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"Tubthumping" is a song released by British rock band Chumbawamba from their eighth studio album, Tubthumper (1997). It is the band's nigh successful single, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. It topped the charts in Commonwealth of australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and hit number six on the US Billboard Hot 100[1] (although it topped the US Modern Rock and Mainstream Height 40 charts). At the 1998 Brit Awards, "Tubthumping" was nominated for the Brit Award for All-time British Single. It sold 880,000 copies in the UK.[2]
Background [edit]
The song was the grouping's lead single from Tubthumper, their major-label debut.[3] It was released on 11 August 1997.[4] [v] Vocalist Dunstan Bruce retrospectively observed that, before the group wrote it, they "were in a mess: nosotros had become directionless and disparate". He credited "Tubthumping" with irresolute that, telling The Guardian, "Information technology's non our most political or all-time song, simply it brought us back together. The song is about united states of america – equally a grade and as a band. The beauty of it was nosotros had no idea how big it would be."[6]
Writing and composition [edit]
A Leeds pub chosen the Fforde Grene served equally the grouping's inspiration for the song; guitarist Boff Whalley told The Guardian that information technology was written about "the resilience of ordinary people";[half-dozen] musically, "Tubthumping" is a dance-stone, culling stone, and dance-punk vocal in D major.[7] [eight] [9] [x] [11]
Critical reception [edit]
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Some records just demand attention: 'Tubthumping' is one of the rare few. Yous tin can spend three times the rails's running time plucking out the seemingly disparate sounds and assorted genre references—starting with the forceful alterna-rock guitar scratches, the hip-hop-derived beats, and the swing-fashion horns. Belongings information technology all together are the kind of rousing, gang-like chants that yous hear at football game games. Sounds odd, eh? Well, you won't soon forget this jam afterwards kickoff listen. And you'll likely be hearing it on pop and mod rock stations for months to come. If this gem is indicative of the tone of the human action's forthcoming album, it should be quite a head trip."[12] A reviewer from Daily Record described information technology as an "irritating catchy drinking anthem from the anarchist band".[13] Information technology was also called a "raucous canticle".[14] Pan-European magazine Music & Media said, "Later on a decade and a half spent every bit indie heroes this collective is probable to break into the mainstream in a big mode".[fifteen] Ian Hyland of the Sunday Mirror rated it 8 out of ten, writing, "Sing a terrace chant, mention lager and the rugby boys volition be making boozed-up human pyramids on the trip the light fantastic floor in seconds. And you lot'll take a monster hit – proficient work, chum."[16] Troy J. Augusto from Variety declared it equally a "drinking-and-dancing anthem" and "the quirk striking of the flavour".[17]
In The Village Voice 'due south Pazz & Jop poll for 1997, "Tubthumping" was voted the 2d-best single of the yr.[xviii] Australian radio station Triple J ranked it No. 3 in its Triple J Hottest 100 for the same twelvemonth.[xix] Author Bruce Pollock included information technology in his 2005 volume "The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000".[twenty] "Tubthumping" too placed at No. 12 in Rolling Stone 's 2007 list of the "20 Most Annoying Songs"[21] and at No. 8 in the mag'due south 2011 list of the "Top ten One-Hit Wonders of All Time".[22]
Commercial performance [edit]
Upon its release, the vocal became an international hit.[23] On the Uk Singles Chart, it debuted at number 2 on the chart dated 23 Baronial 1997; it spent three sequent weeks at number 2, held off the top spot by Volition Smith's "Men in Black."[24] [25] [26] The vocal spent 11 consecutive weeks in the peak 10, and 20 consecutive weeks on the top 100.[27] On the nautical chart dated 24 Jan 1998, iii weeks after its terminal week on the chart, the song reentered the singles chart at number 88; the next week, it fell to number 96 before exiting the chart.[27]
In the U.South., the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 dated thirteen September 1997, at number 79.[28] The next week, it rose to number 63, attaining the week's biggest gain in airplay.[29] Two weeks later, on the nautical chart dated 4 October 1997, the song was again the biggest airplay gainer of the calendar week, entering the tiptop 40 in its ascent from 47 to 35.[30] In its 12th week on the nautical chart, 29 November 1997, the song reached its superlative of number half dozen, where information technology spent two weeks.[31] In total, it spent 31 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[32]
The unmarried was also nowadays on many yr-terminate singles charts for 1997. In the U.1000., it ranked equally the year'southward 7th most-pop single,[33] while it placed at number 3 on Commonwealth of australia's superlative 100 songs of the yr.[34] The single also placed in the meridian 20 of the year-end chart in Sweden[35] and in the top 100 of 1997 in Belgium, Canada, Germany, kingdom of the netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States.[36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] In the U.S., it placed at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100's year-end ranking for 1998.[42]
Rail listings and formats [edit]
Great britain CD unmarried [43]
Great britain 7-inch single [44]
UK cassette single [45]
European CD single [46]
| United states of america and Australian CD single [47] [48]
United states of america 7-inch single [49]
U.s. 12-inch single [50]
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Charts and certifications [edit]
Release history [edit]
"Tubthumping" (2003 Remix) [edit]
"Tubthumping (remix)" | ||||
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Unmarried by Chumbawamba | ||||
from the album Readymades then Some (Bonus DVD) | ||||
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Released | 2003} | |||
Label | Koch | |||
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"Tubthumping (remix)" was released in 2003 as a promotional CD past Chumbawamba on Koch Records. The remixed version of the song was washed past The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann.[93]
The single was released promotionally past Mutt Records, with their previous single, "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)", as a B-side.[94] It was too included on the bonus DVD accompanying Readymades and And then Some, the rerelease of their 2002 album Readymades.[95] Stereogum also made the vocal available equally a complimentary MP3 download in June 2004.[96]
Rail listing [edit]
US promo CD [97]
- "Tubthumping" (remix) (by the Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann) – 5:20
- "Common salt Fare, North Ocean" – 4:28
- "Jacob'due south Ladder (Not in My Name)" – ii:52
Legacy [edit]
A neon sculpture on the Leeds Playhouse features the lyric "I become knocked downwards but I go upwards again".[98] During the COVID-xix pandemic in Leeds, the vocal was given a remix by local young musicians and sportspeople.[99]
Alternative rock band They Might Be Giants covered Tubthumping for The A.V. Club'due south A.V. Hush-hush series.[100]
See besides [edit]
- List of number-i singles in Australia during the 1990s
- Listing of RPM number-one alternative stone singles
- List of number-one singles of 1997 (Ireland)
- List of number-1 singles from the 1990s (New Zealand)
- List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of the 1990s
- Listing of Adult Elevation xl number-ane songs of the 1990s
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External links [edit]
- Song Review at AllMusic
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubthumping
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