Credits

• Jarvis Cocker (guitar, vocals)
• Steve Mackey (bass guitar)
• Ross Orton (drums)
• Tim McCall (guitar)

Written by: Jarvis Cocker, Steve Mackey, Tim McCall and Ross Orton
Recorded by: Steve Albini

Lyrics

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You pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard

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You pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard, you pilchard

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Jarvis' comments

This girl at our school wasn't particularly good-looking, but she became renowned for allowing boys to do things with her… she was referred to as 'Pilchard'. I quite like it being an instrumental because it gives me a chance to show off my guitar playing.

Links

• Last.fm

Related pages

• Song list (Jarvis solo)