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Released
  
25 September 1995

Genre
  
Britpop

Recorded
  
1995

Length
  
3:46

A-side
  
"Sorted for E's & Wizz"

Format
  
7" vinyl, cassette single, CD single

"Mis-Shapes" is a song by Sheffield band Pulp. Taken from the number-one album Different Class, it was released as a double A-sided single with "Sorted for E's & Wizz" in September 1995, and reached number two in the UK charts.

Contents

The single was Pulp's second successive number two hit in 1995, "Common People" having reached the same position in June.

Despite being Pulp's second biggest hit it did not feature on their best of album Hits.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle and Mark Webber; except where noted.

7" vinyl / cassette single
  • 7" was released in November 1996.
    1. "Mis-Shapes" – 3:45
    2. "Sorted for E's & Wizz" – 3:42
    CD single one (Catalogue no. CID 620) / 12" vinyl
  • 12" was released in 1996.
    1. "Mis-Shapes" – 3:45
    2. "Sorted for E's & Wizz" – 3:42
    3. "P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)" – 3:15
    4. "Common People" (Live at Glastonbury) (Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle) – 7:38
    CD single two (Catalogue no. CIDX 620)
    1. "Sorted for E's & Wizz" – 3:42
    2. "Mis-Shapes" – 3:45
    3. "Common People" (Motiv 8 Club Mix) (Cocker, Banks, Mackey, Senior, Doyle) – 7:50
    4. "Common People" (Vocoda Mix) (Cocker, Banks, Mackey, Senior, Doyle) – 6:18

    Personnel

  • Jarvis Cocker: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
  • Russell Senior: Electric Guitar
  • Mark Webber: Electric Guitar
  • Candida Doyle: Piano, Synthesizers
  • Anne Dudley: Strings
  • Steve Mackey: Bass Guitar
  • Nick Banks: Drums

    • References

    Mis-Shapes Wikipedia
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