Common People

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lyricist:Jarvis Cocker
composer:Nick Banks
Jarvis Cocker
Candida Doyle
Steve Mackey (producer; Pulp bassist)
Russell Senior
premiered at:Reading Festival (1994-08-27) (1994)
publisher:BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation)
Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK)
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label)
Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2018-03-31)
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Wikidata:Q11680820 [info]
later parody versions:Common People
Hindi People (Goodness Gracious Me parody)
later translated versions:Gewöhnliche Leute
La gent normal

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1994-09-09Common People (live, 1994-09-09: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK)livePulp5:49
1994-10-05Common People (live, 1994-10-05: Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, UK)livePulp6:07
1994-10-05Common People (live, 1994-10-05: Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, UK)livePulp7:15
1995-01-18 – 1995-01-24Common People (full length version)Pulp5:51
1995-05-18Common People (live, 1995-05-18: Top of the Pops: BBC Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, UK)livePulp3:56
1995-06-24Common People (live, 1995-06-24: Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, U.K.)livePulp6:33
1995-06-24Common People (live, 1995-06-24: Glastonbury Festival, England, UK)livePulp7:33
1995-06-24Common People (live, 1995-06-24: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK: shorter bootleg)livePulp7:07
1995-06-24Common People (at Glastonbury 1995) (live, 1995-06-24: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK)livePulp7:38
1995-10-20Mis-Shapes / Common People (live, 1995-10-20: The Forum, Kentish Town, UK)livePulp15:17
1995-12-08Common People (live, 1995-12-08: Melkweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)livePulp7:30
1998-06-20Common People (live, 1998-06-20: Loreley Festival, Bornich, Germany)livePulp7:43
1998-06-28Glory People – Glory Days / Common PeoplemedleyPulp11:12
2001-10-31Common People (live, 2001-10-31: O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK)livePulp7:35
2002-07-05Common People (live, 2002-07-05: The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK)livePulp7:43
2002-12-14Common People (live, 2002-12-14: The Magna Centre, Rotherham, UK)livePulp?:??
2013-06-28Common People (live, 2013-06-28: Glastonbury Festival, Other Stage, Pilton, Somerset, UK)cover and liveAmanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra5:48
2013-07-04Common People (live, 2013-07-04: P.P.C., Graz, Austria)cover and liveAmanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra6:49
2017-08-27Common PeopleinstrumentalThe Cory Band3:45
Common Peoplecover and instrumental[unknown]4:20
Common PeoplecoverWilliam Shatner4:40
Common PeoplecoverThe Wurzels5:53
Common PeoplePulp4:05
Common People (live, 1995: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK)Pulp6:49
Common People (Island 50 version)Pulp4:05
Common PeoplecoverThe Britpop Boys4:23
Common PeoplecoverPulp'd?:??
Common People (part of "Grandmaster '95" DJ-mix)Pulp2:29
Common Peoplecover and instrumentalVitamin String Quartet4:10
Common PeoplePulp4:10
Common PeoplecoverPeter Stampfel3:52
Common People (live, BBC Radio 1)cover and liveMy Chemical Romance5:35
Common PeoplecoverThe Retro Band?:??
Common PeoplePulp4:05
Common PeoplecoverWilliam Shatner3:46
Common PeoplecoverUrselle3:37
Common People - LivelivePulp8:43
Common People (7″ edit)Pulp4:07
Common People (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)liveMy Chemical Romance5:35
Common People (Motiv 8 club mix)Pulp7:52
Common People (Motiv 8 mix)Pulp5:27
Common People (Motiv 8 mix) (part of DJ‐mixed “In the Mix 96”)Pulp4:43
Common People (Motiv 8 radio edit)Pulp4:59
Common People (Vocoda mix)Pulp6:18