Tonya Harding (song)

"Tonya Harding"
A white background displaying a painting of American figure skater Tonya Harding is shown.
Single by Sufjan Stevens
ReleasedDecember 8, 2017
Length5:05
LabelAsthmatic Kitty
Songwriter(s)Sufjan Stevens
Producer(s)Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens singles chronology
"Mystery of Love"
(2017)
"Tonya Harding"
(2017)
"Watch Fire"
(2018)

"Tonya Harding" is a song written, produced, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. It was released digitally through Asthmatic Kitty Records on December 8, 2017.[1] The song's release was intended to coincide with that of the Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya. Stevens said in an interview he had sent the producers the song for use in the film but they "couldn't find a way to use it".[2][3] Lyrically, "Tonya Harding" is about Tonya Harding and her role in Nancy Kerrigan's assault.

  1. ^ "Sufjan Stevens Pens A Quiet Song For 'Feisty, Fierce' Figure Skater Tonya Harding". NPR.org. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Willman, Chris (December 9, 2017). "'I, Tonya' Filmmakers Rejected Indie Rock Darling Sufjan Stevens' 'Tonya Harding' Song". Variety. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Muller, Marissa G. "Tonya Harding Is Really Not Here for Sufjan Stevens' Song About Her". W Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2018.