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Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend
Father of the Bride is an album by Vampire Weekend, released in 2019. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 64 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Harmony Hall”, on 32 lists and voted number one three times.
Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend's fourth album and their first on a major label, came out on Columbia on May 3, 2019, nearly six years after Modern Vampires of the City and the first since Rostam Batmanglij left the band. He still turns up in the credits, but Ariel Rechtshaid and Ezra Koenig did most of the producing, with Chris Baio and Chris Tomson still aboard and a guest list running from Danielle Haim to Steve Lacy, Chromeo's Dave Macklovitch, DJ Dahi, Sam Gendel and BloodPop.
It's a loose, sunlit, magpie record, flirting with country and jam-band noodling while Koenig drops heavy thoughts over bright springtime melodies. The singles came in pairs: "Harmony Hall" with "2021", "Sunflower" with "Big Blue", "This Life" with "Unbearably White". It debuted at number one, won the band another Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album and earned their first Album of the Year nomination.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Father of the Bride on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmony Hall | 32 | #1 | 3 | 2019–2026 | |
| 2 | This Life | 20 | #1 | 1 | 2019–2026 | |
| 3 | Sunflower | 11 | #14 | – | 2019–2026 | |
| 4 | Unbearably White | 1 | #79 | – | 2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.