Song · Flight of the Conchords
“Business Time” by Flight of the Conchords
From the EP The Distant Future (2007)
“Business Time” by Flight of the Conchords appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2007 and 2019. It was first released in 2007 on the EP The Distant Future. Its best result is #19 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #584 alternative song of 2007.
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Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie wrote "Business Time" together, and the New Zealand folk-parody duo put it on The Distant Future, the EP they released on August 7, 2007. Mickey Petralia produced the set and recorded it in LA and New York with engineer Matt Shane, while the live cuts were taken from shows at the Comix Comedy Club in New York City.
The EP went gold in New Zealand in May 2008, past 7,500 copies, and at the 2008 Grammy Awards it was named Best Comedy Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 103 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 47 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2008 | 19 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 804 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 122 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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