| Angela | |
| Cover: | Jarvis Cocker Angela.JPG |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jarvis Cocker |
| Album: | Further Complications |
| Released: | 17 April 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2008 |
| Genre: | Britpop, baggy |
| Length: | 2:56 |
| Label: | Rough Trade |
| Producer: | Steve Albini |
| Prev Title: | Fat Children |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Further Complications./Girls Like It Too |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Angela" is a 2009 single by Jarvis Cocker. It is the first single from his second solo album "Further Complications".
Cocker told Q magazine that the song was about "thwarted lust." He elaborated to NME about the song: "Angela is the girlfriend of our keyboard player, Simon Stafford, but I didn't realize that at the time. I was singing these words and I noticed that he was looking at me in a strange way. He said, "Why have you written a song about my girlfriend?" I'd forgotten that she was called Angela, so I think he thought I was trying to maybe move in on her. I assured him it was a co-incidence."[1]
The single was released digitally on 17 April 2009.[2] The song impacted US radio on May 12.[3] It was released as a limited edition vinyl single on 15 June with a song called "I Found Myself Looking for God" as the B-side.