Bad Ambassador

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“Bad Ambassador”
“Bad Ambassador” cover
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 Nigel Godrich
The Divine Comedy singles chronology
Love What You Do

(2001)

Bad Ambassador

(2001)

Perfect Lovesong

(2001)

"Bad Ambassador" is the name of a song by The Divine Comedy. It was the second single released 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 March 21st, 2001. Pictures of Matchstick Men is a cover version of the Status Quo song from 1968.

[edit] Track listing

  • 7" (R 6558)
  1. Bad Ambassador
  2. Life on Earth (Live)
  • CD1 (CDRS6558)
  1. Bad Ambassador
  2. Edward The Confessor
  3. U.S.E.
  • CD2 (CDR 6558)
  1. Bad Ambassador (Live)
  2. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Live)
  3. Sweden (Live)


  • CD Promo (CDR-DJ-6558)
  1. Bad Ambassador
  • CD Promo (France) (SA6368)
  1. Bad Ambassador