Song · Patty Griffin
“Tony” by Patty Griffin
From the album Flaming Red (1998)
“Tony” by Patty Griffin appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 1998 on the album Flaming Red. Its best result is #123 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,349 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Tony" comes from Flaming Red, the second album Patty Griffin released in June 1998, the record where she turned up the volume and brought a full band in with her. She wrote it herself, words and music, and Jay Joyce produced it, with Tom Lord-Alge handling the mix.
The whole album was Griffin shrugging off the folk tag. She has said she always thought of herself as a rock singer, since rock was all she listened to, and critics heard the record as fiery and full-bodied. NPR later put Flaming Red on its list of the 150 greatest albums made by women, and in 2010 Katy Perry named Griffin one of her biggest influences and called it her favorite record as a teenager.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 779 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2009 | 471 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2024 | 1041 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 123 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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