"Common People" is a sharp, scathing critique of the wealthy who romanticise working-class life, told from the perspective of an East London student who moves to Greece. It became an anthem for the disenfranchised and remains Pulp's most recognisable song.
- The single debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, kept off the number one spot by the charity single "Children in Need" by Peter Kay.
- It was a critical and commercial success, topping the NME's year-end singles chart for 1995.
- The song's music video was filmed in the South Downs, with the band performing on a plinth atop a hill.
Pulp are a British band from Sheffield, formed in 1978, who rose to fame in the 1990s Britpop movement. At the time of "Common People"'s release, they were arguably the biggest band in Britain, having just released their breakthrough album Different Class.
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