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Be a Man (Hole song)

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Format
  
CD single

Label
  
Geffen

Recorded
  
1997 (1997)

B-side
  
Whatever It Takes (by P.O.D.)

Released
  
March 28, 2000 (2000-03-28)

Genre
  
Alternative rock, alternative metal, punk rock

"Be a Man" is the thirteenth single by alternative rock band Hole and last before their breakup in 2002.

Contents

The song was a co-written by Hole members Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson with contribution from frequent guest Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 2000 as a double A-side (the other track being from P.O.D.) this track also featured on the soundtrack to the film Any Given Sunday (1999). It was the last single by the band for ten years, until "Skinny Little Bitch" in 2010.

Track listing

CD single

  1. Be a Man (radio edit) - 3:18
  2. Be a Man (album version) - 3:18
  3. Whatever It Takes (by P.O.D.) - 4:02

US promotional CD PRCD 9166

  1. Be a Man (radio edit) - 3:18
  2. Be a Man (album version) - 3:18

Music video

The video for Be a Man features a blue-haired Courtney Love with a dress in the same color in a football field, interacting with, seducing and French-kissing the game players from the film as a rain starts. It is the first Hole video not to feature Eric Erlandson (the only member remaining in the band besides Love at that point), plus it also featured her naked in the video.

References

Be a Man (Hole song) Wikipedia