Listening to Chumbawamba on Radio Paradise

Chumbawamba — Tubthumping

Album: WYSIWYG
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Total ratings: 507

Released: 1997
Length: 3:49
Plays (last 30 days): 1

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Truth is I thought it mattered
I thought that music mattered
But does it? Bollocks
Not compared to our people matter

We'll be singing
When we're winning
We'll be singing

I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away

He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind of the better times

Oh, Danny boy
Danny boy
Danny boy

I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away

He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times

Don't cry for me
Next door neighbor

I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (When we're winning)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I get knocked down
But I get up again (We'll be singing) (Pissing the night away)
You're never gonna keep me down

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"This isn't on Radio Paradise is it?" says my wife. Just ensuring that the word eclectic is doing its job....

Posted 1 month ago by planet_lizard [ Reply ]

CHOON!

Posted 2 months ago by Edweirdo [ Reply ]

Surely the new official song of the Biden campaign. Too soon?

Posted 4 months ago by pshand [ Reply ]

ckcotton wrote:

Really? Is this a joke?

Given William’s comment after the song, I’m going to say ‘apparently not’.

Posted 7 months ago by Talus1 [ Reply ]

Really? Is this a joke?

Posted 7 months ago by ckcotton [ Reply ]

Although the message is not particularly PC, just great fun. Excellent pop.

Posted 8 months ago by Sweet_Virginia [ Reply ]

I'll join the chorus singing of Chumbawamba's long and eclectic career. I bet the band (now sadly disbanded) thinks it's funny people remember them as a one-hit-wonder! Their first two releases "Pictures of starving children sell records" and "Never mind the ballots" are available as one punchy, witty double album, I can recommend it. And "The Boybands Have Won" is so sublimely beautiful.

Posted 8 months ago by tichy [ Reply ]

i hated this song for a long time because it got overplayed everywhere for years, but today due to an absolute disaster at work I'm really feeling it today. Be nice to your payroll people, we fix problems you don't even realize you have.

Posted 8 months ago by cinnamonrose [ Reply ]

Jacques wrote:

Completely forgettable novelty song, man I want to go wash my ears out now... in several months of listening to Radio Paradise this is the first track I can honestly say I feel nothing for... total audio wallpaper... Still, that makes for 2000 great songs and one dud... not a bad average so more kudos to Bill, in spite of this minor tubthumping... :p Cheers Jacques Radio Paradise: What Radio Could Have Been

complete miser. ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted 8 months ago by JEC1982 [ Reply ]

Brilliant ensemble - though this song was about their worst - that really meant something in the 90s. Check out their much later folk-centric LPs… The Boy Bands Have Won and ABCDEFG.

Posted 10 months ago by DaveVasse [ Reply ]

I GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT I GET UP AGAIN THEY NEVER GON' KEEP ME DOWN 🔥 🔥 🔥

Posted 10 months ago by ToiletGaming200 [ Reply ]

Ha! What a blast from the past! I need this right now. Ugh.

Posted 11 months ago by Jelani [ Reply ]

When the girls sing:
"Don't cry for me,
Next door neighbor"
(about halfway thru the song)
lol

Posted 1 year ago by sfyi2001 [ Reply ]

Many years ago when life was dealing me a series of tough blows this song was hot - and it really kept me going. It was the right song at the right time, really pumped me up to keep sloggin' along.

Posted 4 years ago by RoundT [ Reply ]

DaidyBoy wrote:

This song came out well before 2000. I know because I went through dark times and this was played a lot on my nights out. No fun.....

Correct! ...According to Wikipedia, it came out in 1997!

Posted 4 years ago by joejennings [ Reply ]

This song came out well before 2000. I know because I went through dark times and this was played a lot on my nights out. No fun.....

Posted 4 years ago by DaidyBoy [ Reply ]

To anyone who thinks that this is all that Chumbawumba were about, I recommend that you get hold of a copy of 'English Rebel Songs 1381 - 1984'. An exceedingly fine and much-overlooked collection of traditional folk songs, including a version of the WW1 marching song 'Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire' which all school children should be made to listen to.

Posted 4 years ago by SpinyNorma [ Reply ]

Someone posted “Bird Flu” about this song 14 years ago!!!! 😂😂😂

Posted 4 years ago by andrew2112 [ Reply ]

FUN!

Posted 4 years ago by folkes.tom [ Reply ]

There is nothing more 90's than this song.

Posted 4 years ago by Harlock [ Reply ]

For as ubiquitous as this song once was, it only ever makes me think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ7XmKnE1wQ

Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet [ Reply ]

Writing this during the COVID-19 lockdown. Perfect song for these days! Thanks RP!

Posted 4 years ago by pfreet [ Reply ]

Stupid song but my it is fun

Posted 4 years ago by gbt [ Reply ]

fun to hear once in a while... hopefully again in 2023

Posted 4 years ago by scrubbrush [ Reply ]

Wow, I haven't heard this in forever! I can't believe it was as recent as Y2K. At this point I thought it was early 90's - ish.
I suppose it's apropos considering the state of things right now....

Posted 4 years ago by Jelani [ Reply ]

Music therapy is a real thing. **Sings along loudly**

Posted 4 years ago by nevar23 [ Reply ]

We were posted with our young kids in Brisbane, Australia, when this song and video came out in 1998. The Aussies loved it and we did too. Good memories!

Posted 4 years ago by kt.johnson.jr364 [ Reply ]

Posted 4 years ago by sunflowerbee [ Reply ]

I've always loved this song!!....Why?...Who knows?....I just love it!!

Posted 4 years ago by danthebeachman [ Reply ]

Strange that the only thing this reminds me of is Miss Simpson going to college. Even stranger, is that this is the only Chumbawamba song on RP.

Posted 18 years ago by lixy [ Reply ]

BIRD FLU!!!!!

Posted 18 years ago by Ian911299 [ Reply ]

you need a few \"lager drinks\" to appreciate :oops:

Posted 21 years ago by redeyespy [ Reply ]

Posted 22 years ago by Jacques [ Reply ]

Originally Posted by Dr._Crane: I've got to admit this one is one of my guilty pleasures...I always end up tapping my feet and smiling... :oops:

yes, well, i do to. Then i feel so dirty afterwords :p If it never plays here again (i have just signed my own death-to-my-ears warrant) that would be too soon.

Posted 22 years ago by pilgrim [ Reply ]

Been a loooong time since I heard this...please don\'t play it too often...it gets annoying pretty quickly...

Posted 22 years ago by Milo [ Reply ]

NOOOOOOOO!

Posted 22 years ago by pilgrim [ Reply ]