A Different "Shampain"

Last week, I covered Five Finger Death Punch's Sham Pain, as part of an ongoing view of musical views of wealth and celebrity. This week, the song is still a play on the word champagne, but with a different purpose than wealth and celebrity. How about getting drunk?

(hat tip to Wikipedia for the pic)

Shampain by Marina & the Diamonds is a decent song, with an infectious melody, slick production, but the lyrics don't go very deep.

Marina & the Diamonds was just another name for singer Marina Diamandis. She was not hugely successful, with her biggest hit, Primadonna, reaching #3 in Austria and Ireland in 2012.



On the other hand, Shampain only reached number 141 on the UK charts. However, at least Shampain borders on seriousness, whereas Primadonna is just flirty.

Unfortunately, the seriousness of Shampain is limited to one small verse (lyrics from Genius):

I wonder when the night will reach its end
'Cause sleep is not my friend 

Drinking champagne, meant for a wedding
Toast to the bride, a fairytale ending
Drinking champagne, a bottle to myself
Savour the taste of fabricated wealth

Even worse, this is where the depth of this song ends. Frankly, this song could have explored the feelings of the singer. Is she jealous of the bride? Was the groom a former lover? Was she an unmarried woman getting older, feeling regret? Or maybe she is the bride herself, with the "toast to the bride" being sarcastic, as she regrets her own marriage? There's a lot of ways this song could have gone, as opposed to the focus being on getting drunk on champagne.

Shampain is just a mildly interesting song that uses slick production to cover for lack of depth.

There are plenty of great songs that have dealt with the topic of being depressed and getting drunk, with the best example being One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), which was covered by just about everyone, with Frank Sinatra's version being both the most popular and arguably the best.