"Bad Ambassador" is a song by the Divine Comedy. It was released as the second single from the album Regeneration. A live version of the track serves as the A-side on the second CD single.

"Bad Ambassador"
Single by The Divine Comedy
from the album Regeneration
A-side	"Bad Ambassador", "Bad Ambassador (Live)"
B-side	"Edward the Confessor", "U.S.E.", "Pictures of Matchstick Men (Live)", "Sweden (Live)", "Life on Earth (Live)"
Released	2001
Genre	Britpop
Length	3:46
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Songwriter(s)	Neil Hannon
Producer(s)	Nigel Godrich
The Divine Comedy singles chronology
"Love What You Do" (2001) "Bad Ambassador" (2001) "Perfect Lovesong" (2001)

CD-ROM content on the first disc includes the promotional video. Filmed in black and white, it features a Bigfoot working in a paper factory and dreaming of a better life with a co-worker.

The four live tracks from the second CD and 7" were recorded at Oxford Brookes University on 21 March 2001. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is a cover version of the Status Quo song from 1968.

Track listing