"After You" is a song by British band

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released as a

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in January 2013, the first new single by the band in eleven years.

Background

The song had been originally demoed during early sessions to ''

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'', the band's seventh and last studio album to date. The song wasn't finished and remained unreleased like several other songs from that period. Pulp finally went back to finish the song in late 2012 during their successful comeback 2011-2012 tour.

Release

"After You" was originally released as free download for those who received a Christmas card at Pulp's

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show at the Motorpoint Arena on 8 December 2012. The card contained a unique code to give access to a downloadable gift, which was made available after midnight on Christmas Eve. The song finally received a commercial release in January 2013, in a form of download single. The band performed "After You" on ''

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'' on 9 February 2013. The song was remixed by

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and released on

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especially for the 2013

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Uses on other media

The Soulwax remix of "After You" was featured in the

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'' on the game's radio station Soulwax FM.

Personnel

Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following P ...

: Lead Vocals * James Murphy: Percussion, Handclaps, Backing Vocals *

Candida Doyle Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963) is an English musician who is keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984. She joined her brother, drummer Magnus Doyle in the line-up replacing the prev ...

: Synthesizers * Mark Webber: Acoustic Guitar *

Russell Senior Russell Senior (born 18 May 1961) is a British musician and the former guitarist and violinist of the band Pulp. Senior was born and grew up in Sheffield. Whilst at University in Bath, he formed the Dada Society (also known as the New Wave Soc ...

: Electric Guitars *

Steve Mackey Stephen Patrick Mackey (born 10 November 1966) is an English musician and record producer best known as the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Pulp, which he joined in 1989. As a record producer, he has produced songs and albums by M ...

: Bass Guitar *

Nick Banks Nicholas David Banks (born 28 July 1965) is an English drummer, a member of the British band Pulp. He lives in Sheffield with his wife Sarah and two children. He is the nephew of Gordon Banks, goalkeeper of the 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning Eng ...

: Drums

Track listing

;Digital download # "After You" - 5:35 ;12" (RTRADST699) # "After You" (Soulwax Remix) # "After You" (Original Version) # "After You" (The 4am Desperation Disco To Disco Dub Version)

Chart positions

References

{{Pulp Pulp (band) songs 2013 singles Songs written by Jarvis Cocker Songs written by Candida Doyle Songs written by Nick Banks Songs written by Steve Mackey Songs written by Mark Webber (guitarist)