"Funny the Way It Is" is the first single from Dave Matthews Band's

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

 album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King

The track listing was made available on April 14 on the Dave Matthews Band website, and the first single from the album, "Funny the Way It Is", was made available for free download on the Dave Matthews Band website for the week of 14 April 2009.-Little Red Bird:...

. Matthews said that it "talks about the world of opposites that we are in." The single reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100, #22 on the Modern Rock Tracks (their first song on that chart since 2002's Grey Street), and #17 on the Hot Digital Songs chart in its first week of release. It is also their first #1 on the AAA

Adult album alternative

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 chart since 2002's

2002 in music

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 Where Are You Going

Where Are You Going

"Where Are You Going" is the first single from Dave Matthews Band's album Busted Stuff. The single reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, #20 on the Modern Rock Tracks, and topped the Triple A chart. The song was featured in the 2002 Adam Sandler motion picture, Mr. Deeds. It is also featured on the...

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The song was also released as a free download on the band's website.

Music video

A music video

Music video

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 was released in June 2009, shortly after the album was released. It was directed by Fenton Williams

Fenton Williams

Fenton Williams is a production designer and video director. He has worked with Dave Matthews Band since 1991. He began as their road manager and has served as Dave Matthews Band's lighting designer and video director for the last 20 years...

 and produced by Ryan Gall and Jeff Crane of Filament Productions

Filament Productions

Filament Productions is a Production Design & Touring Video company based in Charlottesville, Virginia since 2005, and founded by Fenton Williams, who was the first road manager for the Dave Matthews Band. During the early 1990s Fenton Williams quickly realized he wasn't the best road manager and...

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Track listing

CD version

1. "Funny the Way It Is" - 4:28

Vinyl version

1. "Funny the Way It Is" - 4:28
2. "#27" - 5:01

Promo CDS

1. "Funny the Way It Is" (radio edit) - 4:00

Promo Only

Promo Only

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 released the shortened radio edit on their May 2009 Modern Rock compilation. The radio edit omits a verse towards the end of the song.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	37
U.S. Billboard Album Adult Alternative Adult album alternative Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...	21
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	22