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"Nice Weather for Ducks" is a song recorded by British electronic band
Lemon Jelly Lemon Jelly are a British electronic music duo from London that formed in 1998 and went on hiatus starting in 2008. Since its inception, the band members have always been Fred Deakin and Nick Franglen. Lemon Jelly has been nominated for awards ...
, released on 20 January 2003 from their second studio album '' Lost Horizons'' (2002). The song spent three weeks on the UK chart, peaking at number 16. The track is primarily built around a sample of
John Langstaff John Meredith Langstaff (December 24, 1920 – December 13, 2005), a concert baritone, and early music revivalist was the founder of the tradition of the Christmas Revels, as well as a respected musician and educator. He attended the Curtis Inst ...
's ''All the Ducks'', which is an English translation of the traditional Dutch
children's song A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studie ...
''Alle Eendjes Zwemmen in het Water''. Lemon Jelly were unable to clear the rights for the use of Langstaff's voice and instead the vocals are performed by Scottish actor Enn Reitel.


Track listing

Track 2 is from the
Soft/Rock "Soft/Rock" is the debut single by English electronic music duo Lemon Jelly, which was released on 21 June 2001. The 7" single was released in two formats; the first was limited to 1,000 copies and released on blue vinyl, each coming in its own h ...
single, and contains elements of " If You Leave Me Now" by
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