Fun Music Information -> Chumbawumba
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Band Name Origins:
- Ever hear the saying 'if you give a chimpanzee a typewriter it will eventually write Shakespeare ? Well some scientist type blokes decided to give it a try....Chumbawumba is one of the 'words' the chimps typed ! Submitted by: Lee
- In 1978, a group of scientists in nevada tried the 'thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters' bit. Of the 18,000 words written after ten months, only two were pronouncable: "Elorytham" and "Chumbawumba". The band chose one of them. Submitted by: Joe Mahon
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "I Can't Remember" | "Amnesia," Chumbawumba | Raphael |
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Tubthumping" | "Chumba-Mumbling" | Red Ant |
| "Tubthumping" | "Commodethumping" | Teri & Rusty Foster |
| "Tubthumping" | "Whip it out" | DwpCorsair / Benjcbc |
| "Tubthumping" | "Repub Thumping" | Michael Pacholek |
| "I Get Knocked Down" | "I Hate Perfume" | Static |
| "Tubthumping" | "Kenny" | Fork |
| "TubThumping" | "Barrel Scraping" | Jim A |
| "Tubthumping" | "SaddamThumping" | adam henderson |
| "Tubthumping" | "Suddam" | Dandaman |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics: I get no doubt
But I get over it If I ever own a lead guitar. Original Lyrics: I get knocked down
But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Lisa I thought the song was about a guy that wanted to be in a band. That is until I mentioned it to my high school students, who thought it was hilarious. They corrected me. |
| There are additional Chumbawumba misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Tubthumpin"
Better Lyrics:
Piss in the microwave
Original Lyrics:
pissin the night away
Submitted by: Alexys
"Tubthumping"
Better Lyrics:
Lets kill Sadam,
shoot him in the head,
untill he's dead
shoot him in the head,
untill he's dead
Original Lyrics:
I get knocked down,
but i get up again,
never gunna keep me down
but i get up again,
never gunna keep me down
Submitted by: new grounds.com
"Tubthumping"
Better Lyrics:
I got Wham-mied
But I've still got some spins
I'm still gonna try and win some cash
But I've still got some spins
I'm still gonna try and win some cash
Original Lyrics:
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
Submitted by: gilman
Repetitive Lyrics:
"Tubthumping"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I get knocked down, but I get up again,
you're never gonna keep me down. Why They're Repetitive: Hey, I think they'd get bored of doing it before the song ends, considering that's pretty much all he says. The music video's bound to get boring within 20 seconds of the chorus.
Submitted by: evildog300
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Inappropriate Lyrics:
"Tubthumping"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: P**ssing the night away...
Why They're Inappropriate: This uses a swear word, yet radio stations don't censor it. Why?
Submitted by: rock music
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Tubthumping"
Some commercial radio stations in the UK banned this shortly after the death of Princess Diana due to the line 'I get knocked down...'
Submitted by: pickle
