Editing Jarvis Cocker

{{Short description|British singer (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Jarvis Cocker
| image             = PulpEventim290723 (67 of 130) (53082349174) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Cocker in 2023
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = Jarvis Branson Cocker
| image_size        = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|9|19}}
| birth_place       = [[Sheffield]], <!--Do not change to South Yorkshire as this was created in 1974, it was West Riding of Yorkshire in 1963-->[[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| origin            = 
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[[Alternative rock]]
*[[post-punk]]
*[[Britpop]]
*[[indie rock]]
*[[art rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|radio presenter}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards}}
| years_active      = 1978–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Kim Sion|June 2024}}
| label             = 
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
*[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
*[[Relaxed Muscle]]}}
| website           = {{url|jarviscocker.net}}
}}

'''Jarvis Branson Cocker''' (born 19 September 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=glbZWVX7aN1keDa2%2BiYXnA&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=4 April 2021|work=Freebmd.org.uk}}</ref> is an English musician. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], he became a reluctant figurehead of the [[Britpop]] genre of the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=COMMON PEOPLE – THE STORY OF PULP|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/pulp.shtml|accessdate=21 December 2019}}</ref> Cocker has also pursued a solo career, and for seven years he presented the [[BBC Radio 6 Music]] show ''Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service''.<ref name="sunday">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ptsjd|title=Jarvis's Sunday Service|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Sheffield]], Cocker grew up in the [[Richmond, Sheffield#Intake|Intake]] area of the city and attended [[Outwood Academy City|City School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pulp's Jarvis Cocker goes back to his old Sheffield high school |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pulp-76-1270456 |website=NME |date=8 October 2011 |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> His father, [[Mac Cocker]], a DJ and actor, left the family and moved to Sydney when Cocker was seven, and had no contact with his son or daughter, Saskia, until Jarvis was in his thirties. Following their father's departure, both children were brought up by their mother, Christine Connolly,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Letts |first1=Quentin |title=Jarvis was a wonderful mistake |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4714379/Jarvis-was-a-wonderful-mistake.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403032350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4714379/Jarvis-was-a-wonderful-mistake.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 April 2015 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=3 February 2019|date=13 June 1998}}</ref> who later became a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] councillor.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jarvis-cocker-lone-star-429504.html|title=Jarvis Cocker: Lone star|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=UK|date=23 December 2006|access-date=10 March 2009}}</ref>

Cocker credits his upbringing, almost exclusively in female company, for his interest in how women think and what they have to say.{{fact|date=June 2024}} He wrote a song ("A Little Soul" on ''[[This Is Hardcore]]'') about being abandoned by his father and working briefly as a butler;<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://m.pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9548-jarvis-cocker/|title=INTERVIEWS: Jarvis Cocker|work=Pitchfork|date=21 November 2014|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205052835/http://m.pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9548-jarvis-cocker/|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1998, Cocker and his sister travelled to Australia to meet their father for the first time in nearly 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarvis Cocker Reunited With Father |url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/32611/ |website=Gigwise.com|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>

Mac Cocker was a radio DJ in Sydney, with Double J (later renamed [[Triple J]]) in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Fast">{{cite web|title=12 things you should know about Double J|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/39015/12-things-you-should-know-about-Double-J|work=Faster Louder|publisher=Faster Louder Pty Ltd|access-date=12 April 2014|first=Darren|last=Levin|date=9 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413112033/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/39015/12-things-you-should-know-about-Double-J|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the time of his son's visit, Mac Cocker had moved to a [[hippie]] commune in [[Darwin, Northern Territory]].{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} Cocker said he forgave his father (who died in 2016) for abandoning them, saying, "I don't feel any bitterness towards him at all. I feel sorry for him."<ref name="independent"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/times02.html|title=PULP – ACRYLIC AFTERNOONS – Jarvis Cocker Interview|publisher=Acrylic Afternoons|date=16 March 2002|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> 

For much of the 1980s, Cocker lived on [[unemployment benefits]] in a derelict factory.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cocker |first=Jarvis |date=16 April 2008 |title=Pulp fiction |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/16/popandrock.pulp |access-date=19 August 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Lynn |date=16 June 2022 |title=Jarvis Cocker measures out his life in attic junk |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/jarvis-cocker-measures-out-his-life-in-attic-junk/ |access-date=19 August 2023 |website=[[The Spectator]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In his twenties, Cocker [[squatted]] in London.<ref name="BF">{{cite news |title=Jarvis Cocker's ordinary world |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/longread/jarvis-cockers-ordinary-world-interview |access-date=24 February 2023 |work=The Line of Best Fit |date=16 July 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
===Pulp===
{{Main|Pulp (band)}}
Cocker founded the band Pulp originally under the name Arabicus Pulp (named after a tradable commodity he learned about in an economics class) at the age of 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/pulp-frontman-jarvis-cocker-reveals-873647 |title=Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker reveals jealousy over Morrissey and the Smiths |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=5 June 2016|date=19 October 2011 }}</ref> while he was a pupil at [[Outwood Academy City|City School]]. After numerous line-up changes, and shortening the name to "Pulp", the band eventually found fame in the 1990s with the success of the albums ''[[His 'n' Hers]]'' (1994) and ''[[Different Class]]'' (1995). Cocker was Pulp's frontman, and part of his trademark image was his glasses, which seemed to "stay magically on his face" no matter what antics he performed. This feat was achieved using "a huge rubber band round the back" of his glasses.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|title=In Search of the Holy Whale|publisher=BBC Radio 4FM|date=22 January 2011}}</ref>

Pulp released two more albums (''[[This Is Hardcore]]'' and ''[[We Love Life]]'') to critical acclaim, though neither achieved the commercial success of ''Different Class''. After releasing a greatest hits album, the band went on hiatus from 2003 to 2010, then returned to activity in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pulp return to Glastonbury after 13 years|website=[[Digital Spy]]|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a326846/pulp-return-to-glastonbury-after-13-years.html|access-date=13 April 2015|date=25 June 2011}}</ref>

Cocker is also renowned for his wit and observations of the cultural scene. He was a frequent guest on TV shows in the 1990s, and hosted an art series for [[Channel 4]]{{snd}}''Journeys into the Outside''. In the series, he took a trip across the globe, meeting so-called "outsider artists", people who create wacky and wonderful works of art, trying to understand what compelled them to do so. Cocker's penchant for TV appearances was reflected in a parody of "[[Common People (song)|Common People]]" ("Showbiz People") which was featured on the satirical comedy show ''[[Spitting Image]]'' in 1996.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

====Brit Awards incident====
{{see also|Brit Awards#Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker (1996)}}
While attending the 1996 [[Brit Awards]], Cocker and [[Peter Mansell]] (a former Pulp member) invaded the stage in a spur-of-the-moment protest against [[Michael Jackson]]'s performance. Jackson was performing his hit "[[Earth Song]]" while surrounded by children and a [[rabbi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pop-and-the-art-of-bad-behaviour-1320055.html |title=Pop and the art of bad behaviour |newspaper= The Independent |accessdate= 4 February 2015}}</ref> Cocker was detained and interviewed by the police on suspicion of assault. He was accompanied by the comedian [[Bob Mortimer]], who was attending the Brit Awards; Mortimer is a former [[solicitor]] and represented him in that capacity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/02/20/could-jarvis-cocker-flashing-hit-brit-awards-again-1305/ |title=Could Jarvis Cocker flashing hit Brit Awards again? |work=Metro|location=UK |date=20 February 2008 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> Cocker was released without charge.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Opinions in the press on Cocker's actions were mixed. [[Blur (band)|Blur]] frontman [[Damon Albarn]] did not approve of Cocker's actions, saying he had found them "really disturbing": "He's got some very odd ideas about reality. [...] I think it's a collective responsibility to say 'No you can't go and do what you're doing', not just to ridicule him."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen-10-1351623 | title=Damon Albarn lays into Jarvis Cocker|website=Nme.com| date=5 January 2007 |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref> ''[[Melody Maker]]'''s edition of 2 March 1996 suggested Cocker should be [[knighthood|knighted]], and [[Noel Gallagher]] of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] said that "Jarvis Cocker is a star" and should be awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]. Though a number of people described Cocker's stunt as "[[mooning]] Jackson", Cocker denied it, saying that he merely waved his (clothed) bottom.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCI6zmVOf14&feature=fvw |title=Jarvis Cocker reaction to Michael Jackson death (Question Time) | publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=16 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216130428/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCI6zmVOf14&feature=fvw |archive-date=16 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6EA1nXLv2yg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170330120326/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EA1nXLv2yg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EA1nXLv2yg|title=Stephen Merchant interviews Jarvis Cocker|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=20 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tq1vw |title = BBC Radio 4 – Chain Reaction, Series 6, Stephen Merchant interviews Jarvis Cocker|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> Jackson said about the incident, "I'm sickened, saddened, shocked, upset, cheated and angry, but immensely proud that the cast remained professional and the show went on."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/brits-brawl-as-cocker-pulps-jackson-chorus-1320077.html | title=Brits brawl as Cocker 'pulps' Jackson chorus| website=[[Independent.co.uk]]| date=21 February 1996 |accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/brit_awards/665776.stm |title = In Depth &#124; Brit Awards &#124; Brits behaving badly|website=BBC News |accessdate=20 October 2019 }}</ref> Cocker said, "My actions were a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing. I just ran on the stage. I didn't make any contact with anyone as far as I recall."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlp.cz/space/opatrilp/Pulp/the_Brits_96.html |title=Jarvis' stage invasion at the 1996 Brits |publisher=Mlp.cz |access-date=10 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221215457/http://www.mlp.cz/space/opatrilp/Pulp/the_Brits_96.html |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref> He also clarified that his actions were nothing personal against Jackson and he was even a fan of his music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jarvis Cocker press conference on Brit Awards and Michael Jackson| website=[[YouTube]] | date=25 November 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0Ynq9Kl1k| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/eK0Ynq9Kl1k| archive-date=16 November 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=29 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 2 July 2009, soon after [[Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson's death]], Cocker appeared as a panellist on the [[BBC]] discussion program ''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]''. He said that Jackson's death had been over-hyped by the media, adding that, "If there's a tragedy about the whole thing, I would say [...] if he had kept making great records like he did in the mid-80s up to now that would have been great but for some reason for the last 20 years he didn't do that." When asked what he objected to about Jackson at the time of the Brit Awards incident, he reiterated his earlier comments about Jackson and Christ. When asked, "Otherwise as a performer you thought he was a genius?" Cocker replied, "Yeah, he invented the [[Moonwalk (dance)|moonwalk]]."<ref name="auto"/>

===Solo career===
====''Jarvis'': 2006–2008====
[[File:Jarvis Cocker at Latitude Festival (cropped).jpg|thumb|Jarvis Cocker performing at the [[Latitude Festival]] in 2007]]
Cocker's debut solo album, ''[[Jarvis (album)|Jarvis]]'', was released in the UK on 13 November 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jarviscocker.net/music/jarvis |title=Jarvis |publisher=Jarvis Cocker |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=22 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522122329/http://jarviscocker.net/music/jarvis |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the 2006 [[Reading festival]], the video for "[[Running the World]]" was played on the main video screens of the main stage throughout the day, including just before the headline act, [[Muse (band)|Muse]], performed. This video contained a [[karaoke]]-like presentation of the song's lyrics to encourage the crowd to sing along.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHqmBkUPe2kC&pg=PA155|title=Brit Wits: A History of British Rock Humor|last=Ellis|first=Iain|publisher=Intellect Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1841505657|pages=155|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In March 2008, Cocker made a short tour of Latin America ([[Mexico]], Argentina and [[Chile]]), where he presented a new song called "Girls Like It Too".{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

====''Further Complications'': 2008–2009====
Cocker said that he had written "Girls Like It Too" and "The Usual", and hoped to have enough material to record the follow-up to his solo debut album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/50329-jarvis-begins-to-commence-to-start-lp-adds-shows|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510142801/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/50329-jarvis-begins-to-commence-to-start-lp-adds-shows|url-status=dead|title=Pitchforkmedia.com|archive-date=10 May 2008}}</ref> He said of the forthcoming studio album: "I've got vague ideas. I'd like to do another album before the end of the year."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-61-1333842|title=Jarvis Cocker planning new album for 2008 – exclusive – NME|date=22 April 2008|newspaper=NME|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref>

Cocker debuted a new song, "Angela", on [[BBC2]]'s "The Summer Exhibition: A [[Culture Show]] Special", on 13 June 2008. On 6 March 2009, ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]'' revealed the cover art and album title for ''[[Further Complications]]'', which was recorded by [[Steve Albini]] and released on 18 May 2009.<ref name="pfm">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/34783-jarvis-cocker-returns-with-steve-albini-produced-lp |title=News |work=Pitchfork |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> [[Drowned in Sound]] stated that the album was "a huge leap forward" for Cocker.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Robert |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14449/reviews/4137060 |title=Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications |work=Drowned in Sound |date=9 June 2009 |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003070230/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14449/reviews/4137060 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2011, [[Faber and Faber]] published a collection of his lyrics entitled ''Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davehaslam.com/control.php?_command=/DISPLAY/170/30//6000/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729231209/http://www.davehaslam.com/control.php?_command=/DISPLAY/170/30//6000/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=Interviews |first=Dave |last=Haslam |date=16 October 2011 |publisher=davehaslam.com |access-date=13 February 2012 }}</ref>

====''Room 29'': 2017====
In March 2017, he released ''Room 29'', a collaboration with musician [[Chilly Gonzales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22968-room-29/|title=Jarvis Cocker / Chilly Gonzales: Room 29 Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> It was Cocker's first album in 8 years. ''Room 29'' is a concept album about the Hollywood hotel the [[Chateau Marmont]]. Cocker stayed in room 29 at the hotel during a Pulp tour in 2012. The room contained a baby grand piano and inspired Cocker to wonder if the piano, possibly having been there for decades, could tell the stories of previous tenants. Each song on the album is a different story of a potential guest.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=12 March 2017|title=Jarvis Cocker: 'People fall in love with an illusion, something that's never existed'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/12/room-29-jarvis-cocker-people-fall-in-love-illusion-chateau-marmont-chilly-gonzales|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The songs aren't all about the glamour of Hollywood, but the potential illusions and disappointments of the industry as well.<ref>{{cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=19 March 2017|title=Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales: Room 29 review – pretzels and despair|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/19/jarvis-cocker-chilly-gonzales-room-29-review-chateau-marmont-hollywood|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> It was performed as part of the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2017/room29|title=Room 29|date=29 August 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>

====''JARV IS...'': 2017–present====
In late 2017, Cocker formed a new band under the name "Jarv Is". Along with Cocker himself, the band comprises [[Serafina Steer]] (harp/keys), Emma Smith (violin), [[James Taylor Quartet|Andrew McKinney]] (bass), [[Jason Buckle]] and [[Three Trapped Tigers|Adam Betts]] (drums).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/29/jarvis-cocker-review-ramsgate-music-hall |title = Jarvis Cocker review – lusty and electrifying works in progress|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 29 March 2018|last1 = Barton|first1 = Laura}}</ref> Primarily a live outfit, the band debuted a range of new material in intimate concerts at festivals in 2017, 2018 and 2019. On 15 May 2019, the band released their debut single "Must I Evolve?".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/U720Rz_jz_A Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190515200806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U720Rz_jz_A&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U720Rz_jz_A|title=JARV IS... MUST I EVOLVE? |website=YouTube|date=15 May 2019 |access-date=8 June 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band played at [[Leith Theatre]] on 22 August 2019 as part of the [[Edinburgh International Festival|Edinburgh International Festival's]] contemporary music programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2019/jarvis|title=Jarvis Cocker presents JARV IS...|date=29 August 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> On 2 March 2020, Jarvis announced the band's debut album ''[[Beyond the Pale (Jarv Is album)|Beyond the Pale]]'' on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 6 show and released the single "House Music All Night Long".<ref name=":0" /> The album was scheduled to be released on 1 May 2020 on Rough Trade Records<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jarvis-cocker-announces-new-album-shares-new-song-listen/|title=Jarvis Cocker Announces New Album, Shares New Song|website=Pitchfork|date=2 March 2020|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> but this was later changed to 4 September 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/jarvis-cocker-pushes-back-jarv-is-album|title=Jarvis Cocker Pushes Back JARV IS... Album|publisher=Clash Music|date=24 March 2020|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> and eventually the release date was brought forward to 17 July.

On 21 March 2022, Jarv Is released their original soundtrack to the BBC medical comedy-drama series ''[[This Is Going to Hurt (TV series)|This Is Going to Hurt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jarv-is-release-soundtrack-for-new-bbc-tv-series-this-is-going-to-hurt-listen/|title=Jarv Is... Release Soundtrack for New BBC TV Series ''This Is Going to Hurt'': Listen|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=21 March 2022|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref>

===Side projects===
====Musical====
Cocker sang a duet, "[[Ciao! (song)|Ciao!]]", with [[Miki Berenyi]] on [[Lush (band)|Lush]]'s 1996 album ''Lovelife''. In 1997, he collaborated with [[David Arnold]] on a cover of "[[All Time High]]" by [[Rita Coolidge]], the theme from ''[[Octopussy]]''. Furthermore, he gained co-writing credits for several songs ("Walk Like a Panther", "1st Man in Space", "Drive Safely Darlin'", "Stars on Sunday", and "Happy Birthday Nicola") on The [[All Seeing I]]'s album ''Pickled Eggs & Sherbet'', released in 1999. He contributed lead vocals to "Drive Safely Darlin'". He also performed live with [[The All Seeing I]] on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', singing "Walk Like a Panther" in place of [[Tony Christie]], who sang on the recorded version.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pop-take-a-walk-on-the-mild-side-1119661.html|title=Pop: Take a walk on the mild side|date=17 September 1999|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref>

In 2001, he contributed "Everybody Loves the Underdog" to the soundtrack for ''[[Mike Bassett: England Manager]]''. He re-emerged in 2003 to promote a new album, under the pseudonym "Darren Spooner", for his new band [[Relaxed Muscle]]. The same year, he appeared on the [[Richard X]] album ''[[Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1]]''. In 2004, Cocker collaborated with [[Nancy Sinatra]] on her new album, as well as with [[Marianne Faithfull]] on her album ''[[Kissin Time]]'', with the song "Sliding through Life on Charm."{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

In 2005, Cocker co-wrote three tracks ("La Degustation", "Basque Country" and "Fred de Fred") on Sheffield-based [[electronica]] duo [[The Lovers (band)|The Lovers]]' self-titled debut album. That same year he also covered "I Can't Forget" by [[Leonard Cohen]] as part of the tribute show for the film ''[[Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56833/various-artists-came-so-far-for-beauty-an-evening-of-leonard-cohen-songs-oct-5|title=Various Artists / Came So Far For Beauty: An Evening Of Leonard Cohen Songs / Oct. 5, 2006 / Dublin (The Point)|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> Cocker also contributed to the soundtrack for ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (soundtrack)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', writing and performing three tracks: "This Is the Night", "Do the Hippogriff" and "Magic Works". He appeared briefly in the film as lead singer of the band [[The Weird Sisters (Harry Potter)|the Weird Sisters]]. The fictitious group also featured [[Jonny Greenwood]] and [[Phil Selway]] from [[Radiohead]], [[Steve Mackey]] from Pulp, [[Jason Buckle]] from Relaxed Muscle and [[Steven Claydon]] from [[Add N to (X)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1510896/canadian-group-sues-radiohead-warner-bros-over-use-of-name-in-harry-potter-flick/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809182449/http://www.mtv.com/news/1510896/canadian-group-sues-radiohead-warner-bros-over-use-of-name-in-harry-potter-flick/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2014 |title=Canadian Group Sues Radiohead, Warner Bros. Over Use of Name In 'Harry Potter' Flick |publisher=MTV |date=4 October 2005 |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2006, Cocker appeared on albums ''[[Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited]]'' (song "I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going", co-performed with [[Kid Loco]]) and ''[[Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys]]'' (song "[[A Drop of Nelson's Blood]]"). His song "Running the World" appeared over the closing credits of the film ''[[Children of Men]]''. Also in 2006, along with Steve Mackey, he 'curated' the two-CD compilation, ''The Trip'', which featured a wide selection of tracks by artists as varied as [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], [[Gene Pitney]], [[The Beach Boys]], and [[The Polecats]]. He also co-wrote lyrics on the [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] album ''[[5:55]]'', with [[Neil Hannon]] and members of [[Air (French band)|Air]]. 

In 2007 Cocker and [[Beth Ditto]] ([[The Gossip]]) collaborated on a cover version of [[Heaven 17]]'s "Temptation" at the [[NME Awards]] in London. That same year, Cocker contributed to two songs on French electronica group Air's album "[[Pocket Symphony]]" – performing on "One Hell of a Party" and (with Charlotte Gainsbourg) "The Duelist". He curated the 2007 [[Meltdown Festival]] at the [[South Bank Centre]] in London, UK. The line-up he chose included [[Motörhead]], [[Roky Erickson|Roky Erickson and the Explosives]] with [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]], [[Devo]] with Drumsize, [[Iggy & The Stooges]], [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]], and [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,2024716,00.html |title=Cocker promises high and low culture as Meltdown curator |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=10 March 2009 | first=Charlotte | last=Higgins | date=2 March 2007}}</ref>

In 2008, Cocker contributed "Born to Cry", (originally a [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] song released on the ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' soundtrack CD – though not featured in the film and co-written by [[Richard Hawley]]) to [[Tony Christie]]'s album of songs by Sheffield-based songwriters, ''[[Made in Sheffield (album)|Made in Sheffield]]''. Around 2008, Cocker also participated in a project that tackled the question, "What is Music?", designed to enter into the debate over the future of the music industry. Cocker asked: "Does this mean that music can now go back to being an art form again? Also, what happens if you get a band to rehearse in an art gallery instead of a rehearsal space?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jarviscocker.net/news/jarvis-cocker-is-making-an-exhibition-of-himself |title=Jarvis Cocker.net |publisher=Jarvis Cocker.net |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=2 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402235631/http://jarviscocker.net/news/jarvis-cocker-is-making-an-exhibition-of-himself |url-status=dead }}</ref> Consequently, Cocker and his band installed themselves in an art gallery in Paris for five days. Each day, Cocker and his musicians performed a variety of different tasks. These included sound-tracking a relaxation class, inviting local musicians to join them in a jam and arranging activities with local school-children. Films of the exhibition remain accessible online in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1468368 |title=Ustream.Tv |publisher=Ustream.Tv |date=5 May 2009 |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017035420/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1468368 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2009, he was featured in the animated film ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' and sang an original song, "Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey's Song".<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive Jarvis Cocker song from Fantastic Mr Fox |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/oct/12/jarvis-cocker-fantastic-mr-fox |work=The Guardian |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> In 2010, he worked with the [[National Trust]] to produce an album of sounds recorded at 11 of Britain's historically significant sites.<ref>{{cite web|author=LFH |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events-sounds/ |title=Events &#124; Sounds |publisher=National Trust |date=17 November 2005 |access-date=13 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126072612/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events-sounds |archive-date=26 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jarvis-cocker-curates-national-trust-album-1972193.html|title=Jarvis Cocker curates National Trust album|first=Jonathan |last=Brown |location=London |work=The Independent |date=13 May 2010}}</ref> In 2010 he also narrated Prokofiev's [[Peter and the Wolf]] at the Royal Festival Hall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/29/jarvis-cocker-narrates-peter-and-the-wolf|title=From Pulp to Prokofiev: Jarvis Cocker narrates Peter and the Wolf|first=Helen |last=Pidd |location=London |work=The Guardian |date=30 December 2010}}</ref> Cocker sang vocals on the single "Synchronize" by Discodeine, a French production duo. The song appeared on the duo's first studio album, released through the on Dirty and Pschent labels on 14 February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discodeine feat. Jarvis Cocker – Synchronize|url=http://vimeo.com/18388417|work=Pschent on Vimeo|publisher=Vimeo LLC|access-date=12 April 2014|format=Video upload|year=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Discodeine|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/discodeine|work=Discodeine on Resident Advisor|publisher=Resident Advisor Ltd|access-date=12 April 2014|year=2014}}</ref>

Cocker performed the song "I'm Still Here" from ''[[Follies]]'' in the [[HBO]] documentary ''[[Six By Sondheim]]'', in a segment directed by [[Todd Haynes]]. Cocker, alongside [[Jason Buckle]], wrote, produced and sang backing vocals for the track "Worship Me now" on [[Marc Almond]]'s album ''[[The Dancing Marquis]]'' (2014). "Jarvis is in there whispering over my shoulder like the Devil. It's very electro old school" states Almond in an interview with the ''[[Liverpool Echo]]''.<ref name="LivEcho">{{cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/say-hello-again-mark-almond-6650241 | title=Say hello again: Mark Almond on how Merseyside roots inspired forthcoming album | work=[[Liverpool Echo]] | date=31 January 2014 | access-date=10 April 2015 | first=Jade |last=Wright}}</ref> In November 2021, he teamed up with Gucci Soundsystem (a dance music project featuring [[Riton (musician)|Riton]] and Ben Rhymer) for the climate change-inspired "Let's Stick Around", which came with a video filmed in Glasgow around the time of the COP26 conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-and-riton-share-new-sustainable-banger-lets-stick-around-3092826|title=Jarvis Cocker and Riton share new "sustainable banger" 'Let's Stick Around'|website=Nme.com|date=11 November 2021|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-riton-lets-stick-around-video-single-watch-3109709|title=Riton and Jarvis Cocker share video for climate action "banger" 'Let's Stick Around'|website=Nme.com|date=2 December 2021|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/jarvis-cocker-and-riton-share-new-sustainable-banger-lets-stick-around-135212/|title = Jarvis Cocker and Riton share new "sustainable banger" "Let's Stick Around"|date = 12 November 2021}}</ref>

====Music videos====
Cocker has also directed music videos for, among others, [[Warp Records]], including [[On (EP)|On]] by [[Aphex Twin]], Sudden Rush by [[Erlend Øye]] and Aftermath by [[Nightmares on Wax]] (all three were co-directed with Martin Wallace). He also made brief appearances in the music videos for "A Little More for Little You" by Swedish rockers [[The Hives]] and "[[Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow]]" by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]].

====''Journeys into the Outside with Jarvis Cocker''====
''Journeys into the Outside with Jarvis Cocker'', a three-episode series, was broadcast in 1999 on [[Channel 4]] and featured Cocker travelling the world to look at various forms of [[outsider art]]. Among the many locations he visited were:

*Simon Rodia's [[Watts Towers]] in Los Angeles, US
*The Rock Garden of Chandigarh by [[Nek Chand]]
*The Garden of Eden by [[Samuel P. Dinsmoor]]
*The sculpture garden of [[Las Pozas]], Mexico by [[Edward James]]
*The land of [[Pasaquan]], created by Eddie Owens Martin aka St. EOM
*[[Ferdinand Cheval]]'s "Le Palais idéal"

The series was directed by longtime collaborator Martin Wallace.<ref name="BFI">{{cite news|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/30981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307230459/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/30981 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2010 |title=BFI Film & TV Database – Journeys into The Outside with Jarvis Cocker |publisher=BFI }}</ref>

===Broadcasting===
[[File:Jarvis Cocker (2012).jpg|thumb|Cocker in 2012]]
On 3 October 1996, Cocker co-hosted the Australian Saturday morning programme ''[[Recovery (TV series)|Recovery]]'' with regular co host (and radio personality) [[Jane Gazzo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/tv.html |title=Pulp – Acrylic Afternoons – Pulp on Tv |publisher=Acrylic Afternoons |access-date=13 April 2011}}</ref>

On 12 October 2006, a fictional version of Cocker was a lead character in a drama on [[BBC Radio 2]], as part of their "Imagine" competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio2/2006-10-12|title=BBC Radio 2 – 12 October 2006 – BBC Genome|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> On 31 December 2008, Cocker guest edited the ''[[Today programme|Today]]'' programme on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7785000/7785764.stm |title=BBC Today |work=BBC News |date=31 December 2008 |access-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> He also guested as a panellist on BBC's ''Question Time'' in July 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8124347.stm |title=This week's panel |work=BBC News |date=30 June 2009 |access-date=13 April 2011}}</ref>

In October 2009, [[BBC Radio 6 Music]] announced Cocker was set to take over the Sunday afternoon slot from 10 January 2010 onwards, with ''Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service''. He was quoted as saying "Sunday doesn't feel that different to the other days of the week any more. Although there was something weird about when everything seemed to stop on a Sunday, it kind of marked out the week. I am going to put the boringness back into Sunday. That's my mission."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20091022_jarvis_cocker.shtml|title=Cocker for 6: Jarvis Cocker to present Sunday afternoon show from January|last=Barnes|first=Ruth|publisher=BBC 6 Music|date=22 October 2009|access-date=30 May 2010}}</ref> Cocker won the Sony DAB Rising Star Award 2010, voted for by listeners, for his BBC Radio 6 Music Show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioawards.org/blog/category/2010-awards/ |title=Winners announced for the 28th Sony Radio Academy Awards |publisher=Sony Radio Academy Awards |date=10 May 2010 |access-date=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513083302/http://www.radioawards.org/blog/category/2010-awards/ |archive-date=13 May 2010 }}</ref>

In January 2011 he appeared with fellow musician Richard Hawley and DJ [[Marc Riley]] on a Radio 4 programme, entitled "In Search of the Holy Whale", in which the trio embarked on a whale-watching expedition in the sea off [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Then in 2012, Cocker began 'exploring the human condition after dark with tales of night people' in the award-winning Radio 4 programme, ''Wireless Nights''. As of January 2019, 24 episodes of the programme have been broadcast. The first episode of the series, "Overnight Delivery", won the 2012 Prix Italia prize for 'extraordinary originality and / or innovation in a radio documentary'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifc2.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/winners-radiodoc-prix-italia-2012/|title=PI 2012 – Winners radiodoc Prix Italia +AUDIO|first=Willem|last=Davids|website=Ifc2.wordpress.com|date=21 September 2012}}</ref>

Cocker arranged for [[Iggy Pop]] to host the Radio 6 Music show in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jarvis Cocker 'excited' to have Iggy Pop taking over his radio show|url=https://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/75862|work=NME|publisher=IPC Media Entertainment Network|access-date=12 April 2014|date=4 March 2014}}</ref> while he undertook a hiatus that involved Editor-at-Large duties for publisher [[Faber and Faber]]. Cocker explained in December 2013:

{{cquote|Crop Rotation has long been recognized as a way of preserving the fertility of the soil. Every now and again a field has to be left fallow for a year in order to make sure it has time to recover. In 2014 I will be that field. T'is done with the firm conviction that it will lead to a stronger and more vigorous Sunday Service when I return to 6 Music's pastures.<ref name="Bean">{{cite web|title=Jarvis Cocker to take year out from BBC 6 Music radio show|url=https://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/74607|work=NME|publisher=IPC Media Entertainment Network|access-date=12 April 2014|date=27 December 2013}}</ref>}}

In 2015, Cocker appeared as part of that year's [[Proms]], presenting the ''Wireless Nights Prom'' from the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with the [[BBC Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Jarvis Cocker is making waves at the Proms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/04/why-jarvis-cocker-is-making-waves-proms |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jarvis Cocker hosts 'underwater dream' themed BBC Prom – listen |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pulp-5-1225673 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=11 September 2015}}</ref>

In December 2017, Cocker presented his last ''Sunday Service'' programme for the BBC. Announcing the news, he said: "It's not goodbye, it's just farewell. We wanted to say farewell properly and so we're going to do a run of five extra-special shows throughout December, starting this Sunday. Let's keep warm together."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42210667|title=Jarvis Cocker's BBC 6Music show to end |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2017}}</ref>

===Acting===
He appears in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2005) as Myron Wagtail, lead singer of the Weird Sisters. His original scene was cut short, but most of the Blu-ray and DVD releases hold the original scene in full-length with the whole 3:30-minute song in bonus features. He also played himself in the 2007 romantic comedy, ''[[The Good Night]]''. American director [[Wes Anderson]] is an admirer of Cocker's work.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thisrecording.com/today/tag/wes-anderson |title=Home – This Recording|website=Thisrecording.com |access-date=1 October 2009}}</ref> This led to Anderson giving Cocker a role in the 2009 stop-animation movie ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' as the voice of Petey, who sings an original song, and whose appearance is based on Cocker himself.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/ |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|title=Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |access-date=1 October 2009}}</ref> He also voices a French pop singer in Anderson's 2021 film ''[[The French Dispatch]]''. 2022 saw Cocker once again doing voice work on a stop-animation film, playing "Developer", a rat in ''[[The House (2022 film)|The House]]'', for which he wrote and performed the closing song ''This House''. In 2023 he made an on screen appearance as a musical cowboy in Wes Anderson's ''[[Asteroid City]]'' and in multiple roles in Anderson's ''[[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar]]''.

===Journalism and writing===
In June 2011, Cocker was chosen as poetry guest editor for ''[[The Mays]]'' Anthology, a collection of new writing from students at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themaysxix.tumblr.com/post/5744413958/poetry-jarvis-cocker-is-a-musician-actor-radio |title=The Mays XIX – POETRY. Jarvis Cocker is a musician, actor, radio |publisher=Themaysxix.tumblr.com |date=22 May 2011 |access-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124923/http://themaysxix.tumblr.com/post/5744413958/poetry-jarvis-cocker-is-a-musician-actor-radio |archive-date=13 April 2014 }}</ref>

In 2014, he was the Editor-at-Large for Faber and Faber, and ''Singing from the Floor'' by JP Bean is his first acquisition. Cocker explained to ''NME'': "Singing from the Floor portrays an important movement in vernacular culture in the voices of the people who made it happen – and that's not an easy task ... JP Bean has captured this moment before it is lost forever, and has made it live again on the page. He's a very clever chap. Let's raise a glass to him."<ref name="Bean" /> Cocker says he writes about 'the little things that stick in your mind' because most of them are 'eternal'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/interviews/0013976-interview-jarvis-cocker.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606204808/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/interviews/0013976-interview-jarvis-cocker.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2014 |title=Interview: Jarvis Cocker &#124; The Cambridge Student |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=23 February 2012 |access-date=12 August 2014 }}</ref>

Cocker has also written for ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jarvis-cocker|title=Jarvis Cocker |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, Cocker published a memoir-cum-"inventory" entitled ''Good Pop, Bad Pop'', revisiting his formative years through clearing out his attic; Caroline Sullivan of ''The Guardian'' described the book as "terrific."<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Pop, Bad Pop: An Inventory by Jarvis Cocker review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/25/good-pop-bad-pop-an-inventory-by-jarvis-cocker-review |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=25 May 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Soon after signing to Fire, in November 1985, Cocker fell out of a window while trying to impress a girl with a [[Spider-Man]] impression and ended up in hospital, temporarily requiring the use of a wheelchair, in which he appeared during concerts.<ref>Sturdy, p.124 {{full|date=April 2023}}</ref>

In 1988, at age 25, Cocker took a sabbatical from Pulp to study Fine Art and Film at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]], where he was tutored by [[Vera Neubauer]] and [[Malcolm Le Grice]]. He graduated in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32628750 |title=She came from Greece – but is this the woman from Common People? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 May 2015 |website=BBC |access-date=8 October 2019 }}</ref><ref name="observer">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/10/popandrock.meltdownfestival2007 |title=Paris match &#124; guardian.co.uk Music |newspaper=The Observer |date=10 June 2007 |access-date=29 June 2009 | location=London | first=Lynn | last=Barber}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, Cocker dated [[Chloë Sevigny]]. She later said in a 2009 interview:

{{cquote|When I was in my early 20s, I went out with a British pop star, Jarvis Cocker; of course, pop stars have much more celebrity, I think, than actors even. They're really hunted by their fans much more. I remember driving around these remote towns in Wales and kids running after us in the street. I was like, 'This is horrible!' And I saw the effect it had on him, and that's when I decided I never wanted to be a celebrity at that level, and I think that's why I've chosen to do the work that I do and just kind of work with directors that I love and try and do work that means something to me.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Chloe+Sevigny/articles/127/7+Questions+with+Chloe+Sevigny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127193805/http://www.zimbio.com/Chloe%2BSevigny/articles/127/7%2BQuestions%2Bwith%2BChloe%2BSevigny|url-status=dead|title=Zimbio.com|archive-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>}}

Cocker lived in Paris from 2003 with his wife Camille Bidault-Waddington and their son.<ref name="observer" /> In April 2009 he announced that they were divorcing "on amicable terms", but that he was staying in Paris to remain in his son's life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://completemusicupdate.com/article/cocker-and-wife-have-split/|title=Cocker and wife have split|website=Completemusicupdate.com|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802011328/https://completemusicupdate.com/article/cocker-and-wife-have-split/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cocker had previously lived in Paris in the early 1990s, writing lyrics for Pulp's breakthrough album ''[[His 'n' Hers]]'' there, but he never learned to speak French, according to Bidault-Waddington.<ref name=SCMPcamille>{{cite news
 | last = Bateman
 | first = Nadine
 | title = My life: Camille Bidault-Waddington
 | newspaper=South China Morning Post
 | location = Hong Kong
 | date = 27 June 2010
| url = http://www.scmp.com/article/718201/camille-bidault-waddington
 | access-date =4 April 2013}}</ref>

Cocker currently lives in Shepherd's Bush, London, with his wife, creative consultant Kim Sion.<ref>{{cite news|title='My style icon is my boyfriend, Jarvis Cocker': Kim Sion talks taste|url=https://www.ft.com/content/efd101bd-6041-4f0f-b4f2-d462150f67da|access-date=16 September 2024|newspaper=Financial Times|date=24 November 2023|last1=Golfar|first1=Fiona}}</ref> The pair began dating in 2009<ref>{{cite news|title=Kim Sion Broke Into Fashion by Cold Calling Vivienne Westwood|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/kim-sion-creative-consultant-bag-full-of-kim-interview|access-date=16 September 2024|newspaper=W Magazine|date=11 November 2020|last1=Marine|first1=Brooke}}</ref> and were married on June 14, 2024, during a performance at Giffords Circus in Chiswick, London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/PulpBand/comments/1dgpz90/jarv_got_married_yesterday/?rdt=52811|title=Jarv got married yesterday!|date=15 June 2024}}</ref>

Cocker is a supporter of [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]].<ref>{{cite news|title=On My Radar: Jarvis Cocker's cultural highlights|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/29/jarvis-cocker-on-my-radar-batman-max-richter-daft-punk-sheffield-wednesday|access-date=10 February 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 May 2016|last1=Cocker|first1=Jarvis}}</ref>

==Activism==
In 2010, Cocker was named Cultural Ambassador for Eurostar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Jarvis-Cocker-named-Eurostar_s-cultural-ambassador-newsinkent35391.aspx |title=Jarvis Cocker named Eurostar's cultural ambassador |newspaper=Kent News |access-date=30 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902141355/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Jarvis-Cocker-named-Eurostar_s-cultural-ambassador-newsinkent35391.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 September 2010}}</ref> He has been an ambassador for the Edinburgh-based charity Scottish Love in Action (SLA) since 2010. He has also played on the band Everything Is New's debut CD. The CD was made to raise money for SLA.

In 2015, Cocker was among the signatories of a pledge committing to Artists For Palestine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists for Palestine UK|url=http://artistsforpalestine.org.uk/|website=Artistsforpalestine.com|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> In 2016, Cocker voiced his support for Remain in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jul/02/brexit-news-live-thousands-march-for-europe-in-post-referendum-protest |title=Brexit live: thousands 'march for Europe' in post-referendum protest – as it happened |date=2 July 2016 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=6 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36338220 |title=Scores of UK stars back remaining in EU |date=20 May 2016 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=6 February 2019 }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Jarvis Cocker discography}}
{{See also|Pulp discography}}
*''[[Jarvis (album)|Jarvis]]'' (2006) No. 37 [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]
*''[[Further Complications]]'' (2009) No. 19 UK, No. 155 [[Billboard 200|US]]
*''Room 29'' {{small|(with [[Chilly Gonzales]])}} (2017)
*''[[Beyond the Pale (Jarv Is album)|Beyond the Pale]]'' <small>(with Jarv Is)</small> (2020)<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fy1n|title=BBC Radio 6 Music – Steve Lamacq, Jarvis Cocker Exclusive and Record Collection Roulette|website=BBC|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref>
*''[[Chansons d'Ennui Tip-Top]]'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=14 September 2021 |title=Jarvis Cocker Announces New Album Inspired by Wes Anderson's ''The French Dispatch'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jarvis-cocker-announces-new-album-inspired-by-wes-andersons-the-french-dispatch/ |access-date=23 October 2021 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
*''This Is Going to Hurt (Original Soundtrack)'' <small>(with Jarv Is)</small> (2022)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.jarviscocker.net}}
*[http://roughtraderecords.com/jarviscocker Jarvis Cocker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202050051/http://roughtraderecords.com/jarviscocker |date=2 February 2009 }} at [[Rough Trade Records]]
*{{IMDb name|1006741}}
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jarvis-cocker-gordon-brown-is-crushingly-dull-id-advocate-a-revolution-1680098.html Jarvis Cocker: 'Gordon Brown is crushingly dull. I'd advocate a revolution'] at The Independent
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100507130033/http://mychemicaltoilet.com/jarvis-cocker-6music-culture-connect-eurostar/4464 Jarvis Cocker: "BBC 6 Music is worth fighting for"]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Jarvis_Cocker&oldid=2737211 Jarvis Cocker] on Wikiquote

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