| "National Express" | ||||
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| Single by the Divine Comedy | ||||
| from the album Fin de Siècle | ||||
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| Released | 25 January 1999[1] | |||
| Length | 5:05 | |||
| Label | Setanta | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Hannon | |||
| Producer(s) | Jon Jacobs | |||
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| "National Express" on YouTube | ||||
"National Express" is a song by Northern Irish band the Divine Comedy. On 25 January 1999, it was released as the third single from their sixth album, Fin de Siècle (1998), and reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart and number 18 in Ireland. The song is based on Neil Hannon's observations of life from the window of a National Express coach.
Though some listeners have taken the lyrics of "National Express" to be an advertisement for the eponymous British coach company, Neil Hannon has denied that they are.[2] Musically, the song is mainly notated in the key of G major, with its verse containing an alternation of chording from D6 to C major7.[3]
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 23 January 1999. p. 18.
- ^ Jones, Tobias (12 September 1998). "Band hopes bus song is just the ticket". The Independent. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Digital Sheet Music – The Divine Comedy – National Express". Musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Retrieved 7 November 2021.