Funny Little Frog

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"Funny Little Frog"
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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"
Released16 January 2006 (2006-01-16)
Studio The Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length3:08
Label Rough Trade
Songwriter(s)
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]

Contents

Track listings

All songs were written by Belle & Sebastian.

Credits and personnel

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

Studios

Personnel

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

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia16 January 2006
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • DVD
Shock [14]
United KingdomCD Rough Trade [15]
Japan15 February 2006 [16]

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