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"Brimful of Asha" is a 1997 single by the British alternative rock band Cornershop, which 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.
This song is based upon the history of film culture in India. Since their introduction, Indian films have relied heavily on song-and-dance numbers. Almost always, the singing was performed by background singers while the actors and actresses lip-sync. Asha Bhosle is one of these playback singers who has sung over 12,000 songs. Playback singers Lata Mangeshkar (Bhosle's sister) and Mohammad Rafi (one of the top male playback singers of the mid-century) are also mentioned in the song.
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha, Norman Cook Mix (Tjinder Singh) Official Music Video
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha - Official Music Video (Original) (Tjinder Singh)
FatBoy Slim Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
Cornershop - Brimful of asha Fatboy Slim
Brimful of Asha (45 r.p.m.) / Cornershop
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Live Jools Holland 1997)
Brimful Asha - Cornershop
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix Edit) **HQ Audio**
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix Extended Version)
Brimful Of Asha - Cornershop tribute - Lyrics
There's dancing behind movie scenes
Behind the movie scenes - Sadi Rani
She's the one that keeps the dream alive,
From the morning, past the evening,
Till the end of the light
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Brimful of Asha on the forty-five
Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
and singing illuminate the main streets and the cinema aisles
We don't care about no government warning
about that promotion of the simple life and the dams they are building
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Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow,
everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow,
everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow,
everybody needs a bosom
Mine's on the forty-five
Mohammed Ruffi (forty-five)
Lata Mangeshka (forty-five)
solid state radio (forty-five)
ferguson mono (forty-five)
Mon public (forty-five)
Jacques Dutronc and the Bolan Boogies
the Heavy Hitters and the chi chi music
All Indian radio (forty-five)
two in ones (forty-five)
ovvo records (forty-five)
trojan records (forty-five)
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
7-7,000 piece orchestra set
everybody needs a bosom for a pillow mines on the RPM...
CHORUS