O Valencia!

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"O Valencia!"
Single by The Decemberists
from the album The Crane Wife
Released	September 19, 2006
Genre	Indie rock
Length	3:47
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	The Decemberists Colin Meloy
The Decemberists singles chronology
"Sixteen Military Wives" (2005) "O Valencia!" (2006) "The Perfect Crime #2" (2007)

"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife.

The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang. At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's "sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.