Classic Tunes of the Week: 7. The Pursuit of Happiness, by The Divine Comedy (1997)

I originally intended to put this up on Thursday (Valentine's Day), but I was sadly too busy. However, I think this track is good enough for any day of the year regardless, such is the moving positive upbeat simplicity of it. Plus I'm always a big softie for brilliant and big orchestra numbers. For TV trivia fans, some UK viewers may recognise the later instrumental section as being one of the later TV themes used for the now ended BBC Show, Tomorrow's World, at the end of the 1990s and into the early 2000s. The reason for this is because it was, The Divine Comedy, when asked agreed to re-arrange and re-record the music of the piece especially to fit for the opening and closing Title credits, as well as some shorter edited cues for cutaways. Sadly the Tomorrow's World version of this has never been released in any form whatsoever, but I would argue that this, the original song is a magnificent and superlative track on its own (terms) anyway. And it also works as a wonderful love song too.

Enjoy!

7. The Pursuit of Happiness, by The Divine Comedy (1997)