"Nice Weather for Ducks" is a song recorded by British electronic band

Lemon Jelly Lemon Jelly is 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 l ...

, 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 "Jack" Langstaff (December 24, 1920 – December 13, 2005), a concert baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from th ...

's ''All the Ducks'', which is an English translation of the traditional

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''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 Enn Reitel (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish actor who specialises in voice work in video games, movies and TV shows. Early life Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from Estonia and Germany. He trained as an actor at the Central S ...

Track listing

Track 2 is from the

Soft/Rock "Soft/Rock" is the debut single released by Lemon Jelly 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 hand-stitched denim sleeve with a flavoure ...

single, and contains elements of "

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" by

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