Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba was an English musical group formed in 1982 in the Leeds squatt… Read Full Bio ↴Chumbawamba was an English musical group formed in 1982 in the Leeds squatting community. They have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music. Their vocal anarchist politics exhibit an irreverent attitude toward authority; the band have been forthright in their syndicalist, pacifist, communist, mutlicultural, and feminist social stances. The band are best known for their song “Tubthumping.” Other singles have included “Amnesia,” “Enough Is Enough” (with MC Fusion), “Timebomb,” “Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole),” and most recently, “Add Me.”
On 7th July 2012 Chumbawamba announced their impending breakup before the end of the year. Their very last concert was given at the Leeds City Varieties. At this show former members of the band, such as Harry Hamer and Danbert Nobacon made their appearance. At this theatre, Chumbawamba already performed 'Big Society!' with radical theatre company Red Ladder.
The last EP of the band was released April 8th, 2013, when Margaret Thatcher passed away. The Margaret Thatcher EP 'In Memoriam' is a 5-track sound collage featuring a few small songs, which could only be pre-ordered. It was mailed to all who pre-ordered on that very day.
Early years (1982-1991)
The band was formed in 1982 from two other bands based in Yorkshire, The Passion Killers and Chimp Eats Banana. They released a series of albums (such as Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records and the a capella album English Rebel Songs) and singles on their own Agit-Pop label before moving to One Little Indian in the early 90s.
One Little Indian (1991-1997)
On One Little Indian, Chumbawamba released three albums, Slap!, Shhh, and Anarchy, on which influences of techno music are noticeable. The songs for these albums were written in a period when dance culture was thriving and the band were also influenced by it. The music had turned into a more popular sound, which they emphasized was to spread the message more effectively. Touring for Anarchy, the concert at Leeds was recorded for the live album "Showbusiness!".
The last album released on One Little Indian is Swingin' with Raymond (1995). The albums first six songs are about (the right to) love and ends with seven songs loaded with hate (in the broadest sense of the word: it includes a song about anorexia nervosa).
The EMI years (1997-2000)
Anarchy or not, the band signed to EMI by 1997. At EMI, Chumbawamba had brief mainstream success, with the singles Tubthumping and Amnesia, taken from Tubthumper. Like Slap! and Shhh, the album was noticeably influenced by techno music. The new Chumbawamba fans needed for an overview, EMI might have thought. So Uneasy Listening, a compilation of work from 1986-1998 was released by 1998.
This move alienated much of the anarchist punk scene that yielded Chumbawamba in the 80's. To their former cohorts, this new Chumbawamba -one that licensed songs for commercials and signed to a major label- was different than the one that took part in the Fuck EMI compilation record a decade before. In 1998, Scottish punk band Oi Polloi put together a 7 band compilation EP with other bands like Riot/Clone and Bus Station Loonies in response. The name of the record was "Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records(The Anti Chumbawamba EP)" as a nod to Chumbawamba's first record. Chumbawamba responded by noting that even the smaller labels they had worked with were capitalist by definition and were often only driven by profit. They added that, with the help of good lawyers, they were doing what the Sex Pistols had done two decades earlier – what punk had initially set out to do before it was beset by righteous puritans looking for "a new set of rules", as the band put it. But also, in the words of Chumbawamba vocalist Danbert Nobacon, they "needed things to change", needed to "shake things up". According to the band, "even radical politics can get stagnant and repetitive." Much of the profits from the album were donated to radical groups, pirate radio stations, community organisations and anarchist projects.
By 2000, the album WYSIWYG was released, being entirely different from previous work (and thus defying the idea that the band just wanted to make commercial hits): a 22-track soundscape, comprising rock, folk, country and pop music. It includes a cover of the Bee Gees song New York Mining Disaster.
Return to independance (2002-2010)
In 2002, Chumbawamba formed their own label again, now naming it Mutt Records. On this record label, they released Readymades, followed by the world music influenced Un (2004). These two albums brought Chumbawamba to what it is now: a folk group.
Since 2005, the band decided it would be better to turn into an acoustic band. The line-up has changed to: Boff Whalley, Lou Watts, Jude Abbot and Neil Ferguson (former producer of the band). It was this line-up that released the fully acoustic album A Singsong and a Scrap on the small UK Folk and Folk-Rock label NoMasters by 2006. The album uses more traditional instruments and features English Folk artists such as Coope, Boyes & Simpson and Andy Cutting. In 2007 followed by the live album Get On With It.
In 2008, another No Masters album, The Boy Bands Have Won, was released. It contained 25 tracks of new acoustic material, some derived from traditional folk, such as Charlie. It also had guest performances by, amongst others, the Oyster Band on Hull or Hell and Roy Bailey on Word Bomber. It's this album where Phil Moody joined Chumbawamba as accordionist and vocalist.
The third album that Chumbawamba recorded on NoMasters, ABCDEFG, was released. The album is cut from very much the same cloth as the The Boy Bands Have Won, but is richer in sound. ABCDEFG stands for every note in the Western music scheme, and the album itself is about the power that music can bring to communities (Voices, That's All) and deliver to people in struggle (Wagner At The Opera). It's the first Chumbawamba album fully dedicated to music matters, though Shhh (1991) preceded this release, criticising pop culture.
On ABCDEFG, next to the five Chumbas, (amongst others) Ray Cooper plays cello and harmonica, Belinda O'Hooley plays the piano and Jo Freya plays alt and tenor saxophone.
Former members of Chumbawamba
Apart from the moment that Chumbawamba changed from electric band to acoustic band, Chumbawamba's line-up has changed several times after its first gig at January 8th, 1982.
Danbert Nobacon: Singer and keyboard player of the band, famous for wearing the brick suit, and for throwing a jug of water over UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott who showed up at the Brit Awards. He's still making music, see Danbert Nobacon and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts.
Dunstan Bruce: Vocalist, bass and saxophone player, percussionist and turntablist of the band.
Alice Nutter: Singer and percussionist of the band, famous for the drunk nun act she performed during live shows. Now writing scripts for radio, tv and theatre pieces.
Harry Hamer: Singer, drummer, programmer and percussionist of the band.
Mavis Dillon: Dillon did vocals, trumpet, french horn and bass for ten years, until he was replaced by Jude Abbot by 1995.
Paul Greco: Bass guitar, entered the band by 1992. He was replaced by Neil Ferguson in 1999.
Other former members include Coby Laan, Simon Commonknowledge, Midge (former Chimp Eats Banana) and Diane. There were actually loads of band members, especially in the early years. An extensive band history can be found at the Chumbawamba FAQ.
On 7th July 2012 Chumbawamba announced their impending breakup before the end of the year. Their very last concert was given at the Leeds City Varieties. At this show former members of the band, such as Harry Hamer and Danbert Nobacon made their appearance. At this theatre, Chumbawamba already performed 'Big Society!' with radical theatre company Red Ladder.
The last EP of the band was released April 8th, 2013, when Margaret Thatcher passed away. The Margaret Thatcher EP 'In Memoriam' is a 5-track sound collage featuring a few small songs, which could only be pre-ordered. It was mailed to all who pre-ordered on that very day.
Early years (1982-1991)
The band was formed in 1982 from two other bands based in Yorkshire, The Passion Killers and Chimp Eats Banana. They released a series of albums (such as Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records and the a capella album English Rebel Songs) and singles on their own Agit-Pop label before moving to One Little Indian in the early 90s.
One Little Indian (1991-1997)
On One Little Indian, Chumbawamba released three albums, Slap!, Shhh, and Anarchy, on which influences of techno music are noticeable. The songs for these albums were written in a period when dance culture was thriving and the band were also influenced by it. The music had turned into a more popular sound, which they emphasized was to spread the message more effectively. Touring for Anarchy, the concert at Leeds was recorded for the live album "Showbusiness!".
The last album released on One Little Indian is Swingin' with Raymond (1995). The albums first six songs are about (the right to) love and ends with seven songs loaded with hate (in the broadest sense of the word: it includes a song about anorexia nervosa).
The EMI years (1997-2000)
Anarchy or not, the band signed to EMI by 1997. At EMI, Chumbawamba had brief mainstream success, with the singles Tubthumping and Amnesia, taken from Tubthumper. Like Slap! and Shhh, the album was noticeably influenced by techno music. The new Chumbawamba fans needed for an overview, EMI might have thought. So Uneasy Listening, a compilation of work from 1986-1998 was released by 1998.
This move alienated much of the anarchist punk scene that yielded Chumbawamba in the 80's. To their former cohorts, this new Chumbawamba -one that licensed songs for commercials and signed to a major label- was different than the one that took part in the Fuck EMI compilation record a decade before. In 1998, Scottish punk band Oi Polloi put together a 7 band compilation EP with other bands like Riot/Clone and Bus Station Loonies in response. The name of the record was "Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records(The Anti Chumbawamba EP)" as a nod to Chumbawamba's first record. Chumbawamba responded by noting that even the smaller labels they had worked with were capitalist by definition and were often only driven by profit. They added that, with the help of good lawyers, they were doing what the Sex Pistols had done two decades earlier – what punk had initially set out to do before it was beset by righteous puritans looking for "a new set of rules", as the band put it. But also, in the words of Chumbawamba vocalist Danbert Nobacon, they "needed things to change", needed to "shake things up". According to the band, "even radical politics can get stagnant and repetitive." Much of the profits from the album were donated to radical groups, pirate radio stations, community organisations and anarchist projects.
By 2000, the album WYSIWYG was released, being entirely different from previous work (and thus defying the idea that the band just wanted to make commercial hits): a 22-track soundscape, comprising rock, folk, country and pop music. It includes a cover of the Bee Gees song New York Mining Disaster.
Return to independance (2002-2010)
In 2002, Chumbawamba formed their own label again, now naming it Mutt Records. On this record label, they released Readymades, followed by the world music influenced Un (2004). These two albums brought Chumbawamba to what it is now: a folk group.
Since 2005, the band decided it would be better to turn into an acoustic band. The line-up has changed to: Boff Whalley, Lou Watts, Jude Abbot and Neil Ferguson (former producer of the band). It was this line-up that released the fully acoustic album A Singsong and a Scrap on the small UK Folk and Folk-Rock label NoMasters by 2006. The album uses more traditional instruments and features English Folk artists such as Coope, Boyes & Simpson and Andy Cutting. In 2007 followed by the live album Get On With It.
In 2008, another No Masters album, The Boy Bands Have Won, was released. It contained 25 tracks of new acoustic material, some derived from traditional folk, such as Charlie. It also had guest performances by, amongst others, the Oyster Band on Hull or Hell and Roy Bailey on Word Bomber. It's this album where Phil Moody joined Chumbawamba as accordionist and vocalist.
The third album that Chumbawamba recorded on NoMasters, ABCDEFG, was released. The album is cut from very much the same cloth as the The Boy Bands Have Won, but is richer in sound. ABCDEFG stands for every note in the Western music scheme, and the album itself is about the power that music can bring to communities (Voices, That's All) and deliver to people in struggle (Wagner At The Opera). It's the first Chumbawamba album fully dedicated to music matters, though Shhh (1991) preceded this release, criticising pop culture.
On ABCDEFG, next to the five Chumbas, (amongst others) Ray Cooper plays cello and harmonica, Belinda O'Hooley plays the piano and Jo Freya plays alt and tenor saxophone.
Former members of Chumbawamba
Apart from the moment that Chumbawamba changed from electric band to acoustic band, Chumbawamba's line-up has changed several times after its first gig at January 8th, 1982.
Danbert Nobacon: Singer and keyboard player of the band, famous for wearing the brick suit, and for throwing a jug of water over UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott who showed up at the Brit Awards. He's still making music, see Danbert Nobacon and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts.
Dunstan Bruce: Vocalist, bass and saxophone player, percussionist and turntablist of the band.
Alice Nutter: Singer and percussionist of the band, famous for the drunk nun act she performed during live shows. Now writing scripts for radio, tv and theatre pieces.
Harry Hamer: Singer, drummer, programmer and percussionist of the band.
Mavis Dillon: Dillon did vocals, trumpet, french horn and bass for ten years, until he was replaced by Jude Abbot by 1995.
Paul Greco: Bass guitar, entered the band by 1992. He was replaced by Neil Ferguson in 1999.
Other former members include Coby Laan, Simon Commonknowledge, Midge (former Chimp Eats Banana) and Diane. There were actually loads of band members, especially in the early years. An extensive band history can be found at the Chumbawamba FAQ.
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Chumbawamba Lyrics
- Tubthumping (The truth is, I thought it mattered) (I thought that music…
... And In a Nutshell And the company director spins the globe Looks into on atlas…
...Here Why settle for what we're shown When there is so much…
08 Coca-Colanisation The rich world persuades the Third World, Using advertising…
12 Sewing up Crap I don't know (Repeats) Chain, chain, chain (Repeats) A cut…
81. Desmond British champion for fifty years Easily beats all his chall…
85. Whilst Stocks Last It's the old stock car thing Crash! smash! crash! ring! Ro…
A Fine Career The councilor comes with his battered old suit And his…
A Man Walks Into A Bar A man walks into a bar, he says, "Give me…
A Morality Play Act one, the smell of green leather, French polish, quite…
A stich in time Sometimes feels like singing your life away F sharp minor u…
A Stitch in Time Sometimes feels like singing your life away F sharp minor up…
Add Me I'm a loner alone with neuroses and hate Anger is a…
After Shelley Anybody can press a button and blow a ship up.…
Ah-Men A visionary pause in the cycle When she refused to…
All Fur Coat A wave for the cameras All fur coat and no knickers Jayne…
All Fur Coat & No Knickers A wave for the cameras All fur coat and no…
All in Vain I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish (Repeats) But it's…
All Mixed Up Sitting on the shelf when someone called my number With a…
Alright Now (Sometimes nuts are tough to crack) (Sometimes nuts are tou…
Always Tell The Voter What The Voter Wants To Hear Welcome to Never Mind The Ballots. The phone lines are…
Amnesia Goodbye to the summer Sold down the river Unhappy ever…
Amnesia (Done Lying Down Versi Goodbye to the summer Sold down the river Unhappy ever aft…
Amnesia (Done Lying Down version) Goodbye to the summer Sold down the river Unhappy ever after…
Amnesia (Zion Train 359 Amhurs Goodbye to the summer Sold down the river Unhappy ever aft…
Amnesia (Zion Train 359 Amhurst Road mix) Goodbye to the summer Sold down the river Unhappy ever after…
An Interlude Beginning To Take It Back Words to describe Nicaragua of old Cash crops and hunger and…
An Interlude: Beginning To Take It Back Words to describe Nicaragua of old Cash crops and hunger an…
Anarchist Albert! Who? Bobby! Who? For god's sake, burn it down Nothi…
Baby Come Back Come on baby, let's do the revolution Six for the record,…
Baby Killers The powdered milk That the adverts sell To third world mo…
Bad Dog Puppy eyes Puppy eyes Tearing clothes Spitting pride Roll ov…
Bankrobber Daddy was a bankrobber But he never hurt nobody He just love…
Be With You The future glints like the moon on an old slate…
Behave Hey diddle diddle, here's a brand new riddle What's shallow …
Bella Ciao The world is waking outside my window Bella ciao, bella ciao…
Big Mouth I caught you with your head down the toilet as…
Body Fighter breaks the web, lights a fire, quite nature Hearing…
British Colonialism & The BBC I'm the boss of the BBC I'm the monkey at the…
Bury Me Deep When I first came to Commons Lords Life was simple…
Butterflies Watching a butterfly Move over moorland So pretty and co…
Buy Nothing Day I woke up this morning my temperature high (Buy, buy, buy) I…
Buy Nothing Day (Live) I woke up this morning, my temperature high (buy, buy,…
By & By Don't waste the days when I'm dead and I'm gone Wind…
Cartrouble Big tall courthouse, a clock upon the wall A hammer on…
Celebration Florida The good folks pull together It's July for forever Down in C…
Charlie All of nature in its place By hand of the…
Chartist Anthem A hundred years, a thousand years, we're marching on the…
Chase PC (Woof, woof, woof, woooo) Got my photograph taken with Elvis…
Chase PC's Flee Attack By Own Dog (Woof, woof, woof, woooo) Got my photograph taken with Elvi…
Chase PCs Flee Attack By Own Dog (Woof, woof, woof, woooo) Got my photograph taken with Elvis…
Coal Not Dole They stand so proud, the wheels so still A ghost-like figur…
Coca-Colanisation The rich world persuades the Third World, Using advertising …
Colliers March The summer was over the season unkind In harvest a snow,…
COME ON BABY Come on baby, let's do the revolution Six for the record,…
Commercial Break I'm the wife of the boss of the company And I…
Common Ground Full employment Slave labor and schemes An unemployed workfo…
Compliments Of Your Waitress The day drags on and stumbles I'm far too tired…
Creepy Crawling What a wonderful world A loose door-jamb, a light left on Th…
Crown Poacher come with his poacher's gun Out in the woods to…
Dance Idiot Dance Here comes Nicholas, fiddle in hand (Dance, idiot, dance) In…
Digger You noble diggers all stand up now, stand up now You…
Do Not Adjust Your Life [TV changing] Man found dead in armchair Sitting next to…
Dog Puppy eyes Puppy eyes Tearing clothes Spitting pride Roll ov…
Don Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched…
Don't Fence Me In Give me land, lots of land under starry skies above Don't…
Don't Pass Go Didn't he know it was a waste of time? All stitched…
Don't Try at Home It's a long walk to the gallows It's a small step…
Drip Eat, sleep and crap For to prey on your needs Down a…
Drip drip drip. Eat, sleep, and crap. For to prey on your needs, Down a…
Drip, Drip, Drip Eat, sleep and crap For to prey on your needs Down a…
Dumbing Down Are you happy here in Theme Park, U.S.A.? And do you…
Dutiful Servants & Political Masters One, two, one, two, three, four Things were rather differen…
Education They're the bosses of tomorrow They're called the fcs Fascis…
El Fusilado Listen close to this crooked mouth For my story I…
EMI/HMV HMV, in their moral righteousness, refuse to sell records wh…
Enough Is Enough [Chorus} Open your eyes, time to wake up Enough is enough is…
Everything You Know Is Wrong Taking scissors to play cut up with the black vote…
Fade Away Some set their hearts on a rocking chair The better to…
Farewell to the Crown Poacher come with his poacher's gun Out in the woods to…
Fight the Alton Bill! In ignorance, I still assumed this body was mine, that I…
Fine Line Those who stand accused And those who point the finger…
Fitzwilliam Smiles for the cameras as the miners return They say no…
Following You Lilac growing up the walls This sunny afternoon is ours afte…
Football Song Season's end And the stands come down One less heart In o…
Georgina (Is she really going out with him? Not any more!) Georgina'…
Get Off My Cloud GET OFF MY CLOUD CHORUS: Look! No strings! Just paper, g…
Give the Anarchist a Cigarette Albert! Who? Bobby! Who? For god's sake, burn it down Nothi…
God Save the Queen F**king cunt (repeats) Dirty bastard (repeats) Dirty f**ke…
Goodship Lifestyle This is the good ship lifestyle All my friends jumped ship …
Grateful OK, this one's called "Whitewash" When was the very first ti…
Hammer Stirrup & Anvil Our Glorious Leader declares by decree: 'The music of the Gl…
Hanging On The Old Barbed If you want to find the general I know where he…
Happiness Is Just A Chant Away I'm having a wonderful time drunk on communion wine One sin…
Heartbreak Hotel Well, since my baby left me... I found a new place…
Heaven / Hell Tall as houses Small as spiders Undefined this buzz inside u…
Heaven-Hell Tall as houses Small as spiders Undefined this buzz inside…
Her Majesty Her majesty's a pretty nice girl but she doesn't have…
HERE Why settle for what we're shown When there is so much…
HERE'S THE REST OF YOUR LIFE Why settle for what we're shown When there is so much…
Hey Hey We Good evening, topping night cast A possible link between mur…
Hey Hey We're The Junkies Good evening, topping night cast A possible link between mu…
Hey You Outside One year later This queue never moved I've got well…
Hey! You! Outside Now! One year later This queue never moved I've got well…
Home With Me Your world, my world (Repeats) San Christobal on New Year's…
Homophobia And we'll have a perfect understanding this ti…
How To Get Your Band On Television Product sells, people die Same manipulation wrapped in lies…
Hull Or Hell Of larks trains windows and brooks The poet he writes it…
I Pontius Pilate came to our town Up to the dockyards…
I Did It For Alfie Rejoice, just rejoice at that news This girl has got the…
I Get Knocked Down We'll be singing When we're winning We'll be singing I …
I Never Gave Up (Shouting) I want to hear some revolution out there! (Chor…
I Should Be So Lucky Brown shirts don't make it Brown shirts don't make it Brow…
I Want More Blue rinse sugar Wipe clean couple Pinched last supper Co…
I Wish That They Six in the morning don't want to wake Sun laying low…
I Wish That They'd Sack Me Six in the morning don't want to wake Sun laying low…
I'm a Winner Baby A little over five minutes ago... A little over five minute…
I'm a Winner, Baby A little over five minutes ago... A little over five minutes…
I'm Coming Out Ah, let's kiss and make up Ah, let's dig the grave…
I'm In Trouble Again Come on Norman Rockwell come on in Hang your dirty coat …
I'm Not Sorry I Was Having Fun By the time I got to Woodstock It was going up…
I'm With Stupid Stupid, stupid, stupid Guess what? I'm with stupid Guess wha…
Idris Strike Song Have you been to work at Idris? No we won't go…
If It Is to Be It Is Up to Me If it is to be, it is up to me…
If It Is to Be, It Is Up to Me If it is to be, it is up to me If…
Im a Winner Baby A little over five minutes ago... A little over five minutes…
Introduction In the dark times, will we be singing? Yes, we'll be…
Invasion The first world's got greedy, we're consuming it all The thi…
Irish Joke 'Have you heard the one about the Irishman?' Sick and tired…
Isolation Come out of our corners Keep moving, keep changing, start wo…
IX. ...And in a Nutshell And the company director spins the globe Looks into on atla…
Jacob Jacob's ladder Like rusty old nails, at the bottom of the…
Jacob's Ladder Jacob's ladder Like rusty old nails, at the bottom of the…
Jacob's Ladder (Live) Like rusty old nails At the bottom of the sea Telling no…
Jacob's Ladder • Jacob's ladder Like rusty old nails, at the bottom of the…
Jesus In Vegas And I'll give you a free ride to this underground…
Just Desserts and uh, uh, every (security) (no, let him stay) no…
Just Look Don't tell me lies I want it all (Repeat) I don't need…
Just Look at Me Now Don't tell me lies I want it all (Repeat) I don't need…
K-2 The weekend booze-up, out with your mates To the Indian res…
Knickers There's a hole in your knickers, dear Calvin, dear Calvin Th…
Knit Your Own Balaclava Twelve stitches in sixteen rows Two inches overpacking on nu…
Ladies For Compassionate Lynching We're the ladies for compassionate lynching We fight for al…
Laughter in a Time of War Sometimes feels like singing your life away F sharp minor up…
Learning to Love I courted a man from the Lancs Fusiliers He gave me…
let it be And this is Steve Wright, we hope that those that…
Liberation There's always been a pattern Of struggle and defeat Never t…
Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie Lie,…
Look no strings! Look, no strings Just paper glue and card Hark the angels…
Look! No Strings! Look, no strings Just paper glue and card Hark the angels…
Lord Bateman (variable amounts of clouds, but some Sunny spells as well T…
Lord Bateman's Motorbike Lord Bateman runs an inn out on the A65 Sort of…
Love Can Knock Here's the devil in disguise Hits me right between the eyes …
Love Me I'm an anarchist, I'm the anti-Christ Well sort of not reall…
Love Song Hey diddle diddle, here's a brand new riddle What's shallow …
Lucky Brown shirts don't make it Brown shirts don't make it Brown …
Marching Around in Circles Marching round in circles Round another institution Whilst t…
Marching Round in Circles Marching round in circles round another institution Whilst …
Mary Mary No virgin me For I have sinned I sold my…
Mary, Mary (spoken: the Hail Mary) No virgin me For I have sinned I so…
Menwith Hill Here we are at Menwith Hill they dug a hole on…
Missed Walking down the street on my own Lost in the world…
Money Well, madam, how'd you like it Maybe plenty off the back? I…
Money Money Money Well, madam, how'd you like it, maybe plenty off the…
Morality People would have to be told that if they refuse…
Morality Play in Three Acts Act one, the smell of green leather, French polish, quite…
More Whitewashing Children in school forced to the desk Finger the atlas…
Moses With A Gun Oh, Charleston Heston Your father's favorite son Walks in wh…
Mountain Biking There's pedal bikes and motor bikes And now they're riding …
Mouthful Judging by his outlandish attire he's some kind of free thin…
Mouthful of Shit (Country & Western version) Can't hear you 'cause your mouth's full of shit Well I'm…
Mr. Heseltine Meets His Public Mr. Heseltine you drove into our town The northern rain alwa…
Nazi We've been doing this one for years but it's still…
Nestles The powdered milk That the adverts sell To third world mo…
Never Do This coat my royal gown A stolen hand-me-down No need to scr…
Never Gave Up I want to hear some revolution out there! If you survive…
Never Let Go These red azaleas Never grew so tall This well of loneline…
New York Mining Disaster 1941 In the event of something happening to me There is somethin…
Not the Girl Wondering Have I given up dreaming? Come down from ceiling I…
Not the Girl I Used to Be Wondering Have I given up dreaming? Come down from ceiling…
Nothing Knocks Me Over I dreamt the cliffs and ride the waves And no one…
Nothing That Same seven notes and some slag poet's quotes Stick them toge…
On Being Pushed I never could stand to be pushed…
On e-Bay Mr. Kokoschka, it just happened again - they struck the…
On eBay Mr. Kokoschka, it just happened again - they struck the…
On the Day the Nazi Died We're told that after the war The Nazis vanished without a…
One By One Pontius Pilate came to our town Up to the dockyards…
One Way or the Other Peace won't come (Repeats) By words alone With the world in …
Outsider Outsider You see me you hear me There are…
Oxymoron Shiny button-down clown suit Oxymoron (Repeat) Fucked up the…
Pass It Along Come on send this song to twenty-three people Add your name…
Pickle Preserved and safe on a high-up shelf Where soiled little f…
Piggies In Revolution 9 Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt? And…
Pop Star Kidnap A phonebox rendezvous, don't whisper a word Half a million b…
Poverty Knock [Chorus 'Poverty poverty knock,' my loom is a saying all day…
Puccini Said (opera in background) Maria, she sits in the same easy ch…
Rage Hear the ghosts of ever after Yell of anger Ring of laughter…
Rape Spoken word piece: Leaving at 11:00, walking past your w…
Rappaport And if you survive me i Never gave up Tell them…
Ratatatay George looks gorgeous in pinstripes, pocket handkerchief a…
Rebel Code Dreaming that you're quietly driving by Waking, wiping slee…
Refugee It's good of you to ask me sir How I…
Revolution Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt? And…
Rich Pop Stars A phonebox rendezvous, don't whisper a word Half a million b…
Rich Pop Stars make good Socialists Missionaries up from the South Have come to put words in…
RIP RP Goodbye RP Let our words go free Coo and howl Lay flat…
Rock Stripped of life Thirty years of the same old shit (of rock…
Rock 'n' Roles Stripped of life... Thirty years of the same old shit;(of…
Rubens Has Been Shot! Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree How bent your branches…
Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart I don't love you for your graveyard eyes I don't love…
Salome Part punk part god almighty Part fuck you part Mr. X…
Salt Fare North Sea Salt fare, North Sea (repeats) Roll on, roll off With these …
Salt Fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North Sea Salt fare, North …
Same Old Same Old Lately it seems no-one cares anymore That peace is a…
Scapegoat Aftershave and smoke And the same unfunny jokes They say…
Sewing Up Crap I don't know (Repeats) Chain, chain, chain (Repeats) A cut…
Shake Baby Shake Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it Shake, baby, shake…
She She's got all the friends that money can buy She's the…
She's Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy Turn down the lights Kick off your shoes And relax with th…
Shes Got All the Friends She's got all the friends that money can buy She's the…
Shhh (Chorus) Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothin…
Shock! Horror! 'Forward with Braitain!' with the Daily Mirror 'The Facts N…
Silly Love Songs Hey diddle diddle, here's a brand new riddle What's shallow…
Sing About Love I don't want to sing about anger and hate I don't…
Singing Out The Days Half the front's out there, half-buried Some of them alive …
Slag Aid This is the last one Organize, occupy, kick the bastards out…
Slap! One, two, three, four Slap Fleet Street fell in love But the…
Small Town And every morning comes too soon All your nights are…
Smalltown And every morning comes too soon All your nights are…
Smart Bomb Rain on me o friendly fire Smart bomb! Me 'n' Audrey gonna…
Smash Clause 28! Oscar wilde, oscar wilde, can you tell me where you've…
Smashing of the Van Attend you gallant Irishmen and listen for a while I'll sing…
Smith & Taylor Built with lives Remembered in plans A history of no-ones Fo…
Snip Snip Snip Well madam how'd you like it, maybe plenty off the…
Social Dogma I'm just scraping the social dogma from the bottom of…
Solid Gold Easy Action Two little ducks sank with a knock, knock, knock She got…
Someone Else For someone To drop that bomb Someone else must play a…
Sometimes Plunder Two little ducks sank with a knock knock knock She got…
Song for Len Shackleton I'm not the kind of man Who'd live a quieter life Just…
Song of the Mother in Debt I'm always waiting I'm sick of waiting For the day my luck…
Song on the Times You working men of England one moment now attend While I…
Song On the Times (Live) You working men of England one moment now attend While I…
Stairway to Heaven I'm having a wonderful time Drunk on communion wine One s…
Stitch A husband came home drunk each night And he thrashed her…
Storm There's a storm In every port There's a storm There's a…
Streets The streets are full of Argentinians, the pubs a closing, o…
Strike Song Have you been to work at Idris? No we won't go…
Strike! (Barnsley 3 Man Utd. 2 mix) Chumbawamba Miscellaneous Strike! (Barnsley 3 Man Utd. 2 Mix…
Studmarks on the Summits Business bought the athletes out With gold medals and role …
Tearing Up Zoo Through the turnstile, concrete jungle, sterile habitat of i…
That Same seven notes and some slag poet's quotes Stick them toge…
That Same So-So Tune (spoken) "Bang, the little drummer takes a solo, reaching h…
That's Haw Grateful We Are OK, this one's called "Whitewash" When was the very first t…
That's How Grateful We Are OK, this one's called "Whitewash" When was the very first ti…
The Bad Squire The merry brown hares came a-leaping Over the crest of the…
The Best Is Yet to Come Laugh out loud Laugh out loud And curse this ground And curs…
The Big Issue There are those Spend the night Under bridges Over by…
The Birmingham Six Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a bloody murder Twenty-one…
The Candidates Find Common Ground Full employment Slave labor and schemes An unemployed work…
The Colliers March The summer was over the season unkind In harvest a snow,…
The Cutty Wren Oh where are you going? said Milder to Moulder Oh we…
The Day the Nazi Died We've been doing this one for years but it's still…
The Devil's Interval If you should walk out in the morning To fetch your…
The Diggers Song You noble diggers all stand up now, stand up now You…
The Good Ship Lifestyle This is the good ship lifestyle All my friends jumped ship I…
The Health That was really good Yeah, wasn't it? Yeah... Uh, what ab…
The Land of Do What You Have a word with your patron saint Cover up the cracks…
The Morning After Unholy Sunday A winter's day (Mine is the kingdom) Churc…
The Ogre The Ogre does what Ogres can One prize beyond his reach…
The Physical Impossibility {[incomprehensible]} Damen Hurst said it came in with the t…
The Police Have Been Wonderful Most of us who have watched the scenes on television have…
The Song Collector The Folk Society meet on Thursday nights Clear their throat…
The Standing Still Once upon a time Days of wine and roses And smug suburban…
The Strike Song Have you been to work at Idris? No we won't go…
The Triumph of General Ludd No more chant your old rhymes About old Robin Hood His feats…
The Triumph of Teneral Ludd No more chant your old rhymes about old Robin Hood His…
The Wasteland Said the party to the ad-man We'll conjure up a gimmick Th…
The Wizard of Menlo Park "Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as…
The World Turned Upside Down In sixteen forty-nine to St. George's Hill A ragged band the…
The_Cutty_Wren Oh where are you going? said Milder to Moulder Oh we…
This Dress Kills I'm Judas Judy, panicking, got everything and nothing Happy …
This Girl This girl She didn't turn out Quite the way she was supposed…
This Year Roll up, roll up The greatest show on earth Animals, clowns,…
This Year's Thing Roll up, roll up The greatest show on earth Animals, clown…
Three Years Later One, two, three years later Complacency sets in He patient…
Tiananmen Square Heads bowed, eyes down, here comes the enemy To hail the…
Timebomb Stop now What's that sound Everybody look what's going down …
To A Little Radio Oh little box I carried in my flight So as not…
Today And now, the Reverend Abraham Meekly, saver of souls Though …
Today's Sermon And now, the Reverend Abraham Meekly, saver of souls Though…
Tony Blair Tony You said that you'd be true I believed you like a…
Top of the World Words on a postcard from far away Spoke of a time…
Torturing James Hetfield Well, we got James Hetfield And we tied him up tight Naked…
Tub Thumping (The truth is, I thought it mattered) (I thought that music…
Tubthumping (The truth is, I thought it mattered) (I thought that music…
Tubthumping (Country & Western version) (We'll be singing, when we're winning, we'll be singing) I …
ugh! your ugly houses Your ugly Your ugly Your ugly houses Look so…
Ugh! Your Ugly Houses! Your ugly Your ugly Your ugly houses Look so…
Ulrike (Chorus) You sometimes wonder and you sometimes wonder Ten t…
Underground Lights out, the fun begins. Can't sleep when I'm listening …
Unilever Whitewash When you don't want to feed the world When you…
Unpindownable In the age before the information age Making history and…
Voices That's All Turn down the lights kick off your shoes And relax with…
Voices That´s All Seigfried Sassoon on the Dunbar End (Everyone sang) When str…
Wagner At The Opera I'm laying on the pavement And the last thing I recall Pic…
Waiting Just take a ticket It takes you nowhere They saw…
Waiting For The Bus My name is Gary Tyler, Louisiana-born Shadow of the poplar …
Waiting Shouting Just take a ticket It takes you nowhere They saw…
Walking Into Battle A new crusade to the Holy Land Walking into battle with…
We Don Tap, tap, tap in the chat room We're learning how to…
We Don't Go to God's House Anymore Driving on the bypass to Damascus I saw a preacher trying…
We Don't Want to Sing Along Tap, tap, tap in the chat room We're learning how to…
We Support all Forms of Resistance Don't respect your choice of opinion If your choice is a…
What We Want We know what we want We know what we've got…
When Alexander Met Emma When Alexander met Emma The first day she came to New…
When An Old Man Dies Along with the shoes and the shirts and the ties…
When Fine Society Sits Down To Dine With her friends on a road less travelled, on a…
When I They try in vain our minds to chain They try in…
William Francis William Francis, noble lord His fortune built on sweat and s…
Without Reason Or Rhyme I wish, I wish, but it's all in vain {It is…
Word Bomber Strap these words Around your waist Open arms A last em…
Words Can Save Us April morning summer come soon Clouds follow after Mornin…
Work Out of the offices, faces grey All of the zombies look…
World Turned Upside Down In sixteen forty-nine to St. George's Hill A ragged band the…
WWW Dot With a W, and a W, and a W dot With…
You Can Here's the devil in disguise Hits me right between the eyes …
You Can't Trust Anyone Nowadays You can't trust anyone nowadays (Repeat) Brown shirts don't …
You Don't Exist Take a seat, have a cigarette We're here to help you…
You Watched Me Dance You watched me dance from right to left You watched…
…and in a Nutshell And the company director spins the globe Looks into on atla…