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The song was written by the band members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Russell Senior. Cocker had conceived the song after meeting a Greek art student while studying at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (the college and the student feature in the lyrics).
Oct 30, 2022 · ‘Common People’ is widely regarded as the best song to ever come out of the Britpop movement, although Pulp have occasionally been averse to having the tag applied to them. As for the song’s narrative, it closely critiques the gentrification of London as early back as the 1980s.
Nov 18, 2023 · “Common People” was the first single from Pulp’s 1995 album Different Class. The song is infectiously catchy. It’s here, where group founder and frontman Jarvis Cocker becomes an icon.
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Nov 30, 2023 · The Story Behind The Song. Pulp’s frontman, Jarvis Cocker, wrote “Common People” after a chance encounter with a girl who claimed she wanted to “live like common people.”
May 10, 2018 · After his stint at St Martins, Cocker reformed Pulp with a sleeker pop sound that nevertheless still reflected his self-doubt and cynicism. He wrote the riff that became “Common People” on a...
“Common People” is written by all members of English alternative rock band “Pulp”, who were most present and popular t in the mid to late nineties, and from Sheffield in the north of England. It was the lead single off of their fifth album “Different Class”.
Jun 30, 2023 · Jarvis Cocker and his bandmates discuss the story behind Pulp's evergreen classic, "Common People"
