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Jarvis Cocker “proud” of fans’ Christmas protest

By | Published on Thursday 19 December 2019

Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker has said that he’s “proud” of fans for attempting to get his song ‘Running The World’ to the Christmas number one spot as “a means of protest against the social, political and environmental situation we find ourselves in”.

A late contender in the Christmas chart race, the 2006 single – with its chorus of “cunts are still running the world” – has been gaining traction since the launch of a social media campaign in the wake of the recent general election.

“What a strange couple of days”, says Cocker in a post on Instagram. “I just want to say a very big thank you to everyone involved in this campaign to get ‘Cunts Are Still Running The World’ to number one for Christmas. What a lark! I’m so proud that people have chosen the song as a means of protest against the social, political and environmental situation we find ourselves in”.

He goes on: “We’ve been playing this song at the recent Jarv Is shows and I often sing ‘but not for long’ at the very end. I truly believe that, as long as we don’t give up, that is true. These are cold, hard times but initiatives like this campaign make me feel all warm and hopeful inside. Christmassy even. All proceeds go to Shelter too – so it’s also doing some practical good”.

Finally, he added that “a musical Christmas pressie” should be out at some point today as “another way of saying thanks”.

Meanwhile, here’s ‘Running The World’:



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