Song · Father John Misty
“Ballad of the Dying Man” by Father John Misty
From the album Pure Comedy (2017)
“Ballad of the Dying Man” by Father John Misty appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2017 on the album Pure Comedy. Its best result is #5 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 indie & aaa song of 2017 and #256 of the '10s.
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Josh Tillman wrote "Ballad of the Dying Man" for Pure Comedy, the third album he made as Father John Misty, which came out on April 7, 2017, on Bella Union for Britain and Europe and on Sub Pop elsewhere. He produced it with Jonathan Wilson, Trevor Spencer engineered, and the three of them mixed it together, with eight extra voices, among them Shanika Bereal, Chavonne Stewart and Celeste Young, filling out the vocals.
The album around it was mostly written in 2015 and takes on the whole human predicament: progress, technology, fame, politics, aging, social media and our own nature, told as a parable about a species that arrives with its brain only half built. Tillman even sent his fan club an 1800-word essay on what it all meant.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 62 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 51 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 20 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 34 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 45 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
Also listed as: Ballad Of The Dying Man.
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