"What Makes a Man" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife.

It also debuted and peaked at number two in Ireland, held off the top spot by Eminem's song "Stan".

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

[2] "What Makes a Man" was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in B major, with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of E4 to Bb5.

[4] Speaking in an interview with Worldpop.com, he remarked: "It's a weak song, and we didn't do much promotional work.