Brimful of Asha

"Brimful of Asha"
Single by Cornershop
from the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time
B-side
  • "Easy Winners"
  • "Rehoused"
  • "Counteraction"
Released18 August 1997 (1997-08-18)
StudioWest Orange (Preston, Lancashire, England)
Genre
Length
  • 5:17 (album version)
  • 4:07 (single version)
LabelWiiija
Songwriter(s)Tjinder Singh
Producer(s)Tjinder Singh
Cornershop singles chronology
"Good Ships"
(1997)
"Brimful of Asha"
(1997)
"Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix)"
(1998)
Music video
"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."