Editing Chumbawamba (section)

==Musical style and legacy==

[[File:I_get_knocked_down_but_i_get_up_again.jpg|thumb|A neon sculpture on the Leeds Playhouse featuring the lyric "I get knocked down but I get up again" from the song "[[Tubthumping]]".]]

Chumbawamba has been described as various genres including, [[anarcho-punk]],<ref name="Deller1">{{cite web |last1=Deller |first1=Alex |title=Neurosis: 'Crass were the mother of all bands' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/nov/03/neurosis-crass-bands-anarcho-punk-steve-von-till |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129004419/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/nov/03/neurosis-crass-bands-anarcho-punk-steve-von-till |archive-date=29 November 2022 |location=[[Kings Place, London]] |language=British English |date=3 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Punk news Genres">{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/48017/breakups-chumbawamba-1982-2012|title=Chumbawamba (1982–2012)|website=Punknews|date=9 July 2012 |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chumbawamba-mn0000781370/biography|title=Chumbawamba – Biography & History – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="avclubGenres">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/chumbawamba-on-the-unlikely-anarchic-legacy-of-tubthu-1798265072|title=Chumbawamba on the unlikely, anarchic legacy of "Tubthumping," 20 years later|first=Maria|last=Sherman|website=Music.avclub.com|date=11 August 2017|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103052152/https://music.avclub.com/chumbawamba-on-the-unlikely-anarchic-legacy-of-tubthu-1798265072|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pop music|pop]],<ref name="avclubGenres"/><ref name="NY Genres">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/22/arts/pop-review-yeah-angry-all-right-but-slick-and-perky.html|title=Pop Review; Yeah, Angry All Right, But Slick And Perky|first=Jon|last=Pareles|website=New York Times|date=22 December 1997|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> [[Folk music|folk]],<ref name="BBC Genres">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5654/|title=Review of Chumbawamba|first=Chris|last=Moss|website=BBC|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/chumbawamba-they-got-knocked-down-793921.html|title=Chumbawamba: They got knocked down...|website=Independent.co.uk|date=11 March 2008|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> [[World music|world]],<ref name="BBC Genres"/> [[Dance music|dance]],<ref name="NY Genres"/><ref name="Punk news Genres"/> [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/15/chumbawamba-tubthumping-dunstan-bruce-now-photos/|title=Tubthumping Singer Dunstan Bruce of Chumbawamba 'MEMBA HIM?!|website=TMZ|date=15 May 2019|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Wesley|last=Case|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/chumbawamba-announce-break-up-after-a-30-year-music-career-2012-7|title=Chumbawamba Announce Break Up After A 30-Year Music Career|website=Businessinsider.com|date=9 July 2012|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> [[pop rock]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Hiatt|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/820458/lou-reed-chumbawamba-head-up-new-releases/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215191824/http://www.mtv.com/news/820458/lou-reed-chumbawamba-head-up-new-releases/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2018|title=Lou Reed, Chumbawamba Head Up New Releases|website=Mtv.com|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> [[Electronic music|electronic]],<ref name="Punk news Genres"/> [[Rock music|rock]],<ref name="NY Genres"/> and [[a cappella]].<ref name="BBC Genres"/>

In an interview with [[The Guardian]] in 2016, the band was cited along with a number of other British [[Anarcho-punk]] bands of the early 80s as being an influence to the American [[avant-garde metal]] group [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]].<ref name="Deller1"/>

===Use of "Tubthumping" by the right===
Boff Whalley has written that in the early days of his 2016 presidential campaign, [[Donald Trump]] had used "Tubthumping" in his rallies; the group denied him the right to do so. Whalley said that "There have been many, many examples of rightwing populist leaders using ostensibly leftwing music to hoodwink their audiences into some kind of hypnotic self-delusion that they are 'of the people'."<ref>{{cite news|author=Boff Whalley|title=Chumbawamba wrote Tubthumping as a working-class anthem. We won't have it stolen by the right|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 May 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/my-band-hit-tubthumping-is-the-latest-working-class-anthem-to-be-co-opted-by-populist-politicians}}</ref> 

Relatedly, in 2024, Chumbawamba made headlines in New Zealand, when Deputy Prime Minister [[Winston Peters]] used "Tubthumping" throughout his election campaign and during his state of the nation speech. Peters argued against addressing Māori inequality, gender and sexuality lessons in the school curriculum and compared co-governance (shared decision-making between Māori and the Crown) to the race-based theories of Nazi Germany. Chumbawamba spoke out, stating they had not given permission to use their song.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350218506/uk-punk-band-takes-aim-deputy-pm-over-use-hit-song | title=UK band takes aim at Deputy PM's use of hit song after 'Nazi' comments|author=Tova O'Brien|date=March 18, 2024|work=Stuff}}</ref> In March 2024, the band issued a "cease and desist" order against Peters.

In a statement, Boff Whalley said, "Tubthumping" was written "as a song of hope and positivity, so it seems entirely odd that the 'I get knocked down...' refrain is being used by New Zealand's deputy prime minister Winston Peters as he barks his divisive, small-minded, bigoted policies during his recent speeches".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lardies |first=Gabi |date=2024-03-19 |title=Chumbawamba not happy about Winston Peters' use of 'Tubthumping' |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-03-2024/chumbawamba-not-happy-about-winston-peters-use-of-tubthumping |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}</ref>