a forerunner to Pulp?

I remembered hearing it on the score for Millions, but couldn't place it, beyond knowing it beforehand.

Tonite, though, had Sandinista! cranked on my car stereo and, yes, there it was.

It still sounds like Pulp, though.

My sister reckons Leonard Cohen's 80s records sound like Pulp

Forerunner to Pulp?
Maybe.

But the title of the song itself tells you that it's an homage to Motown.
Listen to the opening bass riff. Paul is trying his damndest to channel the spirit of James Jamerson. The tambourine.
The beat.

Motown, my friends.
Obvious.