"Tortured Man" is a 1997 song by Howard Stern with The Dust Brothers that originally featured on the soundtrack for Stern's 1997 film Private Parts. The song has been used as the closing theme song for The Howard Stern Show since January 1999.The song's lyrics, written with help from 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.