Studio Album · No. 5
Being Funny in a Foreign Language Songwriting Credits by The 1975
Produced by Matty Healy, George Daniel, Jack Antonoff · Engineered by Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Manny Marroquin
Holds writing credit on 11 of 11 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 11 / 11 documented
Scored across the 11 tracks with documented writers, by whether The 1975 carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 11 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Being Funny in a Foreign Language flips the band's early model: the base credit is now just Matty Healy and George Daniel, with everyone else, including bandmates Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald, listed as named co-writers on the songs they touch. Outside writers Jamie Squire and Ilsey Juber recur across the record, and Jack Antonoff joins Healy and Daniel on production. It is the clearest example of the Healy-Daniel core surrounded by rotating collaborators rather than a fixed four-way split.
Being Funny in a Foreign Language is the fifth studio album by The 1975, released in October 2022 on Dirty Hit. The band's shortest and most concise record, it pares their sound back to warm, sincere pop rock and soul, produced by Matty Healy and George Daniel with Jack Antonoff. The core writing belongs to Healy and Daniel, with co-writers named on most tracks, including Jamie Squire, Ilsey Juber, and band members Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald. Singles 'Part of the Band,' 'Happiness,' 'I'm in Love with You,' and 'About You' led the campaign. The album topped the UK chart, the band's fifth straight number one, and is certified gold there.