"Six Degrees of Separation" is a song by Irish

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band

the Script The Script are an Irish Soft rock, soft-rock band formed in 2001 in Dublin. The band currently consists of Danny O'Donoghue (lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), Glen Power (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Benjamin Seargent (bass, backin ...

, taken from their third studio album, '' #3'' (2012). The song was released as the album's second single on 25 November 2012. The track was written by

Danny O'Donoghue Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue (born 3 October 1980) is an Irish singer-songwriter best known for being the frontman of the Irish rock band The Script and as a coach on the first two series of the television singing talent show '' The Voice ...

, Mark Sheehan,

Steve Kipner Stephen Alan Kipner (born 1950) is an Australian songwriter and record producer. He has produced a number of international hit songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical (Olivia Newton-John song), Physical", Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words ...

and Andrew Frampton. The music video for "Six Degrees of Separation" was uploaded to

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on 5 November 2012 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-seven seconds. The band performed the song live during

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on 16 November 2012. The band also performed the track live on ''

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'' on 7 December 2012, as well as performing "Hall of Fame" with the remaining contestants.

Track listing

* Digital download # "Six Degrees of Separation" – 3:52

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{{The Script 2012 singles The Script songs 2012 songs Phonogenic Records singles Songs written by Steve Kipner Songs written by Danny O'Donoghue Songs written by Mark Sheehan Songs written by Andrew Frampton (songwriter) Music videos directed by Phil Harder