Editing Chumbawamba (section)

====''Tubthumper'' - mainstream success and political controversy (1997–99)====
[[File:Jude Abbott TFF.JPG|thumb|Jude Abbott joined the band in 1996 and would remain a member until the band's split in 2012]]

In 1997, Chumbawamba scored their biggest chart hit with "[[Tubthumping]]" (UK No.&nbsp;2, US No.&nbsp;6), which featured an audio sample of actor [[Pete Postlethwaite]]'s performance in the film ''[[Brassed Off]]'' on the album version.<ref name=TI>{{cite web |work= [[The Independent]] |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pete-postlethwaite-distinctive-prolific-actor-acclaimed-by-spielberg-as-the-best-in-the-world-2175128.html|title=Pete Postlethwaite: Distinctive, prolific actor, acclaimed by Spielberg as 'the best in the world'| first= Tom| last= Vallance|date=4 January 2011}}</ref> 

The single was followed by the album ''[[Tubthumper]]'', which incorporated elements of [[pop rock]], [[dance-pop]], and [[alternative rock]].<ref name="lollipop">{{cite web|last1=Hefflon|first1=Scott|title=Chumbawamba – Tubthumper – Interview|url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1997/12/chumbawamba-tubthumper-interview/|website=Lollipop Magazine|date=December 1997|accessdate=28 March 2021}}</ref> The album was the first to feature Jude Abbott on trumpet, wind instruments and vocals, replacing Mavis Dillon.

In early 1998 with "[[Amnesia (Chumbawamba song)|Amnesia]]" was released as the second single from the album, and reached No.&nbsp;10 in the UK. During this period Chumbawamba gained some notoriety over several controversial incidents, starting in August 1997 when Nutter was quoted in the British music paper ''[[Melody Maker]]'' as saying, "Nothing can change the fact that we like it when cops get killed."<ref name="MM Aug 97">{{cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=16 August 1997 |title=Lager is an Energy! |magazine= [[Melody Maker]] |publisher=IPC Magazines, Ltd. |page=18 }}</ref> The comment was met with outrage in Britain's tabloid press and was condemned by the [[Police Federation of England and Wales]].<ref name="MM Jan 98">{{cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=3 January 1998 |title=Anarchy in the USA |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |publisher=IPC Magazines, Ltd. |page=25 }}</ref> The band resisted pressure from EMI to issue an apology and Nutter only clarified her comment by stating, "If you're working class they won't protect you. When you hear about them, it's in the context of them abusing people, y'know, miscarriages of justice. We don't have a party when cops die, you know we don't."<ref name="MM Jan 98" />

In January 1998 Nutter appeared on the American political talk show ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'' and advised fans of their music who could not afford to buy their CDs to steal them from large chains such as [[HMV]] and [[Virgin Megastores|Virgin]], which prompted Virgin to remove the album from the shelves and start selling it from behind the counter.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html |title=This Week in Entertainment History: January&nbsp;16,&nbsp;2016 – 22&nbsp;January&nbsp;2006 | website= [[KKTV]].com |archive-date=21 November 2011 |access-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=deviated |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111121230835/http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html  }}</ref>

A few weeks later, provoked by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government's refusal to support the [[Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98)|Liverpool Dockworkers' Strike]], the band performed "Tubthumping" at the 1998 [[BRIT Awards]] with the lyric changed to include "New Labour sold out the dockers, just like they'll sell out the rest of us", and vocalist Danbert Nobacon later poured a jug of water over [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Deputy Prime Minister]] [[John Prescott]], who was in the audience.<ref name="Glasper" />

In the late 1990s, the band turned down $1.5 million from [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] to use the song "Tubthumping" in a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] advertisement.<ref name=nologo>{{cite book| last= Klein| first= Naomi |title= No Logo| place= New York| publisher= Picador| year= 2000| page= 301}}</ref> According to the band, the decision took approximately "30 seconds" to make.

In the [[EA Sports]] soccer game ''[[World Cup 98 (video game)|World Cup 98]]'', the song "Tubthumping" is one of the soundtrack titles.

In 2002, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] paid Chumbawamba a sum of either $70,000 or $100,000 to use the song "[[Pass It Along]]" from the ''WYSIWYG'' album for a [[Pontiac Vibe]] television advertisement. Chumbawamba gave the money to the anti-[[corporation|corporate]] activist groups [[Independent Media Center|Indymedia]] and CorpWatch, who used the money to launch an information and environmental campaign against GM.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/30/chumbawamba/index.html |title=General Motors gets tub-thumped |website=[[Salon.com]] |first= Iain |last= Aitch |date=30 January 2002 |access-date=22 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070807045535/http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/30/chumbawamba/index.html |archive-date= 7 August 2007  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last= Rowan| first= David | url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/27/davidrowan.theobserver |title= Chumbawamba's tune turns the tables on US car giant| work= The Observer| via= theguardian.com| date= 27 January 2002| access-date= 3 March 2011}}</ref>

EMI released the band's first collection album which featured a mixed bag of songs from between 1985 and 1998 under the title ''[[Uneasy Listening (Chumbawamba album)|Uneasy Listening]]''.

Also in 1998 came a Japan-only mini album, ''Amnesia'', consisting of [[country and western]] style versions of recent hits "Tubthumping" and "Amnesia" alongside earlier songs like "Mouthful of Shit".

In 1998, Chumbawamba also contributed to the album released by the Polish [["Never Again" Association]] as a part of its Music Against Racism campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ONE RACE – HUMAN RACE. MUSIC AGAINST RACISM ON VINYL|url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org/en/our-news/195-articles-from-2021/4605-one-race-human-race-music-against-racism-on-vinyl|access-date=2021-07-21|website="NEVER AGAIN" ASSOCIATION|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2021 the album was reissued as vinyl record ''One Race – Human Race. Music Against Racism: Part 2''.

As a millennium present, Chumbawamba sent out a limited edition single to everyone on their mailing list. The song was a shoop-shoop-style ballad, "[[Tony Blair (song)|Tony Blair]]", which read like a heartbroken letter to an ex-lover who had broken all his promises. The band would send another free single out two years later, this time a re-worked version of [[the Beatles]]' song "[[Her Majesty (Chumbawamba song)|Her Majesty]]" to coincide with the [[Queen Elizabeth II|Queen]]'s Golden Jubilee, with lyrics denouncing royalty.