Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)

"Lucky Man"
Single by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from the album Emerson, Lake & Palmer
B-side"Knife-Edge"
Written1959 or 1960
Released
  • December 1970 (Europe)
  • February 1971 (US)
Recorded1970
Genre
Length
  • 3:33 (single version)
  • 4:37 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Greg Lake
Producer(s)Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake & Palmer singles chronology
"Lucky Man"
(1970)
"Stones of Years"
(1971)

"Lucky Man" is a song by the English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), from the group's 1970 self-titled debut album. Written by Greg Lake when he was 12 years old and recorded by the trio using improvised arrangements, the song contains one of rock music's earliest instances of a Moog synthesizer solo. "Lucky Man" was released as a single in 1970 and reached the top 20 in the Netherlands. The song also charted in the United States and Canada. The single was re-released in 1973 and charted again in the US and Canada.