"A Little Soul" is a song by British

United Kingdom

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 alternative rock

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 band Pulp

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, from their 1998 album This Is Hardcore

This Is Hardcore

This Is Hardcore is the sixth album by English band Pulp, first released in March 1998. It came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated. As with the previous album it reached number one in the charts, and was well received critically, earning Pulp a...

. It was released on 8 June 1998 as the third single from the album, charting at number twenty-two in the UK Singles Chart

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 (see 1998 in British music

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).

B-side "Like a Friend" was featured in the 1998 film Great Expectations

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, and a music video for the song was produced for US music television networks featuring footage from the film. Two versions of the song exist: the "film version" (as featured on the CD1 single at 4:33 in length) and an edited version (at 3:58 in length). The song was also used in the season 4 finale of The Venture Bros.

B-side "Cocaine Socialism" surfaced as a "proper recorded version" on the 2006 deluxe edition reissue of the This Is Hardcore

This Is Hardcore

This Is Hardcore is the sixth album by English band Pulp, first released in March 1998. It came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated. As with the previous album it reached number one in the charts, and was well received critically, earning Pulp a...

album. The song features near identical music but completely different lyrics to the song "Glory Days" which features on the album.

Track listing

UK promo CD:

1. "A Little Soul"
2. "A Little Soul" (Johnny Dollar Remix)

CD1:

1. "A Little Soul" - 3:23
2. "Cocaine Socialism" - 5:22
3. "Like a Friend" - 4:33

CD2:

1. "A Little Soul" (Alternative Mix) - 3:44
2. "A Little Soul" (Lafayette Velvet Revisited Remix) - 5:13
3. "That Boy's Evil" - 5:30

Cassette:

1. "A Little Soul" - 3:23
2. "Cocaine Socialism" - 5:22

"That Boy's Evil" features no vocals from Jarvis Cocker and was originally released as a white label vinyl by Cocker and Mackey's side project The Chocolate Layers and features spoken word samples from other media in a similar style to Black Box Recorders' "The Facts Of Life (Chocolate Layers Remix)"

External links

• A Little Soul on PulpWiki