Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

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"Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"
Single by Jarvis Cocker
from the album Jarvis
Released	January 2007
Format	CD, 2 x 7" vinyl
Recorded	2006
Genre	Britpop
Length	4:13
Label	Rough Trade
Writer(s)	Jarvis Cocker
Producer(s)	Graham Sutton
Chart positions
36 (UK singles chart)
Jarvis Cocker singles chronology
Running the World (2006)	Don't Let Him Waste Your Time (2007)

"Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" is a song by British singer/songwriter Jarvis Cocker. Before recording the song for his debut solo album Jarvis in November 2006, the song appeared on Nancy Sinatra's self-titled 2004 album (Nancy Sinatra) (along with "Baby's Coming Back To Me", which also made it onto Jarvis). The song was released as a single on 8 January 2007,^[1] reaching number 36 in the UK singles chart.^[2]

Richard Hawley plays electric guitar on the track, while Cocker's Pulp bandmate Steve Mackey plays bass. The track also features former Pulp member Antony Genn on backing vocals, and Martin Slattery of The Mescaleros on piano and saxophone.^[3]

[edit] Track listings

• 7 inch 1 RTRADS385

1. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"
2. "Big Stuff"

• 7 inch 2 RTRADSX385

1. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"
2. "One Man Show"

• CD RTRADSCD385

1. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"
2. "The Mouse The Bird And The Sausage" (spoken word)
3. "Running The World" (karaoke video)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Rough Trade Records discography
• NME review of the single
• Jarvis Cocker's Music Video for 'Don't Let Him Waste Your Time' + interview with director Dougal Wilson.