"Bad Ambassador" | ||||
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Single by The Divine Comedy | ||||
from the album Regeneration | ||||
A-side | Bad Ambassador, Bad Ambassador (Live) | |||
B-side | Edward The Confessor, U.S.E., Pictures of Matchstick Men (Live), Sweden (Live), Life On Earth (Live) | |||
Released | 2001 | |||
Format | 7", CD | |||
Genre | BritPop | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Parlophone/EMI | |||
Writer(s) | Neil Hannon | |||
Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich | |||
The Divine Comedy singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad Ambassador" is a song by The Divine Comedy. It was released as the second single from the album Regeneration. A live version of the track serves as the A-side on the second CD single.
CD-ROM content on the first disc includes the promotional video. Filmed in black and white, it features a Bigfoot working in a paper factory and dreaming of a better life with a co-worker.
The four live tracks from the second CD and 7" were recorded at Oxford Brookes University on 21 March 2001. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is a cover version of the Status Quo song from 1968.