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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 / Tom Chaplin / Pablo Jubany / Alondra Bentley & Jacobo Serra / Bastien Lucas / Catastrophe

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 (5:59) [on Absent Friends - Instrumentals]
Early idea (1:36) [on Long Lost Friends]
Alternate version (5:28) [on Long Lost Friends]
Acoustic Demo, 2003 (4:26) [on The Bavarian EP / No One Knows]
Live video (6:28) [recorded at London, Palladium, 26/04/2004, on Live At The Palladium]
Live version (4:54) [recorded at RTÉ Two - Other Voices, 07/12/2004, on V/A: Other Voices 3]
Home Demo (5:55) [on To Die A Virgin]
Live version [recorded at London, Somerset House, 17/07/2010, on Live At Somerset House]
Live Europe 2016/2017 (6:06) [on Loose Canon – Live In Europe 2016-2017]
Show cover versions
- 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 Quartett cover (4:55) [on Fauré Quartett: Popsongs]
- Pablo Jubany cover (5:04) [on Pablo Jubany: Hannonmanía]

Tabs/Scores

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.