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Catherine The Great

Lyrics & Music: Neil Hannon

Published by: Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Originally interpreted by: The Divine Comedy

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

Original version (3:03) [on Foreverland]
Promo video (3:12)
Demo version 04/04/2014 [on Foreverland Demos]
Demo version 07/04/2014 [on Foreverland Demos]
Demo version 09/06/2015 [on Foreverland Demos]
Demo version (3:00) [on Plan Of Attack]
Live version (3:07) [recorded at Daytrotter Session - Paste Magazine, 04/08/2016, on Daytrotter Session]
Live Europe 2016/2017 (3:13) [on Loose Canon – Live In Europe 2016-2017]

Informations

’Catherine The Great’ is the first single from the album Foreverland. Under the guise of being a historical song about Catherine II of Russia, the song is also Neil Hannon declaring how great he finds his girlfriend Cathy Davey.

A video was directed by Raphaël Neal at the Château de Livres in Étoutteville (Normandy). It features Romano-American actress Elina Löwensohn well know for her role in Schindler's List.