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"Brimful of Asha" is a song by British alternative rock band Cornershop from their third album, When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997). The recording originally reached number 60 on the UK Singles Chart in 1997. After a remixed version by Norman Cook became a radio and critical success, the song was re-released and reached number one on the UK chart[3] and number 16 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The lyric is a tribute to Asha Bhosle.[4]

"Brimful of Asha"
Single by Cornershop
from the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Released	18 August 1997 (1997-08-18)
Genre	Indie pop[1] britpop[2]
Length	5:17 (album version) 4:07 (single version)
Label	Wiiija
Songwriter(s)	Tjinder Singh
Producer(s)	Cornershop
Cornershop singles chronology
"Good Ships" (1997) "Brimful of Asha" (1997) "Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (1998)
Music video
"Brimful of Asha" on YouTube

Background

This song is based on the history of film culture in India. Since their beginnings, Indian films have relied heavily on song-and-dance numbers. The singing is almost always performed by background singers while the actors and actresses lip sync. Asha Bhosle is a playback singer who has sung over 12,000 songs and is referred to as "Sadi rani" (Punjabi for "our queen") at one point in the lyrics. In the slower, original album recording, playback singers Lata Mangeshkar (her elder sister) and Mohammed Rafi (one of the top male playback singers of the mid-century) are mentioned. The lyrics in the bridge contain a number of references to non-Indian music, including Georges Brassens' song "Les Amoureux des bancs publics", Jacques Dutronc, Marc Bolan, Argo Records and Trojan Records.[5]

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song five out of five, adding that "the Asian-rock outfit deliver their most compulsive slice of pop to date, mixing a Velvet Underground-style groove with a truly ticklesome lyric, strings and a top tune."[6] A reviewer from NME commented, "... Sadly not a song about the joys of chain-smoking, but in fact a celebration of the Asian music and films of our Tjinder's youth. The cognoscenti of the youth revolution will no doubt have heard this already on either its previous release or the album, but this may be the record to take the 'Shop into the crazy Global Hypermarket of the Top Ten. Not because it's a marvellously infectious good-time dance pop number, but because it repeats the line, "Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow"."[7]

Music video

The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Phil Harder and produced by Harder/Fuller Films. It was filmed in a house in Lewisham, London.[8]

Norman Cook remix

"Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)"
Single by Cornershop
from the album The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder
Released	16 February 1998 (1998-02-16)
Genre	Big beat[9][10]
Length	4:03 (single version) 7:35 (extended version)
Label	Wiiija
Songwriter(s)	Tjinder Singh
Producer(s)	Tjinder Singh
Cornershop singles chronology
"Brimful of Asha" (1997) "Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (1998) "Sleep on the Left Side" (1998)
Music video
"Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" on YouTube

DJ Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) was asked to remix "Brimful of Asha" by speeding it up and modulating the song to a higher key (halfway between B-flat and B, rather than in A). The remix saw major success as a number one single in February 1998.[3]

In 2003, Q Magazine ranked the Fatboy Slim remix at number 840 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".[11] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 105 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[12] In August 2010, Pitchfork placed the remix at number 113 in their list of "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s".[13] NME ranked the remix at number 2 in their list of "The 50 Best Remixes Ever", saying it "does what the truly great remixes do – render you unable to enjoy the original".[14] The remix was included in Pitchfork's 2010 list of "25 Great Remixes" of the 1990s.[15] The remix is featured prominently on the French children's TV channel Gulli, playing before each episode.

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]	2× Platinum	634,000[38]

Release history

Region	Version	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	Original	18 August 1997 (1997-08-18)	7-inch CD	Wiiija	[39]
United States		16 December 1997 (1997-12-16)	Contemporary hit radio	Warner Bros.	[40]
United Kingdom	Norman Cook Remix	16 February 1998 (1998-02-16)	7-inch CD cassette	Wiiija	[41]

References

External links

• Brimful Of Asha Meaning Explained

На других языках

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«Brimful of Asha» es una canción de la banda británica de rock alternativo Cornershop. Se lanzó como uno de los sencillos de su tercer álbum de estudio When I Was Born for the 7th Time, que originalmente alcanzó el número 60 en la lista de sencillos del Reino Unido en 1997.[2] Posteriormente, se editó una versión remezclada de la canción a cargo de Norman Cook, el cual fue lanzado como una edición limitada del sencillo en 12 pulgadas en el Reino Unido. Esta versión se convirtió en un éxito tanto crítica como comercialmente, ya que su relanzamiento alcanzó el número 1 en la lista de sencillos del Reino Unido en febrero de 1998 y el número 16 en el Billboard Modern Rock Tracks de los Estados Unidos. El video musical está dirigido por Phil Harder bajo la producción de Harder/Fuller Films.[3] La letra es un homenaje a Asha Bhosle, una de las artistas más reconocidas de la India, generalmente a la cultura cinematográfica india.

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