"My Lighthouse" is the first single by British band

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, released in 1983 and taken from the band's debut album '' It''. The song is a gentle acoustic

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, far from the disco feel that thrust the band into prominence in the early 1990s. There is a very slight difference between the single and album versions of "My Lighthouse". The drums and backing vocals are slightly louder on the single version, which was remixed in January 1983. It was performed live as part of Pulp's 2012 appearance at the Royal Albert Hall for the

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Track listing

All songs written and composed by

Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following ...

and

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. #"My Lighthouse" (7" Mix) – 3:28 #"Looking for Life" – 5:26

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