Help the Aged (song)

"Help the Aged"
Single by Pulp
from the album This Is Hardcore
Released	10 November 1997
Format	7", CD, Cassette
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:28 (album version)
Label	Island
Producer	Chris Thomas
Pulp singles chronology
"Something Changed" (1996) "Help the Aged" (1997) "This Is Hardcore" (1998)

"Help the Aged" is a song by British alternative rock band Pulp, and was released on 10 November 1997 as the lead single from their 1998 album This Is Hardcore. The single charted at #8 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music), becoming the band's fifth consecutive top ten single.

B-side "Tomorrow Never Lies" was intended to be used as the theme to the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. The song was ultimately rejected in favour of a song by Sheryl Crow, and was renamed after the film's working title. The original version of the song, with the name "Tomorrow Never Dies," finally surfaced on the bonus disc of the This Is Hardcore special edition in 2006.

During Da Ali G Show, Jarvis Cocker performed the song—which soon however transitioned into a distinctly more urban take on things, added by Ali G, with lines such as, "Help the motherfuckin' aged".

The song's video features a young Kelly Brook (then aged 17); she is briefly seen on at least two occasions partaking in a slow dance.

Track listing

CD

1. "Help the Aged"
2. "Tomorrow Never Lies"
3. "Laughing Boy"

7" vinyl

1. "Help the Aged"
2. "Tomorrow Never Lies"