Music
The radio-friendly ‘Tubthumping’ may sound like a lighthearted bar song. But the goal of British group Chumbawamba is anarchy.
Oct. 19, 1997
The one-hit wonder syndrome (remember Terry Jacks?) is facing several bands that debuted with huge singles.
April 10, 1998
Entertainment & Arts
Anarchy is seldom as attractive as it was in the hands of English octet Chumbawamba at the Palace on Tuesday.
Nov. 6, 1997
Station’s Show, Like a Playlist, Has Moments--Including Chumbawamba, Hanson
Dec. 19, 1997
The oddest juxtaposition of music and film this year may be the current use of “Tubthumping,” the unlikely hit song by the British anarchist collective Chumbawamba, in TV commercials for “Home Alone 3,” a prime example of mainstream U.S. comedy commerce.
Dec. 14, 1997
Seagram’s Universal Music Group has named Republic Records co-founder Monte Lipman president of its Universal Records label.
Jan. 6, 2000
Entertainment: Doug Morris set out to build a multicultural team. Today, Universal Records is a hit.
Nov. 26, 1997
*** CHUMBAWAMBA “WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)” Republic/Universal That Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping” was a sad portrait of U.K. pub habitues’ defiance in the face of empty lives was lost on most Americans, who embraced it as a macho anthem and drinking song and made it one of the biggest hits of 1998.
April 7, 2000
If ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, Eminem, Limp Bizkit and the rest of the hot pop properties think that they’d like to take a little break from the fame treadmill rather than cashing in while they’re on top, they might want to talk to someone like, say, Hanson, Chumbawamba or Aqua.
March 12, 2000