MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released on this day in 1997…

Chumbawamba gave us a song…

that simply refused to stay down.

“Tubthumping.”

(Music Cut #2)

Everyone calls it

“I Get Knocked Down.”

But again the actual title

is “Tubthumping”…

which of course is not

in the song.

(Music Cut #3)

With all that talk about whiskey drinks, vodka drinks, lager drinks…

you’d assume this was one giant drinking song.

Oh no – they say “Tubthumping” was written as a working-class resilience anthem.

So yes…

that happy hour singalong of the ’90s was actually a political fight song with a hangover.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I get knocked down
But I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down.” – Chumbawamba

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