Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock

Punk rock

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, pop

Pop music

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-influenced music, world music

World music

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, and folk music

Folk music

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. Their vocal anarchist politics exhibit an irreverent attitude toward authority, and the band have been forthright in their anti-racist, socialist, anti-war

Anti-war

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, and feminist social stances.

The band are best known for their song "Tubthumping

Tubthumping

"Tubthumping", informally known by its prominent lyric "I Get Knocked Down", is the title of a song released by the Anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on 11 August 1997 through Universal Records and EMI Electrola. It was their most successful single, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart...

." Other singles have included "Amnesia

Amnesia (Chumbawamba song)

"Amnesia" is the second single from Chumbawamba's album Tubthumper. It was released through EMI Electrola and Universal Records in January 28, 1998. The song's lyrical content addressess the sense of betrayal that English leftists felt during the rise of New Labour...

", "Enough Is Enough

Enough is Enough (song)

Enough Is Enough is an anti-fascism single from Chumbawamba & Credit to the Nation, on Chumbawamba's album Anarchy. It reached #56 on UK charts in 1993 and was supported by a music video, which can be seen ....

" (with MC Fusion

Credit to the Nation

Credit to the Nation are an English hip hop outfit, who had chart success in the 1990s.-Career:Formed by Matthew David Hanson aka MC Fusion , with his dancers, Tyrone and Kelvin , Credit to the Nation released their first single through Chumbawamba's label Agit Pop in September 1991 entitled "Pay...

), "Timebomb

Timebomb (Chumbawamba song)

"Timebomb" is a single from Chumbawamba's album Anarchy. It reached #59 on UK Charts in 1993. It was supported by a music video which can be seen...

", "Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole)

Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole)

"Top of the World " is a stand alone single from Chumbawamba. It was released in June 1998, and the single reached the number 21 in the UK Singles Chart...

", and most recently, "Add Me".
Chumbawamba formed in Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

 in 1982 with an initial line-up of Allan "Boff" Whalley, Danbert Nobacon (born Nigel Hunter), Midge and Tomi, all four previously of the band Chimp Eats Banana, shortly afterwards joined by Lou Watts.