National Express

Released on Setanta on 25 January 1999 as the third single from Fin de Siècle, it reached number eight in the UK and 18 in Ireland. Jon Jacobs produced it. Hannon wrote it in 1995 and thought it did not fit the sound of the earlier studio albums. It is based on observations from a National Express coach, and Hannon has denied that it is an advertisement. The album version runs 5:05 and the radio edit and video version 3:37. Larman calls it an easy-listening novelty paean to the long-distance coach service, and the Irish Times says it earned Hannon his only UK top ten hit.

The video, directed by Matthew Kirkby, is set in a psychiatric hospital filmed at Joyce Green Hospital in Dartford, with Hannon as the patient. Steven Wells of NME hated the record, writing that it was a filthy, disgusting, revolting, nauseating little record, and Hannon replied that it was pure observation. Tim DiGravina of AllMusic later praised its baroque, grandiose styling. In 2016 it was used in Danny MacAskill's short film Wee Day Out.