Blurb:
"Tubthumping" is a song by Chumbawamba, the single release went to UK #2 in 1997 and US #6 in the single charts in 1998.
The songs talks about being defeated, but rising again:
"I get knocked down! But I get up again; you're never gonna keep me down"
and the pleasure of drinking:
"He drinks a whisky drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink"
A reference to "pissing the night away" is British slang for wasting time whilst intoxicated with alcohol, and not urination. The song also references the Irish folk ballad, Danny Boy.
The liner notes on the album Tubthumper, from which "Tubthumping" was the first single, puts the song in a radical context, quoting a UK anti-road protester, Paris 1968 graffiti, details about the famous McLibel case and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The album version of the song opens with a sample of a monologue performed by Pete Postlethwaite in the movie Brassed Off. Near the end of the song one can hear the melody from the Prince of Denmark's March.
"Tubthumping" is a song by Chumbawamba, the single release went to UK #2 in 1997 and US #6 in the single charts in 1998.
The songs talks about being defeated, but rising again:
"I get knocked down! But I get up again; you're never gonna keep me down"
and the pleasure of drinking:
"He drinks a whisky drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink"
A reference to "pissing the night away" is British slang for wasting time whilst intoxicated with alcohol, and not urination. The song also references the Irish folk ballad, Danny Boy.
The liner notes on the album Tubthumper, from which "Tubthumping" was the first single, puts the song in a radical context, quoting a UK anti-road protester, Paris 1968 graffiti, details about the famous McLibel case and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The album version of the song opens with a sample of a monologue performed by Pete Postlethwaite in the movie Brassed Off. Near the end of the song one can hear the melody from the Prince of Denmark's March.
Scroll and Sing:
We'll be singing
When we're winning
We'll be singing
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whisky drink
He drinks a vadka 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
"Oh Danny Boy
Danny Boy..."
I get knocked down
But i get up again
You're never going to keep me down
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whisky drink
He drinks a vadka 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 neighbour..."
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
We'll be singing
When we're wining
We'll be singing
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