On the eve of the release of ‘More’, their first album in 24 years, we thought we’d take a look at our Top 5 Pulp songs. What are your favourites?

‘A Little Soul’

Following the runaway success of ‘Different Class’, Pulp changed direction on the dark and brutal ‘This is Hardcore’ album. But that pop sensibility and world-weary melancholy still shone through on certain tracks – including this standout: ‘Everybody’s telling me that you look like me but please don’t turn out like me’…

‘Do You Remember the First Time?’

That build-up, the knowingly naughty lyrics (‘Still you bought a toy that reaches the places he never goes’) and some truly inspiring dance moves and angst-ridden chaos from Jarvis Cocker… Just a delight in every way.

‘Mis-shapes’

We can’t tell you how often we listened to the CD of ‘Different Class’ in the mid-90s. One of the great opening tracks (file it alongside ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ and ‘Rock & Roll Star’), ‘Mis-shapes’ was an outsider anthem that spoke out for an introverted group: ‘We’ll use the one thing we’ve got more of, that’s our minds’.

‘Sunrise’

‘I used to hate the sun because it shone on everything I’d done’… A highlight of the Scott Walker-produced ‘We Love Life’ album and live staple, it’s not an exaggeration to call it a melodic masterpiece.

‘Spike Island’

Pulp’s first new material in almost a quarter of a century references an iconic Stone Roses gig but puts a spin on it with references to ‘wrestling with a coat hanger’ and ‘conforming to a cosmic design’. Then, there’s a defiance as Jarvis embraces his destiny – ‘I was born to perform. It’s a calling. I exist to do this, shouting and pointing’ – over a solidly danceable groove.