| "Bad Ambassador" | ||||
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| 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 | |||
| Genre | Britpop | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Parlophone/EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Hannon | |||
| Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich | |||
| The Divine Comedy singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad Ambassador" is a song by the Divine Comedy. It was released as the second single 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 21 March 2001. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is a cover version of the Status Quo song from 1968.
