It's A Beautiful World

This slice of progressive, ambient electronica features a spoken word guest vocal in French from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds bandmate, Charlotte Marionneau , aka Le Volume Courbe. Attention, attention! Mesdames, messieurs Accrochez-vous bien et faites vos adieux L'humanité est en train de fondre aux deux pôles Attention, attention! Mesdames, messieurs Les frontières se referment Inspirez, expirez monoxyde de carbone Détendez-vous et reposez en paix C'est juste la fin du monde. If your French is a bit rusty, it translates as: Attention, attention! Ladies, gentlemen Hold on tight and say farewell Humanity is melting at both poles Attention, attention! Ladies, gentlemen The frontiers find their own way Breathe in, breath out carbon monoxide Relax and rest in peace It's only the end of the world. The London Sunday Times commented that the spoken word segment is "unusually existential for Gallagher." He responded smiling that nobody in the studio spoke French, and he didn't think to ask what had been said until the lyric sheets were printed. "But then," he added, "France is a pretty volatile place at the minute."

During Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds appearance on Jools Holland, Charlotte used a pair of scissors as a percussion instrument. Speaking to i-D, Gallagher said of his scissors-playing bandmate: "She's French and she's eccentric to say the least. I said to her, 'can you play the tambourine?', She said, 'I cannot play the tambourine.' I said, 'Oh right. Shaker?' 'Non. I can play the scissors.' She brought them in and I was looking at my bass player going, if that's not the greatest thing you've ever seen then tell me what is. A French bird in a cape playing the scissors? It doesn't get any better than that does it?"

Speaking to Chris Moyles on Radio X regarding the track, Noel Gallagher said: "Beautiful World is not really a song about how beautiful the world is, it's a sarcastic song about how beautiful the world is."