Pulp

Jarvis Cocker–led Britpop; Common People is the class-satire single.

Formed 1978; commercial peak is mid-1990s after His ’n’ Hers. Different Class put Cocker’s spoken-sung delivery and glam-tinged arrangements on UK charts beside Oasis/Blur. Common People (1995) is the structural and lyrical reference—verse reportage into chant chorus. They matter as Britpop’s literary/observational pole against laddish stadium rock.