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feelin’ alright
Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers Band
Released in 1973 on the album Brothers and Sisters
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man
Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
And when it’s time for leavin’
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time) – Elton John
Released in 1972 on the album Honky Château
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I’m a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
Trouble Man – Marvin Gaye
Released in 1972 on the album Trouble Man
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I come off har- come-off-hard, I had to win
Then start all over and win again
I come up hard but that’s okay
‘Cause Trouble Man don’t get in my way
Old Man – Neil Young
Released in 1972 on the album Harvest
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Old man, look at my life
Twenty four and there’s so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two
A Natural Man – Lou Rawls
Released in 1971 on the album Natural Man
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I want to be
Happy and free
Living and loving for me
Like a natural man (like a natural man)
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Released in 1971 on the album Paranoid
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved
The Man Who Sold The World – David Bowie
Released in 1970 on the album The Man Who Sold the World
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You’re face to face
With the man who sold the world
Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
Released in 1969 on the album Stand by Your Man
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And somethin’ warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely
Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Released in 1968 on the album Dusty in Memphis
Genre: Soul
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes, he was, he was, ooh, Lord knows, he was
Soul Man – Sam & Dave
Released in 1967 on the album Soul Men
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Good lovin’ I got a truck load
And when you get it you got something
So don’t worry cause I’m coming
I’m a soul man
When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge
Released in 1966 on the album When a Man Loves a Woman
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that’s the way, it ought to be
When a man loves a woman
Walk Like A Man – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Released in 1963 on the album Big Girls Don’t Cry and Twelve Others
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Walk like a man, talk like a man
Walk like a man, my son
No woman’s worth crawlin’ on the earth
So walk like a man, my son
Have a favorite song with the word man in the title, not on our list? Please share it below so that we can add it!