It's a Beautiful Thing (OCS song)

Infobox Single
Name = It's a Beautiful Thing


Artist = Ocean Colour Scene
from Album = Marchin' Already
B-side = Mariners Way, Going Nowhere For A While, Expensive Chair
Released = 16 February 1998
Format = CD, cassette
Recorded =
Genre = Britpop
Length = 6:30
Label = MCA Records
Writer = Ocean Colour Scene
Producer = Brendan Lynch
Certification =
Chart position =
* #12 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Better Day"
(1997)
This single = "It's a Beautiful Thing"
(1998)
Next single = "Profit in Peace"
(1999)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Marchin' Already
Type = studio
prev_track = "Half a Dream Away"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "It's a Beautiful Thing"
track_no = 13
next_track =
next_no = Extra tracklisting
Album = Songs for the Front Row
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Get Blown Away"
prev_no = 9
this_track = "It's a Beautiful Thing"
track_no = 10
next_track = "Profit in Peace"
next_no = 11

"It's a Beautiful Thing" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene (OCS).

The song was released in 1998 and reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1997 chart-topping album "Marchin' Already" and was the fourth and final single to be released from the album, following Hundred Mile High City, Travellers Tune and Better Day. By not reaching the Top 10, the song broke the chain formed by the previous six singles which had all reached the Top 10. The band have never reached the Top 10 since.

Single Details

# It's a Beautiful Thing
# Mariners Way
# Going Nowhere For A While
# Expensive Chair