Tortured Man

Infobox Single
Name = Tortured Man


Artist = Howard Stern and The Dust Brothers
from Album = Private Parts Soundtrack

Released = 1997
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1997
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Label = Warner Bros. Records
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Next single = Extra track listing
Album = Private Parts Soundtrack
Type = soundtrack
prev_track = "Ladies and Gentlemen"
prev_no = Track 28
this_track = "Tortured Man"
track_no = Track 29
next_track =
next_no = "Tortured Man" is a 1997 song by Howard Stern and The Dust Brothers originally featured on the soundtrack for Stern's biographical film "Private Parts". Following the release of the movie, the song has been used as the closing theme song for "The Howard Stern Show" ever since.

The song's lyrics, written with help from "The Howard Stern Show" writers Jackie Martling and Fred Norris, detail the frustration Stern felt for years as a married man with many beautiful women as guests on his radio show. This mirrors one of the central themes of "Private Parts": Stern's devotion to his wife and family. When Stern and his wife separated in 2000 and divorced in 2001, it gave Stern the opportunity to date glamourous celebrities such as Angie Everhart and Robin Givens before settling down with model Beth Ostrosky.

The song also features a number of regularly used sounds clips from the radio show featuring Martling, Gary Dell'Abate, and Stern's parents, Ben and Ray.