Do You Remember The First Time?

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"Do You Remember the First Time" was released 21 March 1994 as the second single the album His 'n' Her, after "Lipgloss". The single charted at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart, the highest position the band reached to that point and the first Pulp single to reach the UK Top 40. Cocker recalled of the single's performance, "Unfortunately, we didn't go on 'Top of the Pops' because they decided to have S*M*A*S*H on instead. That was disappointing, but still the movement was up." The B-sides to the French single—acoustic versions of "Joyriders", "Dogs are Everywhere" and "Razzmatazz"—were later released in the UK as the B-sides of CD2 of "Common People". To promote the release of the track, lead singer Jarvis Cocker asked fans to recount stories of their own "first time" sexual experience. Cocker explained of the video's concept, "People imagine that celebrities have this idealised life. Again, it's the thing about sex being shown in this idealised light and really you should do it on a beach at sunset and violins are going to be playing. And somehow, if you do it in the back of a Ford Cortina then you've not done it properly. These famous people, all their introductions were as fumbling and untidy as anyone else'." A short film was produced by Cocker and Steve Mackey, featuring loss of virginity stories from celebrities including Justine Frischmann, Jo Brand and John Peel; Cocker later called Peel "one of the nicest people I've ever met." This was made available on the Sorted for Films & Vids video, and later the Pulp Hits DVD. Cocker recalled of the video, "I thought maybe people might try and make a joke out of it and not answer very honestly. But everybody answered very honestly indeed. I kind of knew these people vaguely before, but not properly so it's a good way of getting to know somebody by talking about that kind of subject." The band had also asked Stephen Fry to appear, but were rejected. Cocker stated, "We got told by his agent really gruffly, 'He does NOT talk about his private life!' Oh, okay, you know." Personnel Jarvis Cocker – vocal, guitar, piano Russell Senior – guitars Candida Doyle – synthesizer, organ Steve Mackey – bass guitar .

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