Song · Andrew Bird
“Tenuousness” by Andrew Bird
From the album Noble Beast (2009)
“Tenuousness” by Andrew Bird appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album Noble Beast. Its best result is #30 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #196 indie & aaa song of 2009 and #8,190 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Andrew Bird wrote both the words and the music of "Tenuousness", which sits on Noble Beast, the album that arrived on January 20, 2009, his fifth solo studio record and the eighth of his career all told. Bird previewed the record on his website with "Oh No" and "Carrion Suite", NPR streamed the whole thing, and it came out as a standard CD, a limited two-CD deluxe edition and a double LP.
This track got a second life on the big screen a couple of years on, playing over the closing credits of the 2011 movie Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 30 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 853 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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