Cover versions

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
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  • Type: live
  • Date: 5th December 1998
  • Venue: Bournemouth International Centre
  • Originally by: Queen
  • Note: This cover was sung by Gareth Dickinson who had appeared as Jarvis on Stars in Their Eyes. The real Jarvis played guitar.

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). Also, in 1984, Peter Mansell apparently sung a cover of Hurry Up Harry by Sham 69.

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: With Spanish lyrics
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 Bon Bon Club was 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)
The Divine Comedy - Disco 2000
  • Type: Live recording (Atomic Cafe, Munich - 11th August 2004)
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
Manel - Common People (La Gent Normal)
  • Type: Live (January 2011)
  • Note: Adapted version of Common People in Catalan
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
Sidonie - Disco 2000
  • Type: live
  • Date: October 2014
  • Venue: Sala Capitol, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
William Shatner - Common People
  • Type: Studio recording
  • Release: Has Been (album) (5th October 2004)
  • Label: Shout! Factory
Rob Snarksi - Babies
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