- Black Sheep Hit: "Tubthumping", big time. On 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, if only briefly.
- Inspiration for the Work: 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".
- One-Hit Wonder: 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. This was lampshaded in their song "Torturing James Hetfield":Now, look what we brought for you James
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