2014Released
3:20

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Several songs on George Ezra's debut album relate to a trip he made to Europe where he went backpacking for a couple of months. However, despite titling this tune after the Hungarian capital, he never made it to the city. Ezra explained to The Sun: "What happened with Budapest is that I stopped off in Sweden, when the Eurovision Song Contest final was on, by chance. I'd been put in touch with these girls who lived in Malmo, so I was like, 'Yeah, all right.' And then the Eurovision final was on in the park and we got drunk and I missed my train to Budapest."

When George Ezra played a gig at Budapest as part of his Ezra Express tour, he should have been celebrating the Hungarian city's inspiration for his breakout single. Instead it made him realize that he'd missed a trick. "I was a bit underwhelmed," he told Q magazine. "I thought, 'If only I based this song in a Caribbean town, we could have traveled there instead.'"

Ezra explained the song's meaning to American Songwriter magazine. "On that trip, the city of Budapest was the only place I planned to visit that I didn't make it to," he said. "When you look at the song lyrically, it's just a list of things I have that I'd give up for somebody."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Budapest.
FKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
128BPM

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The album Budapest is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Budapest.
Columbia
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