Jarvis Cocker's anti-Establishment song climbs the charts
Jarvis Cocker during the Q Awards 2019 in association with Absolute Radio at the Camden Roundhouse, London
A CAMPAIGN to catapult Jarvis Cocker’s Running the World single to Christmas number one is gathering steam in a “small rebellion” against the Tory election landslide.
The 2006 song by Pulp’s frontman is an anti-Establishment satire of upper-class attitudes to the working class.
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