# John Cooper Clarke | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 00:56 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: John Cooper Clarke
- Visible lyric pages: 43

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `john-cooper-clarke`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 00:56 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-eb09e51149c10f3b
- Visible lyric pages: 43
- Pages with stored lyric text: 43
- Video-backed song pages: 30
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 61726
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 6
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: 36 Hours, Dumb Row Laughs, Letter to Fiesta, Missing Persons, (I've Got a Brand New) Track Suit, (i Married A) Monster From Outer Space, ...the Day The World Stood Still, and 23rd
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

John Cooper Clarke was born in Salford in 1949. He started performing spoken-word poetry in the late 1970s, delivering his lines with a flat Northern accent and a sharp, often bleak sense of humor. Songs like 'I Wanna Be Yours...' and '36 Hours' show his knack for turning everyday observations into something both funny and unsettling. He put out records like 'Snap, Crackle & Bop' and 'Me and My Big...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. 36 Hours — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/36-hours
2. Dumb Row Laughs — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/dumb-row-laughs
3. Letter to Fiesta — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/letter-to-fiesta
4. Missing Persons — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/missing-persons
5. (I've Got a Brand New) Track Suit — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-ve-got-a-brand-new-track-suit
6. (i Married A) Monster From Outer Space — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-married-a-monster-from-outer-space
7. ...the Day The World Stood Still — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-day-the-world-stood-still
8. 23rd — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/23rd
9. 90° In My Shades — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/90-in-my-shades
10. A Distant Relation — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/a-distant-relation
11. Action Man — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/action-man
12. Beasley Street — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/beasley-street
13. Belladonna — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/belladonna
14. Chickentown — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/chickentown
15. Conditional Discharge — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/conditional-discharge
16. Film Extra's Extra — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/film-extra-s-extra
17. Gaberdine Angus — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/gaberdine-angus
18. Health Fanatic — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/health-fanatic
19. Heart Disease Called Love — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/heart-disease-called-love
20. I Don't Want To Be Nice — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-don-t-want-to-be-nice
21. I Wanna Be Yours... — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-wanna-be-yours
22. I Was a Teenage Werewolf — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-was-a-teenage-werewolf
23. It Man — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/it-man
24. Kung Fu International — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/kung-fu-international
25. Limbo (baby Limbo) — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/limbo-baby-limbo
26. Majorca — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/majorca
27. Post War Glamour Girl — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/post-war-glamour-girl
28. Psycle Sluts (Parts 1 & 2) — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/psycle-sluts-parts-1-amp-2
29. Readers Wives — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/readers-wives
30. Salomey Maloney — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/salomey-maloney
31. Sleepwalk — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/sleepwalk
32. Sperm Test — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/sperm-test
33. Spilt Beans — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/spilt-beans
34. The Bronze Adonis — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-bronze-adonis
35. The Cycle Accident — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-cycle-accident
36. The Day My Pad Went Mad — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-day-my-pad-went-mad
37. The Ghost Of Al Capone — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-ghost-of-al-capone
38. The New Assassin — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-new-assassin
39. The Pest — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-pest
40. The Serial — https://lyroverse.com/john-cooper-clarke/the-serial