This Is Hardcore (song)

"This Is Hardcore"
Single by Pulp
from the album This Is Hardcore
B-side	"Ladies' Man" "The Professional"
Released	16 March 1998 (1998-03-16)
Genre	Alternative rock art rock[1]
Length	6:25 (album version)
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Nick Banks Jarvis Cocker Candida Doyle Steve Mackey Mark Webber Peter Thomas
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Pulp singles chronology
"Help the Aged" (1997) "This Is Hardcore" (1998) "A Little Soul" (1998)
Alternative cover
Cover of CD2

"This Is Hardcore" is a song by English rock band Pulp, released as the second single from their sixth album, This Is Hardcore (1998). Written as a commentary on fame using pornography as an analogy, the song includes a sample of the Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra's "Bolero on the Moon Rocks." Released as a single in March 1998, the song reached number 12 in the UK and became a top-40 hit in Finland, Iceland, and New Zealand. It has since seen critical acclaim, as has its music video.