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* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song "Tubthumping" and no other song from them. They were ultimately too anarchistic and deliberately non-consumer friendly to even have a remote chance of getting a second hit. Lampshaded in their song "Torturing James Hetfield"

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* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song "Tubthumping" and no other song from them. They were ultimately too anarchistic and deliberately non-consumer friendly non-consumer-friendly to even have a remote chance of getting a second hit. Lampshaded This was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in their song "Torturing James Hetfield"Hetfield":
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''Their greatest hits (there's only one)''

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-->''Now, look what we brought for you James''\\

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* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song Tubthumping and no other song from them. They were ultimately too anarchistic and deliberately non-consumer friendly to even have a remote chance of getting a second hit. Lampshaded in their song "Torturing James Hetfield"
-->''Now, look what we brought for you James''
-->''Your favorite disc''
-->''It's Chumbawamba''
-->''Their greatest hits (there's only one)''

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* InspirationForTheWork: When recalling the making of "Tubthumping", guitarist Boff Whalley said that back in the day their next door neighbor was an Irishman who "would come home drunk every weekend from there and try and get into his house, fall over and shout for his wife".
* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song Tubthumping "Tubthumping" and no other song from them. They were ultimately too anarchistic and deliberately non-consumer friendly to even have a remote chance of getting a second hit. Lampshaded in their song "Torturing James Hetfield"
-->''Now, look what we brought for you James''
-->''Your
James''\\
''Your
favorite disc''
-->''It's Chumbawamba''
-->''Their
disc''\\
''It's Chumbawamba''\\
''Their
greatest hits (there's only one)''
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-->''Their greatest hits (there's only one)''
* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface".
** Many of their work samples, quotes and refers to a wide variety of other works, and their songs are often about specific incidents and acts that require a bit of research (for example, the song "I did it for Alfie" from "Un" is about the decapitation of a statue of Margaret Thatcher with a cricket bat in Guildhall in 2003).

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-->''Their greatest hits (there's only one)''
* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface".
** Many of their work samples, quotes and refers to a wide variety of other works, and their songs are often about specific incidents and acts that require a bit of research (for example, the song "I did it for Alfie" from "Un" is about the decapitation of a statue of Margaret Thatcher with a cricket bat in Guildhall in 2003).
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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping", big time. On [[UsefulNotes/Anarchism a fundamentally political level]], Chumbawamba is not at all the kind of band that seems like it would ever get such a chart-smashing hit behind a big label, and sonically, they're also not the type of band to make such a happy-sounding pub singalong anthem. Perhaps even stranger is that the band never turned back on the song and ultimately quite enjoyed the experiment of dabbling in the mainstream, [[OneHitWonder if only briefly.]]

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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping", big time. On [[UsefulNotes/Anarchism [[UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} a fundamentally political level]], Chumbawamba is not at all the kind of band that seems like it would ever get such a chart-smashing hit behind a big label, and sonically, they're also not the type of band to make such a happy-sounding pub singalong anthem. Perhaps even stranger is that the band never turned back on the song and ultimately quite enjoyed the experiment of dabbling in the mainstream, [[OneHitWonder if only briefly.]]
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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping"

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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping""Tubthumping", big time. On [[UsefulNotes/Anarchism a fundamentally political level]], Chumbawamba is not at all the kind of band that seems like it would ever get such a chart-smashing hit behind a big label, and sonically, they're also not the type of band to make such a happy-sounding pub singalong anthem. Perhaps even stranger is that the band never turned back on the song and ultimately quite enjoyed the experiment of dabbling in the mainstream, [[OneHitWonder if only briefly.]]
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* OneOfUs: Judging for the sample at the beginning of "Mouthful of Shit", they appear to like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]]
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* OneOfUs: Judging for the sample at the beginning of "Mouthful of Shit", they appear to like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]]
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface".

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* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface"."buttface".
** Many of their work samples, quotes and refers to a wide variety of other works, and their songs are often about specific incidents and acts that require a bit of research (for example, the song "I did it for Alfie" from "Un" is about the decapitation of a statue of Margaret Thatcher with a cricket bat in Guildhall in 2003).
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* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song Tubthumping and no other song from them. Lampshaded in their song Torturing James Hetfield at one point.

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* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song Tubthumping and no other song from them. They were ultimately too anarchistic and deliberately non-consumer friendly to even have a remote chance of getting a second hit. Lampshaded in their song Torturing "Torturing James Hetfield at one point.Hetfield"
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* OneHitWonder: When people think Chumbawamba, they almost always think of their big song Tubthumping and no other song from them. Lampshaded in their song Torturing James Hetfield at one point.
-->''Now, look what we brought for you James''
-->''Your favorite disc''
-->''It's Chumbawamba''
-->''Their greatest hits (there's only one)''
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface".

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* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface".
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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping"

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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping""Tubthumping"
* ViewersAreGeniuses: If yes, you know that the band name comes from the (extremely variously spelled) demon from [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh.]] If very yes, you know that the name means something along "buttface".
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* BlackSheepHit: "Tubthumping"

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