Brimful of Asha
| "Brimful of Asha" | ||||
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| Single by Cornershop | ||||
| from the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time | ||||
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| Released | 18 August 1997 | |||
| Studio | West Orange (Preston, Lancashire, England) | |||
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| Label | Wiiija | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tjinder Singh | |||
| Producer(s) | Tjinder Singh | |||
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| "Brimful of Asha" on YouTube | ||||
"Brimful of Asha" is a song by English alternative rock band Cornershop from their third album, When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997). The recording, released by Wiiija, originally reached number 60 on the UK Singles Chart in 1997. After a remixed version by Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) became a radio and critical success, the song was re-released and reached number one on the UK chart and number 16 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It eventually became the fifth best-selling Britpop song of all time.
The lyric is a tribute to the Indian singer Asha Bhosle. The BBC stated "the reason this hit by British Asian band Cornershop is significant is that it marks a point where two types of popular culture were finally brought together in the UK charts: namely, Indie rock and Bollywood film."