Pulp's “Common People” completes the lyric “I wanna do whatever common people...” with “do.”
Jarvis Cocker wrote the song after an encounter with a wealthy Greek student who said she wanted to live like ordinary people. Cocker transformed that conversation into a sharp critique of class tourism: the idea that someone privileged can temporarily imitate hardship and then return to comfort.
“Common People” was released in 1995 and became one of Britpop's defining songs. It appeared on Pulp's album Different Class, whose title itself reflects the band's interest in British social divisions and identity.
The lyric's repeated phrasing can make the final word easy to anticipate, but the song is often remembered more for its social commentary than as a simple singalong. “Common People” reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and remains strongly associated with Pulp's breakthrough period.