02 January 2013

I've got no idea for a witty title: Cornershop - "Brimful Of Asha"

Not exactly a one-hit wonder this time, although no other Cornershop's tunes got so extremely popular to be played everywhere. In fact I have never ran into any of their songs except for this one. But Wikipedia says they are pretty successful. Good for them. They deserve it for this song, if not for anything else.

"Brimful of Asha" originally reached number 60 in the UK Singles Chart in 1997. After a remixed version of the song by Fatboy Slim, originally released only as a limited edition 12 inch single in the UK, became both a radio and critical success, the song was re-released and reached #1 in the UK chart in February 1998 and number #16 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The lyrics are a tribute to Asha Bhosle, one of the most famous pop singers/film-score vocalists of India.

Below I present both versions, so you can check for yourself which is better. The music video was directed by Phil Harder. As you see, the guy did a great job.



Cornershop - "Brimful Of Asha" (original version)





Cornershop - "Brimful Of Asha" (Fatboy Slim remix)


Disclaimer: No Wikipedia articles were hurt in making of this post, but some of them were extensively used.

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