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“Funny the Way It Is” by Dave Matthews Band

From the album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (2009)

“Funny the Way It Is” by Dave Matthews Band appears on 19 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2009 and 2022. It was first released in 2009 on the album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Its best result is #4 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #76 alternative song of 2009.

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2009–2022years charted

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"Funny the Way It Is" was the first single from Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, the Dave Matthews Band album that RCA released in 2009, and Rob Cavallo produced it, with Doug McKean engineering and mixing. The music is credited to Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, Tim Reynolds, Boyd Tinsley and Matthews himself, and Matthews wrote the words, which he said deal with the world of opposites we live in.

It took the band back to places they hadn't been in years. It climbed to 37 on the Hot 100, their fourth and so far last top 40 hit, returned them to the Modern Rock chart for the first time since "Grey Street" in 2002, peaking at 22, and topped the AAA chart, something they hadn't done since "Where Are You Going" that same year. The band also gave it away as a free download on their website.

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
2009	65	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009	101
2009	68	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009	99
2009	70	WTMD Baltimore, MD	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009	89
2009	25	92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2009	50
2009	4	107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009	107
2009	27	106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA	106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009	106
2009	77	WXPN Philadelphia, PA	WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009	100
2009	31	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009	103
2009	40	90.5 WERG Erie, PA	WERG Top 90 of 2009	90
2009	77	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009	99
2009	33	103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT	103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009	103
2009	24	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009	51
2009	71	KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA	KSLG Top 94 of 2009	94
2009	23	WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD	WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009	104
2009	16	Lightning 100 Nashville, TN	Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009	100
2009	49	WBRU Providence, RI	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009	96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2009	477	WYEP	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade	913
2013	421	WXPN	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)	885
2022	1186	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022	603

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