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Home Pulp Index Band members Songs Discography Films and videos Live Radio Television Press Books Links Jarvis Index Songs Discography Live Side projects Index Relaxed Muscle Help How to edit pages Sandbox Site Login Signup Recent changes Messages About PulpWiki Search	Index » Songs User rating: 9.7 out of 10 6 users have voted (Login to vote) Details Status: Album track / B-side Length: 4:06 Significant releases: Common People (single) (22 May 1995); Different Class (album) (30 October 1995) (all releases) First played live: Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium (10 July 1994) Recording: 20 to 24 January 1995 (The Town House, London) Credits Writers: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior and Candida Doyle Producer: Chris Thomas Engineer: David 'Chipper' Nicholas Assistant engineer: Pete Lewis Lyrics Why don't you shut the door and close the curtains 'cos you're not going anywhere He's coming up the stairs and in a moment he'll want to see your underwear I couldn't stop it now There's no way to get out He's standing far too near How the hell did you get here? Semi-naked in somebody else's room I'd give my whole life to see it Just you stood there only in your underwear If fashion is your trade then when you're naked I guess you must be unemployed, yeah But once it's underway there's no escaping the fact that you're a girl and he's a boy You couldn't stop it now There's no way to get out He's standing far too near How the hell did you get here? Semi-naked in someone else's room I'd give my whole life to see it Just you stood there only in your underwear ''I wanna, I wanna see you Oh!'' If you could close your eyes and just remember that this is what you wanted last night So why is it so hard for you to touch him? For you to go and give yourself to him Oh Jesus! I couldn't stop it now There's no way to get out He's standing far too near How the hell did you get here? Semi-naked in somebody else's room I'd give my whole life to see it Just you stood there only in your underwear Oh c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now ''Do, do do do do Do, do Do do do Do, do do do do Do, do Do do do'' Oh yeah, I want to see you Want to see you standing in your underwear Hey hey Notes Jarvis introducing Underwear at Aston Villa Leisure Centre in October '94: This is about going home with someone, which seems like a good thing to do when you decide to do it. But when you get to the actual nitty-gritty, when you are actually standing in your underwear you think I can't good through with this, but how do you get out of that situation? Live First played live at the Dour Festival in July 1994 with unfinished lyrics. A more complete version had emerged by the the following month's Reading Festival. Underwear has remained a regular part of Pulp's live set ever since. Alternative versions Underwear (Peel Session) Length: 4:13 Releases: The Complete Peel Sessions (compilation) (23 October 2006) Recorded: Peel session, BBC Maida Vale, London (9 September 1994) Producer: Dave Dade Engineer: Kevin Rumble Links Last.fm Related pages Song list

Status: Album track / B-side
Length: 4:06
Significant releases: Common People (single) (22 May 1995); Different Class (album) (30 October 1995) (all releases)
First played live: Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium (10 July 1994)
Recording: 20 to 24 January 1995 (The Town House, London)

Writers: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior and Candida Doyle
Producer: Chris Thomas
Engineer: David 'Chipper' Nicholas
Assistant engineer: Pete Lewis

Why don't you shut the door
and close the curtains
'cos you're not going anywhere
He's coming up the stairs
and in a moment
he'll want to see your underwear

I couldn't stop it now
There's no way to get out
He's standing far too near
How the hell did you get here?
Semi-naked in somebody else's room
I'd give my whole life to see it
Just you stood there
only in your underwear

If fashion is your trade
then when you're naked
I guess you must be unemployed, yeah
But once it's underway
there's no escaping
the fact that you're a girl and he's a boy

You couldn't stop it now
There's no way to get out
He's standing far too near
How the hell did you get here?
Semi-naked in someone else's room
I'd give my whole life to see it
Just you
stood there
only in your underwear

''I wanna, I wanna see you
Oh!''

If you could close your eyes
and just remember
that this is what you wanted last night
So why is it so hard
for you to touch him?
For you to go and give yourself to him
Oh Jesus!

I couldn't stop it now
There's no way to get out
He's standing far too near
How the hell did you get here?
Semi-naked in somebody else's room
I'd give my whole life to see it
Just you
stood there
only in your underwear

Oh c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now

''Do, do do do do
Do, do
Do do do
Do, do do do do
Do, do
Do do do''

Oh yeah, I want to see you
Want to see you standing in your underwear
Hey hey

Jarvis introducing Underwear at Aston Villa Leisure Centre in October '94:

This is about going home with someone, which seems like a good thing to do when you decide to do it. But when you get to the actual nitty-gritty, when you are actually standing in your underwear you think I can't good through with this, but how do you get out of that situation?

First played live at the Dour Festival in July 1994 with unfinished lyrics. A more complete version had emerged by the the following month's Reading Festival. Underwear has remained a regular part of Pulp's live set ever since.

Length: 4:13
Releases: The Complete Peel Sessions (compilation) (23 October 2006)
Recorded: Peel session, BBC Maida Vale, London (9 September 1994)
Producer: Dave Dade
Engineer: Kevin Rumble

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