The song's lyrics are based on the Shipping Forecast, which is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK four times a day. In the program, the waters around the British Isles are divided into a number of different areas and a weather report and forecast is given for each region. In this song it is reported that a low pressure system is hitting Britain.
Producer Stephen Street told Q magazine March 2009 how he helped songwriter Damon Albarn to complete this song. He recalled: "We'd recorded the music but the lyrics had been pushed to one side. I kept nagging Damon to finish it but he wasn't sure. Eventually, his inspiration came from a piece of wrapping paper on a present Alex James had given him. It had all the shipping regions on it with fantastic names like Cromarty, Fisher, Dogger and Lundy. The song was down to a bit of wrapping paper and gentle persuasion from me."
According to the Parklife booklet, this is in the key of E major.
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