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"Tubthumping"—Chumbawamba

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Tub Thumping: A Global Sensation

I'm pretty sympathetic because I think if you are a band with a message, and they will say that your radio machine would say the same thing. Sure. You want to get out there. You want a bigger platform. Clearly, the independent stuff wasn't making much of a dent. They signed from one little Indian, which was a decent sized indie and they start getting somewhere in the charts. And then I think Shumblewam would appear in a compilation called Fucky and my, it was like a huge thing. But then corporate restructuring or whatever, they were no longer connected to weapons manufacturers. So I think Shumbledum would go in. Well, it's no longer a

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