Cornershop
Cornershop is an Indie Rock band formed in 1991 from Leicester, UK, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion). Most of the original members were also in the Preston band General Havoc.

Their name comes from a term that refers to Indian immigrants that move to England, in that they often own street corner stores. Read Full BioCornershop is an Indie Rock band formed in 1991 from Leicester, UK, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion). Most of the original members were also in the Preston band General Havoc.

Their name comes from a term that refers to Indian immigrants that move to England, in that they often own street corner stores. Their music is a fusion of Indian music, British indie rock, and electronic dance.

In 1997, Cornershop shot into the UK charts with the song 'Brimful of Asha' reaching number 60! Things changed when DJ Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) remixed the track for re-release in 1998. The remix topped the chart, selling over 200,000 copies in 7 days! The track featured lyrics about Bollywood playback singer, Asha Bhosle.
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Brimful Of Asha
by Cornershop

There's dancing
Behind movie scenes
Behind the movie scenes
Sadi Rani

She's the one that keeps the dream alive
From the morning
Past the evening
To the end of the light

Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45
Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45

And dancing
Behind movie scenes
Behind those movie scenes
Asha Bhosle

She's the one that keeps the dream alive
From the morning
Past the evening
To the end of the light

Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45
Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Mine's on the 45

And singing
Illuminate thee main streets
And the cinema aisles

We don't care 'bout no
Gov't warnings
'Bout their promotion of a simple life
And the dams they're building

Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45
Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Mine's on the 45

Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45
Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well it's a brimful of Asha on the 45

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Everybody needs a bosom
And singing
And dancing
And singing
And dancing
And singing
And dancing
And singing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
And dancing
Mine's on the RPM

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TJINDER SINGH

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Hugo Stiglitz

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow.

Áedán

@rl1800 Funnily enough you can kind of get those now.

GrandPunkTrainwreck

Haven't heard this in a while, unexpectedly brought tears to my eyes and the smell of CK One to my mind.  1997, but feels like yesterday and a million years ago all at once for me the second this song started.  That was a rough time in my life, but I knew some great people.  Really something how much life can completely change in not even 20 years.  Sometimes I wish I could go back in time for just a day to take pictures.  Memories fade, but songs like this bring them back like nothing else.   

Cornershop

hi @Philzy2k7 thanks for that. No we are not annoyed, how can we be, it's like asking Norman if he's annoyed that it was his most famous hit? We like both versions, and we are very happy that as people mature in their years they start to go more for the original. Moreover, its a song that represents the group quite wholly - the love of vinyl plastic records, with politics about not caring about Government warnings, that will always be relevant, whatever your years. Time is on our side.

EVIL UBUNTU

I like the part when they sing about the 45

Dominic Martin

You're right! It's about the playback singer asha and 45 being the 45 records.

Joe Banks

+UBUNTU UBUNTU It is, except 'Asha' also means hope, so it's a brimful of hope from the music

EricJohn

@UBUNTU UBUNTU me too.

EVIL UBUNTU

I thought the 45 was referring to a type of record and Asha is the name of the Indian singer they were paying tribute to but what the hell do I know, right?

Clint Walker

 Mohammed Rafi (45)
Lata Mangeshkar (45)
Solid-state radio (45)
Ferguson mono (45)
Bande publique (45)
Jacques Dutronc and the Bolan Boogie
The heavy hitters and the chi-chi music
All India Radio (45)
Two-in-ones (45)
Argo Records (45)
Trojan Records (45)

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