3:01 Pick Me Up: John Cooper Clarke

Let’s face it: 3 p.m. is the cruellest time of the workday. The morning latte has worn off, and the post-lunch crash has you staggering around like an extra from a George A. Romero flick. That’s why, each weekday at 3:01 p.m., we present you with a video hand-picked to kick-start your heart. If the following clip doesn’t bring you temporarily back to life and help get you through the rest of the afternoon, chances are you’re dead inside.

When you're just too exhausted, stressed out, or pissed off to put on that fake plastic smile at your miserable day job, put on this upbeat yet hopelessly misanthropic ditty by John Cooper Clarke instead. Looking like a cross between Bob Dylan and Cosmo Kramer, this gloriously weird punk poet will speak to your inner brat while soothing any midday rage with his loopy, loungey rhythms.