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
Cornershop Lyrics


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
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

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

Mohamed Rufhi-45
Lata Mangeshkar-45
Solid state radio-45
Fer-guh-son mono-45

Bonn publeek-45
Jacques Dutronc and the Bolan Boogie, the Heavy
Hitters and the Chichi music
All India Radio-45

Two in ones-45
Argo Records-45
Trojan Records-45
Brimful of Asha on the 45

77,000-piece
Orchestra set
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Mine's on the RPM!!

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TJINDER SINGH

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

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)



All comments from YouTube:

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.   

James Bell jr.

This was a underrated gem of a record!

James Bell jr.

@ddandymann It*s a shame but it is never to late

ddandymann

Finally getting a bit of attention now :)

James Bell jr.

@BadAndy34 There was other good songs but I do not know if you think they were better than "Brimful of Asha" This was a 90s jam that I thought was underrated

BadAndy34

I never heard the record. Was this the best song on the album or was there a better one? I love this song.

Santosh Subba atd

This song was an tribute to indian playback singer asha bosle and about bollywood.
With some interesting logic and old pop feeling.
It was #1 in Uk chart those days and #12 in Us and #3 in ireland

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)

Megadri

I woke up at 3am with this song in my head after listening to this in my childhood 16 years ago. I googled one line of lyrics, and here I am. Who else loves the internet?

Clint Walker

This song is based upon the history of film culture in India. Since their introduction, Indian films have relied heavily on song-and-dance numbers. Almost always, the singing was performed by background singers while the actors and actresses lip-sync. Asha Bhosle is one of these playback singers who has sung over 12,000 songs. Playback singers Lata Mangeshkar (her older sibling) and Mohammad Rafi (one of the top male playback singers of the mid-century) are also mentioned in the song-Wikipedia

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