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Pulp
Band Sheffield United Kingdom Formed 1978
Pulp formed in 1978 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Pulp has 72 chart appearances on 52 radio countdowns from 24 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Common People”, which appears on 36 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Pulp most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 15 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.
Pulp formed in Sheffield in 1978 and then spent the whole of the '80s struggling to get anywhere. By the time the world caught up, Jarvis Cocker had a notebook full of kitchen-sink dramas steeped in everyday British life, and a band that could make them sparkle: Cocker on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Russell Senior on guitar and violin, Candida Doyle on keyboards, Nick Banks on drums, Steve Mackey on bass and, from 1995, Mark Webber on guitar and keyboards.
His 'n' Hers in 1994, with "Babies" and "Do You Remember The First Time", earned a Mercury nomination. Different Class in 1995 won the Mercury, went to number one in the UK and turned Cocker into a reluctant figurehead of Britpop: the furious, glittering "Common People", "Disco 2000", "Mis-Shapes", "Sorted For E's and Wizz" and "I-Spy". They headlined Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage twice and stood among the big four with Blur, Oasis and Suede.
This Is Hardcore in 1998 went darker and still went straight to number one. After We Love Life in 2001, with "Sunrise", they stepped away for a decade with more than 10 million records sold. They came back in 2011, again in 2022, and in June 2025 released More., with "Spike Island", their first number-one album since This Is Hardcore, and turned up that summer as a surprise act on the Pyramid Stage.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Pulp on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common People | 36 | #1 | 2 | 1995 | |
| 2 | Spike Island | 9 | #10 | – | 2025 | |
| 3 | Disco 2000 | 7 | #5 | – | 1995 | |
| 4 | Sorted For E's and Wizz | 2 | #2 | – | 1995 | |
| 5 | Do You Remember The First Time | 3 | #13 | – | 1994 | |
| 6 | Mis-Shapes | 3 | #12 | – | 1995 | |
| 7 | Babies | 2 | #23 | – | 1994 | |
| 8 | I-Spy | 1 | #8 | – | 1995 | |
| 9 | This Is Hardcore | 1 | #8 | – | 1998 | |
| 10 | Razzamatazz | 1 | #14 | – | 1993 | |
| 11 | Sunrise | 1 | #19 | – | 2001 | |
| 12 | Trees | 1 | #29 | – | 2001 | |
| 13 | Underwear | 1 | #31 | – | 1995 | |
| 14 | A Little Soul | 1 | #671 | – | – | |
| 15 | The Fear | 1 | #622 | – | – | |
| 16 | Lipgloss | 1 | #46 | – | 1993 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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