Song · Father John Misty
“Funny Girl” by Father John Misty
From the album Chloë and the Next 20th Century (2022)
“Funny Girl” by Father John Misty appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2022. It was first released in 2022 on the album Chloë and the Next 20th Century. Its best result is #70 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #317 indie & aaa song of 2022.
"Funny Girl" is Josh Tillman's song start to finish: as Father John Misty he wrote the words and the music, then produced it with his longtime collaborator Jonathan Wilson, who also mixed it with Dave Cerminara. Drew Erickson is credited with the arrangement. It was one of four singles sent out ahead of Chloë and the Next 20th Century, the fifth Father John Misty album, which Sub Pop and Bella Union released on April 8, 2022.
That record is where Tillman stepped away from the folk rock and indie rock of his earlier work. Written and recorded through the pandemic year of 2020, it takes its colors from big band, jazz standards and old-fashioned pop, and its lyrics spin stories like short fiction. The singles, "Funny Girl" among them, were the public's first glimpse of that turn.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 70 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 76 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2022 | 97 |
| 2022 | 99 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022 | 100 |
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