http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Chumbawamba-split:-Tubthumping-band-calls-it-quits-after-30-years-Video/8731202&rss=rss-ktrk-ent_story-8731202

Legendary musicians Chamawamba have decided to call it a day.

I didn't know Chumbawamba were still together. 

They are not that famous. They had one hit in the 90s and that's all.

They are not that famous. They had one hit in the 90s and that's all.

In the U.S., yes. I remember it very well; "Tubthumping" was all over the radio in 1997/98.

I remember reading a Cracked article called 5 One Hit Wonders Who Deserve Your Respect.

Here

Chumbawamba is at the top of the list.

Boy did I get sick of that song!
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No loss.

Boy did I get sick of that song!
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Yeah I never understood why they had to play the cr@p out of that tune.  I suppose it was because they could get away with playing "p*ssing the night away" on the airwaves back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc

Here's the song if you want to listen to it.

Boy did I get sick of that song!
::)


After a while I got sick of it. Every other lyric was "I get knocked down". ::)

After a while I got sick of it. Every other lyric was "I get knocked down". ::)


..But I get up again, you ain't ever gonna knock me down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2h8UEVx4MY

Here's the song if you want to listen to it.


Fixed that for you!


..But I get up again, you ain't ever gonna knock me down.


and you!

(For anyone who reached for either of those glued-down, umm, "pennies", now you're sick of it, and I can scratch another one off the list... twice! :)


In the U.S., yes. I remember it very well;


Are you suggesting that you don't suffer from long-term memory loss?

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Because a lot of people seem to have forgotten that Chumbawumba was a two-hit wonder :)

Between 1986 and 2012, Chumbawamba released 17 albums

Chumbawamba is best known for 'Tubthumping' which was their long entry into the US Hot 100, but the UK and Canada also knew them for 'Amnesia' which was the follow-up.

Between 1986 and 2012, Chumbawamba released 17 albums

Chumbawamba is best known for 'Tubthumping' which was their long entry into the US Hot 100, but the UK and Canada also knew them for 'Amnesia' which was the follow-up.


Now that the group has broken up, anybody who has a complete set of the 17-album Chumbawamba Anthology may have a valuable collection.

They had 17 albums?  Yeah, wow.  I knew the one annoying song. ;D

Between 1986 and 2012, Chumbawamba released 17 albums

Chumbawamba is best known for 'Tubthumping' which was their long entry into the US Hot 100, but the UK and Canada also knew them for 'Amnesia' which was the follow-up.


1986? So they were an 80's group? ???

They had 17 albums?  Yeah, wow.  I knew the one annoying song. ;D


Yeah I am thinking it is basically a collection of 17 albums with crappy songs, plus one SUPREMELY annoying one.  ;D

They Might Be Giants did a cover version of Chumbawamba's biggest hit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0Amcgxot8

1986? So they were an 80's group? ???


They formed in 1982.  Their debut album was called 'Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records' and was released in 1986

They formed in 1982.  Their debut album was called 'Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records' and was released in 1986


Would it be on youtube?  ???

Would it be on youtube?  ???


It is.  Here's one of their singles from 1987

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7SRqW7LzBY

Yeah I am thinking it is basically a collection of 17 albums with crappy songs, plus one SUPREMELY annoying one.  ;D


Supremely annoying and crappy song.  :D

They formed in 1982.  Their debut album was called 'Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records' and was released in 1986


Wasn't that in response to the the those Live Aid type of shows?

It is.  Here's one of their singles from 1987

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7SRqW7LzBY



Thanks.

Sorry, but they're typical one-hit wonder.

Sorry, but they're typical one-hit wonder.


Maybe, but this one got covered by Phish...  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS9w6Uf86ys

Maybe, but this one got covered by Phish...  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS9w6Uf86ys


I love the quality of the video. It has a certain charm HD videos miss.

I love the quality of the video. It has a certain charm HD videos miss.


Agreed.  When you're doing a cover of an anarchist band, the video should look rough.  ;D

Sorry, but they're typical one-hit wonder.


I agree.

Agreed.  When you're doing a cover of an anarchist band, the video should look rough.  ;D


I'm voting Anarchist next November!
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Agreed.  When you're doing a cover of an anarchist band, the video should look rough.  ;D


Or you should (dammit, I can't find it on YouTube, but I didn't look too hard)...

Lounge it up!  There was Tubthumping (Timeshard remix) that was halfway between techno (Damn, that Zion Train 359 mix works too, but I'm going for lounge here), and a straight-up ... wait, found one!

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  - Chumbawamba, Amnesia (Jimmy Echo Version)

Ah, there we go.  The right balance between dance and lounge.  Even if you hated the original, those remixes are worth checking out.

I'm voting Anarchist next November!
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I think America has been an anarchy ever since the press hijacked the last election! But that's for another thread. ::)

Did you know that when Chumbawumba was performing "Tubthumping" on The Tonight Show here in the States, one of them was wearing a T-shirt that read ONE HIT WONDER ?

Your Pal,
Doc
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