A Secret History... The Best of The Divine Comedy - Track Listing

Track Listing

All songs written by Neil Hannon except for "I've Been to a Marvellous Party", written by Noël Coward and "The Certainty of Chance", written by Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot.

  1. "National Express" – 5:06
  2. "Something for the Weekend" – 4:20
  3. "Everybody Knows (Except You)" – 3:50
  4. "Generation Sex" – 3:30
  5. "Becoming More Like Alfie" – 3:00
  6. "The Summerhouse" – 4:14
  7. "Your Daddy's Car" – 4:03
  8. "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" – 3:54
  9. "The Frog Princess" – 5:13
  10. "Gin Soaked Boy" – 5:03
  11. "Lucy" – 4:39
  12. "Songs of Love" – 3:23
  13. "In Pursuit of Happiness" – 3:29
  14. "I've Been to a Marvellous Party" – 3:42
  15. "The Certainty of Chance" – 6:12
  16. "Too Young to Die" – 4:20
  17. "Tonight We Fly" – 2:57

Limited Edition Rarities CD

All songs written by Neil Hannon except for "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind", Traditional, "Life on Mars?", written by David Bowie, "The Model", written by Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos & Emil Schult, "Life's What You Make It", by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene and "Moon River", by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini.

"Painting the Forth Bridge" is an early version of "Middle Class Heroes", featuring completely different lyrics.

  1. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" (Live at Her Majesty's Theatre, London '94)
  2. "Bleak Landscape" (Home Demo, London '93)
  3. "The Booklovers" (Live at Théâtre de Ville, Paris '94)
  4. "The Certainty of Chance" (Home Demo, London '97)
  5. "Commuter Love" (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London '98)
  6. "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" (Live TV, Belfast '98)
  7. "A Drinking Song" (Live at the Olympia, Dublin '94)
  8. "The Frog Princess" (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London '96)
  9. "Generation Sex" (Home Demo, London '97)
  10. "Life on Mars?" (Live at Theatre National de Bretagne, Rennes '98 with Yann Tiersen)
  11. "Life's What You Make It" (Acoustic Session – Elephant Studios, London '93)
  12. "The Model" (Live in Düsseldorf '94)
  13. "National Express" (Live somewhere in a large field '99)
  14. "Painting the Forth Bridge" (Home Demo, Fivemiletown '93)
  15. "Queen of the South" (Acoustic Session – Elephant Studios, London '93)
  16. "The Summerhouse" (Live at Théâtre de Ville, Paris '94)
  17. "Soul Destroyer" (Studio Demo, Banbridge '89)
  18. "Your Daddy's Car" (Home Demo, Fivemiletown '91/'92)
  19. "Moon River" (Home Demo, Fivemiletown, 1991)

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