What Makes a Man

"What Makes a Man"
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Single by Westlife
from the album Coast to Coast
Released	18 December 2000
Format	CD single
Recorded	Rokstone Studios, London (2000)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:52
Label	SonyBMG
Writer(s)	Wayne Hector, Steve Mac
Producer(s)	Steve Mac
Westlife singles chronology
"My Love" (2000) "What Makes A Man" (2000) "I Lay My Love on You" (2001)

"What Makes a Man" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, Coast to Coast (2000). It was their first single not to peak at number one on the UK Singles Chart, being beaten to the Christmas number one by "Can We Fix It?", the theme to the cartoon series, Bob the Builder.

The song was the 39th best selling single of 2000 in the UK, and received a gold sales certification in the UK for over 400,000 copies sold.

Background

In an interview with Worldpop.com, Brian McFadden said: "It's a weak song, and we didn't do much promotional work. Bob deserved it."

Tours performed at

• Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001)
• World of Our Own Tour (2002)
• Unbreakable Tour (2003)
• Turnaround Tour (2004)
• The Number Ones Tour (2005)
• Face to Face Tour (2006)
• The Love Tour (2007)* Back Home Tour (2008)
• Where We Are Tour (2010)
• Gravity Tour (2011)
• The Farewell Tour (2012)

Track listing

UK CD1

1. "What Makes a Man" (Single Remix) - 3:52
2. "I'll Be There" - 3:55
3. "My Girl" - 2:46

UK CD2

1. "What Makes a Man" (Single Remix) - 3:52
2. "I'll Be There" - 3:55
3. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" - 3:30

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000-2001)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)	2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	39