Angela (Jarvis Cocker song)

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"Angela"
Single by Jarvis Cocker
from the album Further Complications
Released17 April 2009
Recorded2008
GenreBritpop, baggy
Length2:56
LabelRough Trade
Songwriter(s)Jarvis Cocker
Producer(s)Steve Albini
Jarvis Cocker singles chronology
"Fat Children"
(2007)
"Angela"
(2009)
"Further Complications./Girls Like It Too"
(2009)

"Angela" is a 2009 single by Jarvis Cocker. It is the first single from his second solo album "Further Complications".

Cocker told Q magazine that the song was about "thwarted lust." He elaborated to NME about the song: "Angela is the girlfriend of our keyboard player, Simon Stafford, but I didn't realize that at the time. I was singing these words and I noticed that he was looking at me in a strange way. He said, "Why have you written a song about my girlfriend?" I'd forgotten that she was called Angela, so I think he thought I was trying to maybe move in on her. I assured him it was a co-incidence."[1]

The single was released digitally on 17 April 2009.[2] The song impacted US radio on May 12.[3] It was released as a limited edition vinyl single on 15 June with a song called "I Found Myself Looking for God" as the B-side.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Angela"
  2. "I Found Myself Looking for God"

References[edit]

  1. ^ Angela Songfacts
  2. ^ "Jarvis Cocker: Angela – Single". iTunes. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  3. ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2016.