Song · Ben Folds Five
“Do It Anyway” by Ben Folds Five
From the album The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012)
“Do It Anyway” by Ben Folds Five appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2012 and 2018. It was first released in 2012 on the album The Sound of the Life of the Mind. Its best result is #9 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #140 alternative song of 2012.
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"Do It Anyway" marked the return of Ben Folds Five, the first song the band had released in more than a decade, and it comes from The Sound of the Life of the Mind, their 2012 album. Folds wrote it and produced it with Joe Pisapia, and the lineup is Folds on piano, Robert Sledge on bass and Darren Jessee on drums, with Joe Costa recording and mixing.
The video is a riot. The band's playing sets off an earthquake in Fraggle Rock, which turns out to sit right under the studio, and the Fraggles climb up to join in: Mokey at the piano with Folds, Gobo alongside Sledge, Wembley behind the kit with Jessee. Chris Hardwick plays a lovestruck gate guard, Anna Kendrick a cool receptionist and Rob Corddry an engineer who isn't much impressed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 9 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2012 | 131 |
| 2012 | 9 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 99 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
| 2012 | 27 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 646 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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