Funny Little Frog Explained

Funny Little Frog
Cover:	Funnylittlefrog.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Belle & Sebastian
Album:	The Life Pursuit
B-Side:	"Meat and Potatoes" "I Took a Long Hard Look" "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House"
Studio:	The Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
Genre:	Northern soul^[1] glam rock
Length:	3:08
Label:	Rough Trade
Producer:	Tony Hoffer
Prev Title:	I'm a Cuckoo
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	The Blues Are Still Blue
Next Year:	2006

"Funny Little Frog" is the first single released from Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian's seventh studio album, The Life Pursuit (2006). The track was released in January 2006 on Rough Trade Records and was produced by Tony Hoffer. The single became the band's highest-charting single in the UK, reaching number 13. The artwork for the single features Julie Coyle and Marisa Privitera. A different version of "Funny Little Frog" appears on Stuart Murdoch's 2009 album God Help the Girl.^[2]

Track listings

All songs were written by Belle & Sebastian.

UK CD single^[3]

1. "Funny Little Frog"
2. "Meat and Potatoes"
3. "I Took a Long Hard Look"

UK and Australian 7-inch single^{[4] [5]}

1. "Funny Little Frog"
2. "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House"

UK and Australian DVD single^{[6] [7]}

1. "Funny Little Frog" (video)
2. "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (live in Glasgow)

Japanese CD single^[8]

1. "Funny Little Frog"
2. "Meat and Potatoes"
3. "I Took a Long Hard Look"
4. "Funny Little Frog" (video)
5. "Lazy Line Painter Jane" (live in Glasgow)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes.^[3]

Studios

• Recorded at The Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
• Mixed at Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
• Mastered at Metropolis (London, England)

Personnel

• James Swinburne – saxophone
• Tony Hoffer – production, mixing, engineering
• Todd Burke – engineering
• Jason Mott – assistant engineering (Sound Factory)
• Chris Reynolds – assistant engineering (Sunset Sound)
• Frank Arkwright – mastering
• Keith Dodds – sleeve design and layout
• Stuart Murdoch – photography
• Patrick Doyle – photography assistance
• Marisa Privitera – photography assistance

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
Australia	16 January 2006		Shock	^[10]
United Kingdom		CD	Rough Trade	^[11]
Japan	15 February 2006			^[12]

External links

• "Funny Little Frog" at belleandsebastian.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s. ...the craft on display in...'Funny Little Frog' left no doubt that these were not approximations, but in fact prime examples of glam rock and Northern soul.. Pitchfork. 2 October 2009. 28 April 2023.
2. God Help the Girl. God Help the Girl. Stuart Murdoch. 2009. UK CD album liner notes. Rough Trade Records. RTRADCD489.
3. Funny Little Frog. Belle & Sebastian. 2006. UK CD single liner notes. Rough Trade Records. RTRADSCD283.
4. Funny Little Frog. Belle & Sebastian. 2006. UK 7-inch single sleeve. Rough Trade Records. RTRADS 283.
5. Funny Little Frog. Belle & Sebastian. 2006. Australian 7-inch single sleeve. Shock Records. SHK RTRADS283.
6. Funny Little Frog. Belle & Sebastian. 2006. UK DVD single liner notes. Rough Trade Records. RTRADSDVD 283.
7. Funny Little Frog. Belle & Sebastian. 2006. Australian DVD single liner notes. Shock Records. SHK RTRADSDVD283.
8. Funny Little Frog. Belle & Sebastian. 2006. Japanese CD single liner notes. Rough Trade Records. TOCP-40188.
9. Web site: Schweizer Airplay Charts 08/2006. hitparade.ch. 4 March 2022.
10. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 16th January 2006. ARIA. 28. 16 January 2006. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060120-0000/issue828.pdf. 19 January 2006. 11 November 2021.
11. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 31. 14 January 2006.
12. Web site: ファニー・リトル・フロッグ ベル・アンド・セバスチャン. Funny Little Frog Belle and Sebastian. Oricon. ja. 29 August 2023.