Funny Little Frog

"Funny Little Frog"
Single by Belle & Sebastian
from the album The Life Pursuit
B-side	"Meat and Potatoes" "I Took a Long Hard Look" "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House"
Released	16 January 2006 (2006-01-16)
Studio	The Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
Genre	Northern soul [1] glam rock [1]
Length	3:08
Label	Rough Trade
Songwriter(s)	Richard Colburn Mick Cooke Chris Geddes Stevie Jackson Bobby Kildea Sarah Martin Stuart Murdoch
Producer(s)	Tony Hoffer
Belle & Sebastian singles chronology
"I'm a Cuckoo" (2004) "Funny Little Frog" (2006) "The Blues Are Still Blue" (2006)

"Funny Little Frog" is the first single released from Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian's seventh studio album, The Life Pursuit (2006). The track was released in January 2006 on Rough Trade Records and was produced by Tony Hoffer. The single became the band's highest-charting single in the UK, reaching number 13. The artwork for the single features Julie Coyle and Marisa Privitera. A different version of "Funny Little Frog" appears on Stuart Murdoch's 2009 album God Help the Girl . ^[2]

Track listings

All songs were written by Belle & Sebastian.

UK CD single ^[3]

1. "Funny Little Frog"
2. "Meat and Potatoes"
3. "I Took a Long Hard Look"

UK and Australian 7-inch single ^{[4] [5]}

1. "Funny Little Frog"
2. "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House"

UK and Australian DVD single ^{[6] [7]}

1. "Funny Little Frog" (video)
2. "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (live in Glasgow)

Japanese CD single ^[8]

1. "Funny Little Frog"
2. "Meat and Potatoes"
3. "I Took a Long Hard Look"
4. "Funny Little Frog" (video)
5. "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (live in Glasgow)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. ^[3]

Studios

• Recorded at The Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
• Mixed at Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
• Mastered at Metropolis (London, England)

Personnel

• James Swinburne – saxophone
• Tony Hoffer – production, mixing, engineering
• Todd Burke – engineering
• Jason Mott – assistant engineering (Sound Factory)
• Chris Reynolds – assistant engineering (Sunset Sound)
• Frank Arkwright – mastering
• Keith Dodds – sleeve design and layout
• Stuart Murdoch – photography
• Patrick Doyle – photography assistance
• Marisa Privitera – photography assistance

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA) [9]	32
Scotland (OCC) [10]	3
Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) [11]	98
UK Singles (OCC) [12]	13
UK Indie (OCC) [13]	2

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	16 January 2006	7-inch vinyl DVD	Shock	[14]
United Kingdom		CD	Rough Trade	[15]
Japan	15 February 2006			[16]

References

1. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork . 2 October 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2023. ...the craft on display in...'Funny Little Frog' left no doubt that these were not approximations, but in fact prime examples of glam rock and Northern soul.
2. God Help the Girl (UK CD album liner notes). Stuart Murdoch. Rough Trade Records. 2009. RTRADCD489.
3. Funny Little Frog (UK CD single liner notes). Belle & Sebastian. Rough Trade Records. 2006. RTRADSCD283.
4. Funny Little Frog (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Belle & Sebastian. Rough Trade Records. 2006. RTRADS 283.
5. Funny Little Frog (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Belle & Sebastian. Shock Records. 2006. SHK RTRADS283.
6. Funny Little Frog (UK DVD single liner notes). Belle & Sebastian. Rough Trade Records. 2006. RTRADSDVD 283.
7. Funny Little Frog (Australian DVD single liner notes). Belle & Sebastian. Shock Records. 2006. SHK RTRADSDVD283.
8. Funny Little Frog (Japanese CD single liner notes). Belle & Sebastian. Rough Trade Records. 2006. TOCP-40188.
9. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Belle and Sebastian". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
11. "Schweizer Airplay Charts 08/2006". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
13. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
14. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 16th January 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 16 January 2006. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
15. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 14 January 2006. p. 31.
16. "ファニー・リトル・フロッグ | ベル・アンド・セバスチャン" [Funny Little Frog | Belle and Sebastian] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

• "Funny Little Frog" at belleandsebastian.com