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1997 single by Chumbawamba

"Tubthumping"
TubthumpingHQ.jpg
Single by Chumbawamba
from the album Tubthumper
B-side
  • "Good day to the Crown"
  • "Football Song" ("Shit Ground, No Fans...")
Released 11 August 1997 (1997-08-xi)
Studio Woodlands (Castleford)
Genre
  • Dance-stone
  • alternative rock
  • dance-punk
Length
  • 4:38 (album version)
  • 3:33 (single version)
Label
  • EMI
  • Universal
  • Republic
Songwriter(s)
  • Chumbawamba
Producer(south)
  • Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba singles chronology
"But Look at Me At present"
(1996)
"Tubthumping"
(1997)
"Amnesia"
(1998)
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"Tubthumping" on YouTube

"Tubthumping" is a song released past British rock band Chumbawamba from their eighth studio anthology, Tubthumper (1997). It is the band's nearly successful single, peaking at number 2 on the Great britain Singles Chart. It topped the charts in Commonwealth of australia, Canada, Ireland, Italia, New Zealand and hit number six on the Us Billboard Hot 100[one] (although it topped the US Modern Rock and Mainstream Top twoscore charts). At the 1998 Brit Awards, "Tubthumping" was nominated for the Brit Honor for Best British Single. It sold 880,000 copies in the Great britain.[ii]

Background [edit]

The song was the group'due south lead single from Tubthumper, their major-label debut.[3] It was released on 11 Baronial 1997.[four] [five] Vocaliser Dunstan Bruce retrospectively observed that, earlier the group wrote it, they "were in a mess: we had get directionless and disparate". He credited "Tubthumping" with changing that, telling The Guardian, "It's not our most political or best song, simply it brought us back together. The song is most us – every bit a class and equally a ring. The dazzler of information technology was nosotros had no idea how big information technology would be."[half dozen]

Writing and composition [edit]

A Leeds pub called the Fforde Grene served every bit the group's inspiration for the song; guitarist Boff Whalley told The Guardian that it was written about "the resilience of ordinary people";[6] musically, "Tubthumping" is a dance-rock, alternative rock, and dance-punk song in D major.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Critical reception [edit]

Larry Picture show from Billboard wrote, "Some records simply demand attention: 'Tubthumping' is ane of the rare few. Y'all tin can spend iii times the track'south running fourth dimension plucking out the seemingly disparate sounds and assorted genre references—starting with the forceful alterna-stone guitar scratches, the hip-hop-derived beats, and the swing-style horns. Holding information technology all together are the kind of rousing, gang-like chants that you hear at football games. Sounds odd, eh? Well, you won't before long forget this jam subsequently outset listen. And yous'll likely be hearing it on pop and modern rock stations for months to come up. If this gem is indicative of the tone of the act'due south forthcoming album, information technology should be quite a head trip."[12] A reviewer from Daily Record described it as an "irritating catchy drinking anthem from the agitator band".[thirteen] It was also chosen a "raucous anthem".[14] Pan-European magazine Music & Media said, "Subsequently a decade and a one-half spent as indie heroes this collective is probable to suspension into the mainstream in a big way".[fifteen] Ian Hyland of the Sunday Mirror rated it eight out of ten, writing, "Sing a terrace chant, mention lager and the rugby boys will be making boozed-up human pyramids on the dance flooring in seconds. And you'll have a monster hit – proficient work, chum."[16] Troy J. Augusto from Variety declared it as a "drinking-and-dancing anthem" and "the quirk hit of the season".[17]

In The Village Voice'due south Pazz & Jop poll for 1997, "Tubthumping" was voted the second-best single of the year.[eighteen] Australian radio station Triple J ranked it No. 3 in its Triple J Hottest 100 for the same year.[19] Writer Bruce Pollock included it in his 2005 book "The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000".[20] "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'southward 2011 list of the "Acme 10 1-Hit Wonders of All Fourth dimension".[22]

Commercial performance [edit]

Upon its release, the song became an international hit.[23] On the UK Singles Nautical chart, information technology debuted at number 2 on the nautical chart dated 23 August 1997; it spent three sequent weeks at number ii, held off the top spot past Volition Smith'south "Men in Blackness."[24] [25] [26] The vocal spent 11 consecutive weeks in the height ten, and twenty consecutive weeks on the meridian 100.[27] On the nautical chart dated 24 Jan 1998, 3 weeks after its last week on the chart, the song reentered the singles chart at number 88; the next calendar week, it savage to number 96 before exiting the nautical chart.[27]

In the U.Southward., the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 13 September 1997, at number 79.[28] The next week, it rose to number 63, attaining the week'due south biggest gain in airplay.[29] Two weeks afterwards, on the chart dated 4 October 1997, the vocal was again the biggest airplay gainer of the week, entering the tiptop xl in its rise from 47 to 35.[30] In its 12th week on the chart, 29 November 1997, the song reached its top of number 6, where it spent two weeks.[31] In total, it spent 31 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[32]

The unmarried was also nowadays on many year-cease singles charts for 1997. In the U.K., information technology ranked every bit the year'due south 7th well-nigh-pop single,[33] while information technology placed at number 3 on Australia's meridian 100 songs of the year.[34] The single also placed in the pinnacle 20 of the year-cease chart in Sweden[35] and in the top 100 of 1997 in Kingdom of belgium, Canada, Frg, kingdom of the netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States.[36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] In the U.Southward., information technology placed at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100's year-end ranking for 1998.[42]

Rail listings and formats [edit]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

"Tubthumping" (2003 Remix) [edit]

"Tubthumping (remix)"
Single by Chumbawamba
from the album Readymades and Then Some (Bonus DVD)
B-side
  • "Salt Fare, North Bounding main"
  • "Jacob'south Ladder (Not in My Name)"
Released 2003 (2003)
Characterization Koch
Chumbawamba singles chronology
"Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Proper noun)"
(2002)
"Tubthumping (remix)"
(2003)
"Home with Me"
(2003)

"Tubthumping (remix)" was released in 2003 as a promotional CD by Chumbawamba on Koch Records. The remixed version of the song was done by The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann.[93]

The unmarried was released promotionally by Mutt Records, with their previous single, "Jacob's Ladder (Non in My Name)", as a B-side.[94] It was likewise included on the bonus DVD accompanying Readymades and And so Some, the rerelease of their 2002 album Readymades.[95] Stereogum as well fabricated the vocal available every bit a free MP3 download in June 2004.[96]

Track listing [edit]

U.s.a. promo CD [97]

  1. "Tubthumping" (remix) (by the Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann) – five:twenty
  2. "Salt Fare, N Ocean" – iv:28
  3. "Jacob'south Ladder (Not in My Proper name)" – 2:52

Legacy [edit]

I get knocked downward but I become upward once more

A neon sculpture on the Leeds Playhouse features the lyric "I become knocked down just I get upwards over again".[98] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Leeds, the song was given a remix by local immature musicians and sportspeople.[99]

Alternative rock ring They Might Exist Giants covered Tubthumping for The A.V. Club's A.V. Surreptitious series. They released their version of the song on Anthology Raises New and Troubling Questions.[100]

See as well [edit]

  • List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s
  • List of RPM number-ane alternative stone singles
  • Listing of number-one singles of 1997 (Republic of ireland)
  • List of number-one singles from the 1990s (New Zealand)
  • Listing of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of the 1990s
  • List of Developed Acme 40 number-one songs of the 1990s

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External links [edit]

  • Song Review at AllMusic
  • They Might Be Giants comprehend "Tubthumping" for A.V. Society Undercover

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