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Songs covered by Pulp

Femme Fatale

  • Type: live radio session
  • Date: 16 May 1994
  • Programme: Le Top 50
  • Station: Europe 1 (Paris)
  • Originally by: The Velvet Underground

I Believe in Father Christmas

  • Type: live
  • Date: 23 December 1992
  • Venue: Powerhaus, London
  • Originally by: Greg Lake

Le Roi Des Fourmis

  • Type: studio
  • Release: A Tribute to Polnareff
  • Release date: 9 July 1999
  • Recording date: May 1993
  • Label: XIII Bis Records
  • Also performed: Black Session, France Inter (15 March 1994)
  • Originally by: Michel Polnareff

Little Girl

  • Type: live radio session
  • Date: 26 November 1995
  • Programme: Le Top Live
  • Station: Europe 1 (Paris)
  • Originally by: The Troggs

Morning Dew

  • Type: live radio session
  • Date: 12 October 1994
  • Programme: Le Top Live
  • Station: Europe 1 (Paris)
  • Originally by: Bonnie Dobson (later rearranged by Tim Rose)

Peter Gunn Theme

  • Type: live
  • Date: 24 September 2001
  • Venue: John Peel's 40th Anniversary Party, King's College, London
  • Originally by: Henry Mancini
  • Note: Instrumental

The Night

  • Type: live radio session
  • Date: 17 November 1992
  • Programme: Black Session
  • Station: France Inter
  • Originally by: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Whiskey in the Jar

  • Type: live radio session
  • Date: 30 October 1995
  • Programme: Black Session
  • Station: France Inter
  • Originally by: Thin Lizzy/traditional Irish folk song
  • Note: The Black Session recording was released on a French Common People single and in the UK on the 1996 Childline charity album

In addition to the above, early live performances, around 1980, typically included a few cover versions. Examples: (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (The Monkees), Wild Thing (The Troggs), Leaving Here (Motorhead)

Cover versions of Pulp songs

Astrud - Algo Cambió (Something Changed)

  • Type: Studio recording (demo)
  • Release: Astrud EP (US and Japanese versions only) (1997)
  • Label: Sealed Fate (USA), Tone Vendor (Japan)
  • Note: The lyrics are sung in Spanish

The Auteurs / Luke Haines - Razzmatazz

  • Type: Live acoustic session
  • Broadcast: Le Top Live, Europe 1 (Paris) (?)
  • Date: 2nd May 1994

The Bon Bon Club - Love is Blind

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Love Is Blind / Lullaby / Romantic Rights (7" single: limited to 500 copies) (23rd June 2008)
  • Label: Sheffield Phonographic Corporation
  • Notes: Both the original version and this cover were produced by Alan Smyth. The band is a collaboration featuring members of The Long Blondes and Slow Down Tallahassee.

Bowlfish - Lipgloss

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Faceache (single) (1994)
  • Label: Domino

Cafe Electrique - Death II

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: ?
  • Date: ?
  • Note: Hungarian band

Chevette - We Can Dance Again

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Minitel Rock Steady Vol. 1 (various artists EP) (1997)
  • Label: Invicta Hi-Fi
  • Note: Also appears on Special Skool: The Best of Invicta Hi-Fi (various artists album)

Franz Ferdinand - Mis-shapes

  • Type: Live acoustic session
  • Broadcast: Live Lounge, BBC Radio 1
  • Date: 6th February 2004

Golden - Wishful Thinking

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Wishful Thinking (EP) (October 1993)
  • Label: Icerink
  • Note: One of the vocalists, Celina Nash, played one of the sisters in the promotional video for Babies in 1992.

Heathrow - We are the Boyz

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: The Listening Class (album) (2003)
  • Label: Easter Records

Joe Dolan - Disco 2000

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Joe's 90s (26th December 2005)
  • Label: EMI Ireland

Keane - Disco 2000

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Island Life: 50 Years of Island Records (various artists compilation album) (1st June 2009)
  • Label: Universal
  • Also played live: Radio 2 Live in London (IndigO2, Greenwich) on 26th November 2008; Sheffield Arena on 6th February 2009

Kiki and Herb - This is Hardcore

The Lance Gambit Trio - Disco 2000

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Cocktail 2000 (album) (circa 1997)
  • Label: Music For Leisure

Libitina - Gothic People

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: A Closer Communion (album) (1997)
  • Label: none
  • Note: Adapted version of Common People

Nick Cave - Disco 2000 (two versions)

  • Type: Studio recordings
  • Recorded: The Town House, London (January or February 2002)
  • Label: Universal Island Records
  • Produced by: Cameron Craig & Pulp
  • Musicians: Richard Hawley (guitar), Andy Cook (drums), Martin Slattery (Fender Rhodes)

Waltz version

Pub Rock version

  • Release: Different Class (album: deluxe edition bonus disc) (11th September 2006)

Roisin Murphy - Sorted

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Bad Cover Version (single) (15th April 2002)
  • Label: Universal Island Records
  • Produced and recorded by: Fabien Antonio

Swivel Theorist - Something Changed

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Time Flies (album) (2004)
  • Label: none

Tony Christie - Born to Cry

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Releases: Born to Cry (single) (3rd November 2008); Made In Sheffield (album) (10th November 2008)
  • Label: Decca/Autonomy Recordings

Tori Amos - Common People

  • Type: live
  • Date: 10th August 2005
  • Venue: Sound Advice Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

William Shatner - Common People

  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Has Been (album) (5th October 2004)
  • Label: Shout! Factory
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