Human (Rag'n'Bone Man song)



"Human" is a song by British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man. The song was co-written by Rag'n'Bone Man, Jamie Hartman and produced by Two Inch Punch. It was released as a digital download on 21 July 2016, through Sony Music and Columbia Records. The song is included on his debut studio album of the same name (2017).

Composition
The song is written in the key of B♭ minor with a common time tempo of 75 beats per minute. The vocals span from A♭2 to B♭4 in the song.

Critical reception
Cameron Adams of The Daily Telegraph compared the song to "Take Me to Church" by Hozier for both having an "instant impact, honest lyrics and throwback to ‘real’ music in a time of corporate pop."

Live performances
Rag'n'Bone Man performed "Human" on Later... with Jools Holland on 20 September 2016. He also performed the song on Australian talk show The Morning Show on 28 October 2016. Another live performance of "Human" took place on The Graham Norton Show on 10 February 2017.

Chart performance
On 23 December 2016, the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, scoring the Christmas number two of 2016. The song, however, was the most downloaded and top-selling single throughout the week, with the lack of streams influencing the overall chart position to be lower, denying the song the coveted Christmas number one.

As of April 2017, the song has sold 903,000 combined units in the UK.

Appearances in other media
The song has been featured in trailers for the Netflix documentary film 13th, the Bioware video game Mass Effect: Andromeda, and the BBC television series SS-GB, as well as episodes of the AMC series Into the Badlands and the Amazon Prime series Oasis.