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Our Mutual Friend

Lyrics & Music: Neil Hannon

Published by: BMG Music Publishing Ltd.

Originally interpreted by: The Divine Comedy

Covered by: The Divine Comedy & Duke Special / Daisy Chapman / Peter Jöback / Fauré Quartet / Geraldine Quinn

To see the lyrics, click on the name of the version you are interested in (on the left).

Original version (5:58) [on Absent Friends]
Instrumental version (5:58) [on Live At The Palladium]
Demo, 2003 (4:26) [on The Bavarian EP / No One Knows]
Live video (6:28) [recorded at Palladium - London, 26/04/2004, on Live At The Palladium]
Live version (4:54) [recorded at Irish Voices, Other Voices, Songs From A Room - RTÉ Two, St.James' Church, Dingle, 07/12/2004, on V/A: Other Voices 3]
Home Demo (5:55) [on To Die A Virgin]
Daisy Chapman cover (6:32) [on Daisy Chapman: And There Shall Be None]
Peter Jöback cover (4:55) [on Peter Jöback: East Side Stories]
Fauré Quartet cover (4:55) [on Fauré Quartet: Popsongs]

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Informations

The lyrics and the music were written by Neil Hannon. It was recorded for Absent Friends.

The "song that Neil can't sing anymore" is Scott Walker's 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore', but obviously he was not allowed to keep the title. Neil discovered his idol with this song.

Our Mutual Friend is a novel by Charles Dickens.