My ex used to sing this song ALL THE TIME! He passed away after a long battle with cancer last year. He always had an upbeat attitude during his illness, so our son & I decided to have this as one of the songs played at his Celebration of Life (which was held in a friend's pub). Everyone started dancing & laughing - it was just how he would've wanted it, for everyone to smile & have fun when they thought of him.
A MASSIVELY popular pub/bar song in the late 90's or early 2000s. It can get annoying, but hearing it with a buzz in a crowded bar and it's an absolute blast! Great reaction!
This song is a bomb at any karaoke bar; *EVERYONE SINGS ALONG* and it’s the best! “Pissing the night away” means drinking the night away, in case you didn’t know. 😃
Can confirm! I used to "KJ" at a karaoke bar & whenever someone sang this song, THE ROOF CAVED IN!!! People went absolutely ballistic!! It was such a great time. Loved it! Fond, fond memories.
I was wondering about the pissing part just now. I was in high school when this came out, and I'm American so I thought she was singing about peeing nonstop due to drinking so much. Since then I've had a lot of exposure to British culture and nuances in our shared language.
@@SaxyLamentpissing something away is kind of like wasting something. Pissing the night away, unproductive Pissing money away, frivolous spending. So totally fun, decompression and lack of responsibility.
@@albundy7718 You are correct; in the UK, "Getting pissed" = "getting drunk" as in "pissed as a newt". "Getting pissed at" for "getting annoyed at" is a common US usage. Getting pissed at something is used in the UK, but less frequently. Pissing something away in the UK can mean wasting it, as in "He pissed all his wages away on Friday night" but that sort of thing has a strong connection with drink also. So "Pissing the night away" combines them both, wasting/passing time away by getting drunk. The clue is in the list of the variety of drinks consumed, one after the other, before singing maudlin and rousing songs, then having a fight with other drunks, hence "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down" because he is pissed and feeling no pain. It used to be a common Friday night pastime in the more working-class parts of the the UK, the Friday night rumble, but less so nowadays, contrary to right-wing opinion.
@@auldfouter8661Yeah, because they were pissed off at politicians pretending to like contemporary music to appeal to young voters. I mean, frankly, if new labour and tory politicians were genuinely engaged with cool music, their policies would probably be very different.
This track seamlessly combines: a football chant "We'll be singing when we're winning", an Irish folk song "Danny Boy" and right at the end a 17th century piece of English trumpet music. The whole vibe of it is the most British thing I've ever seen.
A song about a night at a Karaoke bar over drinking and singing your favorite songs, and it's now played at Karaoke bars where people over drink and sink this song because it's a favorite! lol Fun song, and was everywhere. Really glad you liked it! Chumbawamba was a one hit wonder, but if you liked this one, you might like Geronimo by Sheppard. It's another great ditty with interesting vocal transitions and a driving beat.
Yes, this song along with "Macarena" easily produced some of the most hilarious and fun karaoke moments of the 90's EVER! I worked in a record store and we had a karaoke machine set. One night 2 lit old men came in and performed these 2 songs! U turned off the music in-store to take in the most memorable time working there ever! We watched the surveillance video repeatedly! If only we had smartphones!😂😂😂
@@Glaaki13 Maybe the OP is referring to the band’s name, “Chumbawamba”. Some people might ask…..can a band with such a crazy name have a really good song? Of course, the answer is yes!
This group actually has a really wild and intersting story. They went from being a super-abraisive, dark, hard-edged punk band in the 80s anarchist scene to putting out house music in the 90s, then eventually releasing one of the all-time great bar singalongs. After that, they pivoted into acoustic folk music in the 2000s before finally splitting up in 2012. The whole time, their lyrics remained intensely political and left-wing.
Yeah they are definitely one of the most political bands in history. You would never guess they were anarco-communist from Tubthumping (although I think their leader said something like "We're happy when cops get killed" around the same time this came out)
@@hod2116You're probably thinking of the incident at the Brit Awards. They dumped a bucket of ice water on the UK Deputy Prime Minister in protest of the government's treatment of striking dock workers.
There was a figure skater in the 1990's named Scott Hamilton. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in March of 1997 and had to take some time off. He returned in October with a television special called Scott Hamilton: Back On The Ice where other figure skaters performed in dedication to him. At the end he came on and skated for the first time since his diagnosis. After he thanked everyone for their support he did a final ensemble skate to the I get knocked down but I get up again part of the song and even did a backflip.
This song was literally Everywhere back then! You couldn't go anywhere without hearing it. Catchy as all heck and a very fun listen. Brings back so many memories. Thanks for doing this one!
I think most of us have found ourselves "pissing the night away" a time or 2 in our youth. Radio stations played this song almost to death but hearing it now brings back great memories. It is about drinking and singing Karoke. 😊❤
I love that the songs she 'sings' have the wrong lyrics, like only knowing the line "Oh Danny boy... Danny boy... Danny boy" or "Don't cry for me... next-door neighbor". :D
Absolutely one of the definitive sounds of the late 90's. Right up there with Matchbox Twenty, Fuel, Lou Bega, Third Eye Blind, The Verve, Smash Mouth, The Offspring, Green Day, and many, many, many more. As you guys are learning, you'd be hard-pressed to find another decade with a more varied and eclectic music scene. Long live the 90's!:
Unfortunately we also had the horrible Latin Craze, New Swing crap, boy bands ad nauseam, and teenbopper Pop girls galore. So, yes, lots of eclectic crap. Warn't that rosey.
Chumbawamba was an amazing band that made a ton of stuff over their long musical carreer. They were almost completely disregarded and even hated by some parts of the musical mainstream media because they actually had something important to say. One of the few bands that mastered the art of writing really catchy music combined with provocative and contentious lyrics. Very subversive! Great to see live and always packed out. Anarchy (album) is a good place to start but their older stuff is well worth checking out too. Greetz from Germany
I love it when bands bring in an unexpected instrument like a trumpet. I just realized that the band Cake had a huge hit called "The Distance" in '96. They're another unique rock band that brings in a trumpet when you least expect it.
This was my youngest’s favorite song as a toddler. I would dance with him and dip him with the “I get knocked down” line! Then he’d shake his little fist and head during the other parts! When the song would end….”Again! Again!” Thanks for the special memory today!!
I'd love to say that Tubthumping was written as an anthem to working class Brit's indomitable spirit, but it was actually inspired by the guitarist (Boff Whiley) and his wife witnessing a drunk next door neighbour repeatedly stumbling and falling up his garden path after a night on the swally. Have you reacted to Dry Your Eyes by The Streets, yet? You really should, I think you'd love it ❤
I have tried other reactionists, but I really like Jay and Amber...these two are pretty authentic...I keep coming back to see what they have listened to lately. Fun to see them listening to Tubthumping.
This was one of those songs in the 90s that was great at first, but then it got so much overexposure on top 40, alternative rock, and even at sporting events that it wasn't long before "hey, this is kinda awesome" turned into "oh god, not this song again". But after not having heard it for around 20 years, it's totally back to "kinda awesome".
I have always loved this song!! So glad you reacted to it in such an unexpected fun way. It was really a one-hit-wonder and I always thought it was all about drinking at the pub. "Pissin' the night away", British for "drinking the night away". I get knocked down, but I get up again, (after drinking one too many).😂 Thank you for doing this one. 😀👍
They apparently wrote it about their next door neighbour who used to come home drunk, singing loudly, and frequently falling over ( and getting up again).
@@ChrisSmith-xh9wb Yes. I actually went and looked up the story after I wrote the comment. I guess the woman inside the house of the drunk guy was also singing "Danny Boy", ("ask your neighbor"). 😅
You guys are such a great positive couple. It's a real treat to see a young people such as yourself grooving to the music I grew up on. I'm very happy I found your channel. Keep it up.
YES! I have been begging for this one! I knew you'd love it. Some more great 90s tunes you have got to check out: "Your Woman" by White Town, "Possum Kingdom" by Toadies, "Super BonBon" by Soul Coughing, "Got You Where I Want You" by the Flys, "We Like To Party" by Vengaboys, "The Impression That I Get" by Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "The Power" by Snap, "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" by Sophie B Hawkins, "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, "Unbelievable" by EMF...and you have got to get back to Barenaked Ladies! And Nirvana! The 90s were so diverse and there were so many great bands who came and went...some who stayed, but lots like Chumbawamba who just popped in, gave us an earworm like this and then went on their merry way.
I second Possum Kingdom, not only is it a fantastically creepy and eerie song, it's spawned it's own urban legend. So many people say it's based on a true story, or that it's about a serial killer from the 80's. It's a song that sparked a whole myth that everyone has heard from an older sibling or uncle.
This is another song which highlights the differences in British and American use of English words - here in the UK being/getting pissed means being/getting drunk (I think it's possibly being annoyed in the states ?), and being pissed off means annoyed. It's a song about drinking to oblivion which is sadly much too common here at weekends or in certain tourist destinations around Europe, and the woman's little bit about Danny Boy is a reference to the much loved Irish song of that name, which seems to be belteed out by drunks everywhere. Getting knocked down is of course a result of the pushing and fighting which comes with excessive alcohol, and being drunk they keep getting up again as an act of defiance, ready to fight and argue again.
Being "pissed' can mean being drunk or being angry depending on the context it's used in here in the USA. And the way they used "pissing the night away" would typically mean you're just wasting time (chillin or w/e- no where to be and no cares kind of night). Hope that helps understand the weird US of A. 😄
@@Charlee1776 Thanks for the information, but I will say that although the group are British I have never in my life heard anyone say that they or anyone else was "pissing the night away"...... I assume it was used amongst their friends in whatever town/city they lived in when they recorded the song. Even within a small island (Compared to the huge land mass of North America) there are many regional variations with slang words.
@@Charlee1776They literally mentioned numerous & various drinks they've had during the night. I think it's quite clear (in this song, at least) "pissing the night away" is about getting drunk AF! 😂😂🥴😵🥴
@LibraKing3121 I'm, of course, fully aware. I was simply giving examples of American usage for the sake of sharing with OP. I love learning the smaller nuances of speech in different cultures so always want to engage in discussions that lend to understanding one another better. ☺️
@@Charlee1776 Very interesting - I used to teach English as a foreign language and it fascinated me to learn about the small differences in words in countries like Spain and UK, because many of them had a common root.
A 90s classic that still kicks ass, picks you back up when you’re down, and gets the whole party on their feet on the dance floor. Love it when you all do 90s songs!
This song and band is the EPITOME of the 90's... and 90's music... just fun and free with a mix of EVERYTHING!! Soooo much fun to be a teen in the 90's!!!!!!
I really like this band. Their songs tend to reflect the concerns of the working class in England, with commentary on unions, political corruption, and more. They make great use of harmonies, brass, and both soft and loud instrumentation. Another couple of fun ones to check out are "Amnesia" and "Top Of The World (Ole Ole Ole)".
Hello Jay and Amber Chumbawamba was a British punk band. Hence, the use of the lingo. "Pissing" means drinking. This is why the line, "It takes a whiskey drink, it takes a vodka drink, it takes a cider drink, it takes a lager drink..." Basically, it is about a night of drinking with friends and "enjoyin' the night away".
This was a song you couldn’t escape in the late nineties, it got so much radio airplay and was just everywhere! I don’t think Chumbawumba had any other hit songs in the U.S.
This is like an anthem of the 90’s. When you were in it, this song was everywhere. These guys never had another really big hit but this song alone has endured as a massive classic that still gets airplay and mentions in pop culture to this day. Heck, I still do this in karaoke because I know it’s guaranteed to get the audience singing along on the chorus.
God this song was all over the radio the year it was a hit. The "Oh Danny, Boy..." is an Irish song people sing sometimes while drinking but it was meant for funerals. Can't help but to sing the chorus when I hear it. Brings back memories.
Given how big a hit this was in both the UK and the US I am amazed you hadn't knowingly heard it before (given your love of discovering music). It completely epitomises 1990's music for me. Glad you appreciated it!
@@dcanmore I must be suffering from it as don’t recall it🤦as radio only ever seems to play their Tubthumping. Apparently they had a No.21 with Top of the world 🤷♂️
This was their biggest hit, but they were hardly one hit wonders. They had a 30 yr career and 16 albums. They were just more of an album band than into making commercial singles due to their political, anarchist background and the experimental nature of their music which blended loads of different genres. Anarchy is probably my favourite album of theirs and was when they really took off in the early 90s.
Most people only know Chumba for this song, but don't discard them as a "one-hit wonder." They had success on their own terms, a long career, many albums. Their album Anarchy is a masterpiece.
This was a popular Drinking Song Back then... Sitting in a bar with good friends, laughing and enjoying the vibe! It was also frequently sung during European football and Rugby games, as the "Hooligans" loved the aggressive tone and message.
This was one of my dad's favorite songs. My sister even had it set as his ringtone on her phone. He died suddenly just over a year and a half ago and this is my first time listening to it since he passed away. I'm a bit teary eyed but so happy to watch you guys react to it. Thanks!
I've always loved this song, it's so positive. The film is full of people trying their hardest to show the world who they are and it doesn't always land well with audiences but they keep on going, those people are the heroes of human kind x
Yes, I remember when this song came out I was 10 and 1 of my peers at school was saying they’re saying “kissing the night away.” Uh… no, dude! They’re saying “pissing the night away!” Lol
Tubthumping is jumping into a slightly larger kiddie pool from the top of a straight staircase. The pool is usually full of shaving cream or thick bubbles. This usually takes place in a sorority-type situation. That's what it's called in England, as the band's from there. This was a HUGE song at college in the USA.
Wow! I have to say I'm surprised that you guys haven't heard this one. I guess I'm getting old. Then again I'm only 46 so I refuse the title, lol. This song was HUGE back in the day!😊
I'll never forget sitting in the car with my mom and hearing this on the radio. She was concentrating on driving, i was singing (silly 8 year old me), but instead of the text i sang "...geht die Sau!" which in english means "goes the pig". The look on my mothers face i'll never forget. 🙂 A classic trip down memory lane together with "Parmesan" or as the song really is called "How Bizarre" by OMC...
This song is weirdly annoyingly catchy...and listenable. To me the best part of the song is the girl singing back up vocals says "Pissing The Night Away"..that was big hearing that in mid 90s radio at the time😂😂
I remember when it first came out in 1997, I loved it. There was argument over whether or not that were saying “pissing the night away” or “kissing the night away”
Chumbawamba travelled through time, saw one of your videos where you always ask to make somebody smile, then went back to the 90's to record this song now everyone is smiling.
This is one of those songs that after I heard it once, I had to run straight out and buy the CD. I thought you guys would enjoy it as much as I do and it was great to see your big beautiful smiles all the way through.
the 90s were a blast musically. fun fact I always remember about this song, "pissing the night away" is slang for drinking all night which makes total sense when you think about it.
I love this song. The group knew they were a one-hit wonder. When they performed it live on Letterman, Leno, whatever, they wore an assortment of white t shirts with hand written message. One said one hit wonder.
This song was a number-one hit in Australia..We LOVED it!! Especially every New Year's Eve!! The girl singing "Pissing the night way"...meaning..drinking the night away....what all the youngsters do on New Years eve...
Ah ! Thanks so much for playing this ... brought a big big smile to.my face ... a crazy 'off the wall' song .... memories of crazy times in London in 90's ❤ x
Jay,Amber❤ One of the biggest club,party tunes of 90s... just a good time song with the message...don't let anything really drag you down from positivity....Go have some fun. Her vocal of "pissing the night away"...too classic Hadn't heard this in decades Thanks as always guys 😊🇨🇦
That trumpet piece at the end is called "The Prince of Denmark March", more commonly known as "Trumpet Voluntary". The name of the band came from a dream one of the members had about being in a strange country where the men were called Chumbas and the women were called Wambas.
Or possibly from one of the MANY other explanations they made up over the years. It's kind of a running joke, and the fact that they said that one on Never Mind The Buzzcocks doesn't make it the definitive one...
One of the great one hit wonders. This was a political band who had a fluke hit and didn't try to duplicate it. Instead, they used the success as a platform. The main singers are Dunstan Bruce and Alice Nutter. The other members at the time were Boff Whalley, Danbert Nobacon, Lou Watts, Daz Hamer, Paul Greco, and Jude Abbott. It's hard to tell who played what because nearly everyone was a multiinstrumentalist.
I do remember this - and, of course, the chorus mostly - but a reaction from these two always makes me appreciate a song all the more. As Amber says, the female vocal coming in, in contrast to the 'chant' and I love when they are combined/blended at the end (polyphony?) ...and that trumpet... 🎺👌I didn't even remember that.
😁 I have nieces who were in high school back in the 90’s. This song always reminds me of them! Now I won’t be able to get this song out of my head all night! 😆😉
Good to see you getting another 90s song from you guys! This is a staple of the decade it's kind of like the British Smash Mouth Speaking of Smash Mouth, I'd love to see you react to their debut single from this same year, 1997 it's called Walking on the Sun
Tubthumping! I'm from Birmingham, England, which is the Mid- Lands . From there and to the North a Tub was a Tin Bath, showers were rare. So jump in th Tub, was jump in the Bath. As in the shower it was common to sing or listen to the radio. So if you liked the beat you played the drums on the side of the bath! Get it!
I am surprised u guys never reacted to the group Arrested Developments: Everday People, Mr Wendel, Tennessee Please² react to them... u will be surprise
Fall 1997 - Saturday night - Sigma Phi Epsilon house - this song was one of six in heavy rotation, with "Return of the Mack" "The Impression that I Get" "Walking On the Sun" "Barbie Girl" and "Fly"
According to the band - usually a 'serious, political' anarchist collective band, the song is about the 'resilience of ordinary people' - especially the British. It has the sort of optimistic toughness which was seen later, on 7/705 - when the London Underground was bombed, killing 56 people, and which we appear to be famous for, since at least WWII. Some have said it is the unofficial national anthem - and it still chokes me up when I hear it - I'm 56, xxx
I saw them perform this live at a ski resort (Sun Peaks, BC) before waiting an hour in the freezing cold for LL Cool J to come out on stage. And if that sounds weird, it's because it was. Another HUGE hit from the 90's: 'Song 2' by Blur.
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My ex used to sing this song ALL THE TIME! He passed away after a long battle with cancer last year. He always had an upbeat attitude during his illness, so our son & I decided to have this as one of the songs played at his Celebration of Life (which was held in a friend's pub). Everyone started dancing & laughing - it was just how he would've wanted it, for everyone to smile & have fun when they thought of him.
😬sadly people never understood the song as they are an anarchist/antifa band
This comment made me cry… so there’s that now
so sorry for your loss. what a wonderful tribute. thanks for posting.
That is beautiful and appropriate!
I am sorry for your loss.
A MASSIVELY popular pub/bar song in the late 90's or early 2000s. It can get annoying, but hearing it with a buzz in a crowded bar and it's an absolute blast! Great reaction!
" It can get annoying..." Well that's a contender for understatement of the year.
Used to be a British Football Chant too!
This song is a bomb at any karaoke bar; *EVERYONE SINGS ALONG* and it’s the best! “Pissing the night away” means drinking the night away, in case you didn’t know. 😃
Can confirm! I used to "KJ" at a karaoke bar & whenever someone sang this song, THE ROOF CAVED IN!!! People went absolutely ballistic!! It was such a great time. Loved it! Fond, fond memories.
I was wondering about the pissing part just now. I was in high school when this came out, and I'm American so I thought she was singing about peeing nonstop due to drinking so much. Since then I've had a lot of exposure to British culture and nuances in our shared language.
@@SaxyLamentpissing something away is kind of like wasting something.
Pissing the night away, unproductive
Pissing money away, frivolous spending.
So totally fun, decompression and lack of responsibility.
@@SaxyLament Basically, your are correct, the more you drink , the more you pee! It's a very clever double meaning.
@@SaxyLament Pissing the night away does lead to the the other pissing the night away, lol !!
Cool elegant lady singing ethereally "Pissing the night away"...
my favourite part!!!
@@floyd2222 do the rob squad even know what that means ... she's wasting time?
I always thought its UK Slang for "drinking all night" (which causes you to ...)
@@albundy7718 You are correct; in the UK, "Getting pissed" = "getting drunk" as in "pissed as a newt".
"Getting pissed at" for "getting annoyed at" is a common US usage. Getting pissed at something is used in the UK, but less frequently.
Pissing something away in the UK can mean wasting it, as in "He pissed all his wages away on Friday night" but that sort of thing has a strong connection with drink also.
So "Pissing the night away" combines them both, wasting/passing time away by getting drunk.
The clue is in the list of the variety of drinks consumed, one after the other, before singing maudlin and rousing songs, then having a fight with other drunks, hence "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down" because he is pissed and feeling no pain.
It used to be a common Friday night pastime in the more working-class parts of the the UK, the Friday night rumble, but less so nowadays, contrary to right-wing opinion.
@@rubydazzler pissing something away is pretty common here, at least in the South. "Pissing your money away" is the most common version I've heard.
Tub Thumping is British term for having strong political knowledge and not afraid to have an opinion. The band were a anarchist collective ❤
Didn't they pour a jug of water over John Prescot at some awards bash?
They encouraged people to steal their album.
@@auldfouter8661Yeah, because they were pissed off at politicians pretending to like contemporary music to appeal to young voters.
I mean, frankly, if new labour and tory politicians were genuinely engaged with cool music, their policies would probably be very different.
@@knowledge-girl so cool... didn't know that!
Picture it. It’s 1997, you’re 22yrs. old in a bar in NY this song comes on and everyone starts dancing and singing. Great times!
I was 10 when it came out in 97, there was argument over whether or not they were saying “pissing the night away” or “kissing the night away”
That was me in NY at that time. I’m with you. 👊
Me except I was a 20 year old at the bar in NY with a chalked ID 😊
Was the best of times
That’s how we did in those years. This was one of those songs.
You will hear this song in your head for the rest of your life
This track seamlessly combines: a football chant "We'll be singing when we're winning", an Irish folk song "Danny Boy" and right at the end a 17th century piece of English trumpet music.
The whole vibe of it is the most British thing I've ever seen.
Wow I didn't knew that! thanks for the info!
@@indiiedreamer If you search for "Trumpet Voluntary" you can hear that music being played and compare it to the version near the end of Tubthumping!
Except for the Irish folk song
@@jimmysavage9061 Danny Boy? It's Irish and it's a traditional song..............
@@thewomble1509 That's what I said. Was responding to the original post saying this was the most British song ever
A song about a night at a Karaoke bar over drinking and singing your favorite songs, and it's now played at Karaoke bars where people over drink and sink this song because it's a favorite! lol Fun song, and was everywhere. Really glad you liked it! Chumbawamba was a one hit wonder, but if you liked this one, you might like Geronimo by Sheppard. It's another great ditty with interesting vocal transitions and a driving beat.
sadly people never understood the song as they are an anarchist/antifa band and might be about the fight
Yes, this song along with "Macarena" easily produced some of the most hilarious and fun karaoke moments of the 90's EVER! I worked in a record store and we had a karaoke machine set. One night 2 lit old men came in and performed these 2 songs! U turned off the music in-store to take in the most memorable time working there ever! We watched the surveillance video repeatedly! If only we had smartphones!😂😂😂
@@Glaaki13 Antifa bs wasn't around then - straight Anarchists. It's an insult to Anarchists to associate the two.
One hit wonder? 🤣 This is the only song their fans hated, have you listened to their early albums, did you see them live before this song?
Geronimo by Sheppard is definitely catchy!
You know that ol' saying, "Never judge a book by its cover"...This song is bangin'!!
What?
@@Glaaki13 Maybe the OP is referring to the band’s name, “Chumbawamba”. Some people might ask…..can a band with such a crazy name have a really good song? Of course, the answer is yes!
@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 we can hope and I am getting to my boomer stage
Such a fun song ... always loved this 🥰
This group actually has a really wild and intersting story. They went from being a super-abraisive, dark, hard-edged punk band in the 80s anarchist scene to putting out house music in the 90s, then eventually releasing one of the all-time great bar singalongs. After that, they pivoted into acoustic folk music in the 2000s before finally splitting up in 2012. The whole time, their lyrics remained intensely political and left-wing.
Yeah they are definitely one of the most political bands in history. You would never guess they were anarco-communist from Tubthumping (although I think their leader said something like "We're happy when cops get killed" around the same time this came out)
Yes, I remember them from my days as an alternative Radio, DJ, and then was surprised to hear them on Z 100
Their live shows were awesome, boy could she drink! I swear she did a whole bottle of Jack, dressed as a nun.
I seem to remember them chucking paint or something over a left wing political person
@@hod2116You're probably thinking of the incident at the Brit Awards. They dumped a bucket of ice water on the UK Deputy Prime Minister in protest of the government's treatment of striking dock workers.
There was a figure skater in the 1990's named Scott Hamilton. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in March of 1997 and had to take some time off. He returned in October with a television special called Scott Hamilton: Back On The Ice where other figure skaters performed in dedication to him. At the end he came on and skated for the first time since his diagnosis. After he thanked everyone for their support he did a final ensemble skate to the I get knocked down but I get up again part of the song and even did a backflip.
I remember Scott, but I didn't know this. I just got choked up...thank you for sharing.
Yes.....ill, laid-off, beat down,,,,this is an awesome rallying cry.
This song was literally Everywhere back then! You couldn't go anywhere without hearing it. Catchy as all heck and a very fun listen. Brings back so many memories. Thanks for doing this one!
I think most of us have found ourselves "pissing the night away" a time or 2 in our youth. Radio stations played this song almost to death but hearing it now brings back great memories. It is about drinking and singing Karoke. 😊❤
I love that the songs she 'sings' have the wrong lyrics, like only knowing the line "Oh Danny boy... Danny boy... Danny boy" or "Don't cry for me... next-door neighbor". :D
I am 48 and just now realized that was what she was singing. Honey I was never that invested to knock the lyrics or see the videos
I still have nights where I am PISSSSING THE NIGHT AWAAAY
Absolutely one of the definitive sounds of the late 90's. Right up there with Matchbox Twenty, Fuel, Lou Bega, Third Eye Blind, The Verve, Smash Mouth, The Offspring, Green Day, and many, many, many more. As you guys are learning, you'd be hard-pressed to find another decade with a more varied and eclectic music scene. Long live the 90's!:
Oh wow I completely forgot about Fuel
You forgot about the spice girls
Don't forget Semisonic ~ "Closing Time" & Shawn Mullins - "Rock-a-bye" they exemplify that 90's vibe so, so much. ❤️❤️
Unfortunately we also had the horrible Latin Craze, New Swing crap, boy bands ad nauseam, and teenbopper Pop girls galore. So, yes, lots of eclectic crap. Warn't that rosey.
@@spacehonky6315 Thankfully taste in music isn't nearly as arbitrary as you make it seem. One persons "crap" is likely someone else favorite song.
Chumbawamba was an amazing band that made a ton of stuff over their long musical carreer. They were almost completely disregarded and even hated by some parts of the musical mainstream media because they actually had something important to say. One of the few bands that mastered the art of writing really catchy music combined with provocative and contentious lyrics. Very subversive! Great to see live and always packed out. Anarchy (album) is a good place to start but their older stuff is well worth checking out too. Greetz from Germany
Anarchy is an amazing album, always on my playlist
I love it when bands bring in an unexpected instrument like a trumpet. I just realized that the band Cake had a huge hit called "The Distance" in '96. They're another unique rock band that brings in a trumpet when you least expect it.
also Short Skirt Long Jacket from Cake had some brass
@scotty110 beat me to it. 🍻
They need to react to some Cake so badly.
Very surprised they haven't done Cake yet!
Please do Cake. Rock and Roll Lifestyle is hilarious. Their delivery is...unique
RSR family, I salute you. I've heard this song played so many times, but never knew the band nor the song title. 90's anthem for sure! 💯❤️👍
They are from the north of England. I liked their follow-up song too - Amnesia (reached No.10 in the UK)
This was my youngest’s favorite song as a toddler. I would dance with him and dip him with the “I get knocked down” line! Then he’d shake his little fist and head during the other parts! When the song would end….”Again! Again!” Thanks for the special memory today!!
I'd love to say that Tubthumping was written as an anthem to working class Brit's indomitable spirit, but it was actually inspired by the guitarist (Boff Whiley) and his wife witnessing a drunk next door neighbour repeatedly stumbling and falling up his garden path after a night on the swally.
Have you reacted to Dry Your Eyes by The Streets, yet? You really should, I think you'd love it
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Dry your eyes is a good call - Perhaps “fit but you know it” would be too British.
I just love how much you two have grown musically to appreciate every one of the different genres in this one song.
I have tried other reactionists, but I really like Jay and Amber...these two are pretty authentic...I keep coming back to see what they have listened to lately. Fun to see them listening to Tubthumping.
This was one of those songs in the 90s that was great at first, but then it got so much overexposure on top 40, alternative rock, and even at sporting events that it wasn't long before "hey, this is kinda awesome" turned into "oh god, not this song again". But after not having heard it for around 20 years, it's totally back to "kinda awesome".
Amen!
Yep
This.
That one and Smashmouth's "All Star". They were everywhere...
That’s what I just wrote too. It was overplayed until you were so sick of it. But now I like it again.
I have always loved this song!! So glad you reacted to it in such an unexpected fun way. It was really a one-hit-wonder and I always thought it was all about drinking at the pub. "Pissin' the night away", British for "drinking the night away". I get knocked down, but I get up again, (after drinking one too many).😂 Thank you for doing this one. 😀👍
They apparently wrote it about their next door neighbour who used to come home drunk, singing loudly, and frequently falling over ( and getting up again).
@@ChrisSmith-xh9wb Yes. I actually went and looked up the story after I wrote the comment. I guess the woman inside the house of the drunk guy was also singing "Danny Boy", ("ask your neighbor"). 😅
@@VickiCampbell-1216 The line is "Don't cry for me next-door neighbour" which is a drunken version of the song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina".
@@davidhuggan6315 Thank you. 😊I looked up the lyrics and realized my error. Ahh, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". All makes sense now. 😁👍
Great pub song. Love how you were a bit shocked by the lady sing pissin the night away. If you were a Brit or Aussie you wouldn't be shocked😂
You guys are such a great positive couple. It's a real treat to see a young people such as yourself grooving to the music I grew up on. I'm very happy I found your channel. Keep it up.
YES! I have been begging for this one! I knew you'd love it. Some more great 90s tunes you have got to check out: "Your Woman" by White Town, "Possum Kingdom" by Toadies, "Super BonBon" by Soul Coughing, "Got You Where I Want You" by the Flys, "We Like To Party" by Vengaboys, "The Impression That I Get" by Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "The Power" by Snap, "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" by Sophie B Hawkins, "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, "Unbelievable" by EMF...and you have got to get back to Barenaked Ladies! And Nirvana! The 90s were so diverse and there were so many great bands who came and went...some who stayed, but lots like Chumbawamba who just popped in, gave us an earworm like this and then went on their merry way.
I was definitely thinking in the vein of White Town next.
Definitely seconding them doing Your Woman. One of the best songs of the 90s imo
Great suggestions. I love "Damn, I Wish I Was Your lover". I'll add a suggestion for them - "Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze.
Love Possum Kingdom!
I second Possum Kingdom, not only is it a fantastically creepy and eerie song, it's spawned it's own urban legend. So many people say it's based on a true story, or that it's about a serial killer from the 80's. It's a song that sparked a whole myth that everyone has heard from an older sibling or uncle.
This is another song which highlights the differences in British and American use of English words - here in the UK being/getting pissed means being/getting drunk (I think it's possibly being annoyed in the states ?), and being pissed off means annoyed.
It's a song about drinking to oblivion which is sadly much too common here at weekends or in certain tourist destinations around Europe, and the woman's little bit about Danny Boy is a reference to the much loved Irish song of that name, which seems to be belteed out by drunks everywhere.
Getting knocked down is of course a result of the pushing and fighting which comes with excessive alcohol, and being drunk they keep getting up again as an act of defiance, ready to fight and argue again.
Being "pissed' can mean being drunk or being angry depending on the context it's used in here in the USA. And the way they used "pissing the night away" would typically mean you're just wasting time (chillin or w/e- no where to be and no cares kind of night). Hope that helps understand the weird US of A. 😄
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Thanks for the information, but I will say that although the group are British I have never in my life heard anyone say that they or anyone else was "pissing the night away"...... I assume it was used amongst their friends in whatever town/city they lived in when they recorded the song.
Even within a small island (Compared to the huge land mass of North America) there are many regional variations with slang words.
@@Charlee1776They literally mentioned numerous & various drinks they've had during the night. I think it's quite clear (in this song, at least) "pissing the night away" is about getting drunk AF! 😂😂🥴😵🥴
@LibraKing3121 I'm, of course, fully aware. I was simply giving examples of American usage for the sake of sharing with OP. I love learning the smaller nuances of speech in different cultures so always want to engage in discussions that lend to understanding one another better. ☺️
@@Charlee1776 Very interesting - I used to teach English as a foreign language and it fascinated me to learn about the small differences in words in countries like Spain and UK, because many of them had a common root.
The chorus is still being chanted in multiple stadiums all over the world! Very definition of 'anthemic'!!
Anthemic Anarchy.
A 90s classic that still kicks ass, picks you back up when you’re down, and gets the whole party on their feet on the dance floor.
Love it when you all do 90s songs!
sadly people never understood the song as they are an anarchist/antifa band
This song and band is the EPITOME of the 90's... and 90's music... just fun and free with a mix of EVERYTHING!! Soooo much fun to be a teen in the 90's!!!!!!
I really like this band. Their songs tend to reflect the concerns of the working class in England, with commentary on unions, political corruption, and more. They make great use of harmonies, brass, and both soft and loud instrumentation. Another couple of fun ones to check out are "Amnesia" and "Top Of The World (Ole Ole Ole)".
Hello Jay and Amber
Chumbawamba was a British punk band. Hence, the use of the lingo. "Pissing" means drinking. This is why the line, "It takes a whiskey drink, it takes a vodka drink, it takes a cider drink, it takes a lager drink..." Basically, it is about a night of drinking with friends and "enjoyin' the night away".
This was a song you couldn’t escape in the late nineties, it got so much radio airplay and was just everywhere! I don’t think Chumbawumba had any other hit songs in the U.S.
We would play this song every day at work back in the 90s. It sticks in your head. I knew you guys would enjoy it. Love your reaction.
One of those few songs you hear the first time and just know it would be a massive hit.
30 years later and still sounds fresh
This is like an anthem of the 90’s. When you were in it, this song was everywhere. These guys never had another really big hit but this song alone has endured as a massive classic that still gets airplay and mentions in pop culture to this day.
Heck, I still do this in karaoke because I know it’s guaranteed to get the audience singing along on the chorus.
God this song was all over the radio the year it was a hit. The "Oh Danny, Boy..." is an Irish song people sing sometimes while drinking but it was meant for funerals. Can't help but to sing the chorus when I hear it. Brings back memories.
You can hear John Lennon (I checked the video footage) sing a little bit of it at the end of the Beatles' "One After 909".
Danny boy isn't sang at funerals
Odd...considering that's also almost always where I here it now too. @@kevinreilly9482
So many great memories in college related to this song. It's such an earworm.
They were a British punk band formed in 1982 (I was 22!), I really love this particular song of theirs, great band!!😍😍😍😍
This is the definition of a Anthem. It's a song that everyone gets behind when it's played. It's not deep or meaningful, it's just fun.
YAY!!!! This was my theme song when I was going through my divorce! I love it.
So glad you guys did this! I love this song! Its one you'll never forget. ❤❤❤❤
Given how big a hit this was in both the UK and the US I am amazed you hadn't knowingly heard it before (given your love of discovering music). It completely epitomises 1990's music for me.
Glad you appreciated it!
This song still makes it into my exercise routine. It's got a great rhythm for power walking, or step aerobics.
Great one-hit wonder(in the US)! This song will be in your head for a week!
And the uk
Amnesia was also a top 10 hit in the UK@@gypsyroadhog
@@dcanmore I must be suffering from it as don’t recall it🤦as radio only ever seems to play their Tubthumping.
Apparently they had a No.21 with Top of the world 🤷♂️
The whole album Tubthumping is an experience. It’s best heard from beginning to end.
yeah they're a bit like pink floyd innit. lmao
and all their other 12 albums. They were such a versatile band, moving seamlessly from punk, to acapella folk, to stadium rock and back again.
Iconic British anthem
I know yall have heard that chorus before. It's iconic. One of the, if not the, biggest 1 hit wonder of the 90s.
This was their biggest hit, but they were hardly one hit wonders.
They had a 30 yr career and 16 albums. They were just more of an album band than into making commercial singles due to their political, anarchist background and the experimental nature of their music which blended loads of different genres.
Anarchy is probably my favourite album of theirs and was when they really took off in the early 90s.
Most people only know Chumba for this song, but don't discard them as a "one-hit wonder." They had success on their own terms, a long career, many albums. Their album Anarchy is a masterpiece.
and I still use "the day the nazi died" as song befor going 161
@@Glaaki13 I like their version of Bella Caio as well.
For me wysuwyg is one of the best albums not only by them but of the whole decade!
I’m sure some of them were in anarcho punk band Crass.
Love their album of historical folk protest songs. So completely unlike Tubthumping.
This was a popular Drinking Song Back then... Sitting in a bar with good friends, laughing and enjoying the vibe!
It was also frequently sung during European football and Rugby games, as the "Hooligans" loved the aggressive tone and message.
Chumbawamba are the most overlooked and underappreciated band in the history of music.
This was one of my dad's favorite songs. My sister even had it set as his ringtone on her phone. He died suddenly just over a year and a half ago and this is my first time listening to it since he passed away. I'm a bit teary eyed but so happy to watch you guys react to it. Thanks!
Awesome, catchy 90's song. 😎 I can't believe you've never heard this one until now.
Got into Chumba during the really early Anarcho days - wrote to Anne regularly. They were always a good bunch of people. Live they were unreal.
Chumbawamba is my favourite band of all time, their discography is insane
I've always loved this song, it's so positive. The film is full of people trying their hardest to show the world who they are and it doesn't always land well with audiences but they keep on going, those people are the heroes of human kind x
"Pissing the night away" Love it.
Yes, I remember when this song came out I was 10 and 1 of my peers at school was saying they’re saying “kissing the night away.” Uh… no, dude! They’re saying “pissing the night away!” Lol
I had forgotten just how good and fun this song is. I hadn’t listened to it in awhile. Now I remember why it was a big hit!
Tubthumping is jumping into a slightly larger kiddie pool from the top of a straight staircase. The pool is usually full of shaving cream or thick bubbles. This usually takes place in a sorority-type situation. That's what it's called in England, as the band's from there. This was a HUGE song at college in the USA.
Many of us who are traveling down the fighting cancer route kinda look at this song as inspiration during a time we find little.
One of my favs back in the 90s. Definitely a Banger and a One Hit Wonder. Makes you want to dance and sing along. 😊
I dunno, I always liked Mary, Mary too.
It sounds like something bore george was involved
AMNESIA was also a hit, although minor. Very big in Germany and punkside Britain.
Not one hit wonder
Wow! I have to say I'm surprised that you guys haven't heard this one.
I guess I'm getting old. Then again I'm only 46 so I refuse the title, lol.
This song was HUGE back in the day!😊
sadly people never understood the song as they are an anarchist/antifa band
Jay & Amber yesterday you took me back to Junior High, now you are taking me to a great place 30 years later. Music is such a gift!
I'll never forget sitting in the car with my mom and hearing this on the radio. She was concentrating on driving, i was singing (silly 8 year old me), but instead of the text i sang "...geht die Sau!" which in english means "goes the pig". The look on my mothers face i'll never forget. 🙂
A classic trip down memory lane together with "Parmesan" or as the song really is called "How Bizarre" by OMC...
This song is weirdly annoyingly catchy...and listenable. To me the best part of the song is the girl singing back up vocals says "Pissing The Night Away"..that was big hearing that in mid 90s radio at the time😂😂
I remember when it first came out in 1997, I loved it. There was argument over whether or not that were saying “pissing the night away” or “kissing the night away”
@@nsasupporter7557It helps if you know "pissed" is a Britishism for "drunk".
Pissing the night away is UK slang for wasting your time getting drunk.@@mjbull5156
Chumbawamba travelled through time, saw one of your videos where you always ask to make somebody smile, then went back to the 90's to record this song now everyone is smiling.
This is one of those songs that after I heard it once, I had to run straight out and buy the CD. I thought you guys would enjoy it as much as I do and it was great to see your big beautiful smiles all the way through.
I can't imagine no knowing this song, it never stopped playing and was used in numerous movies!
the 90s were a blast musically. fun fact I always remember about this song, "pissing the night away" is slang for drinking all night which makes total sense when you think about it.
I love how the song builds to a symphonic crescendo at the end. It must be a pain in the ass to sing it live.
I love this song. The group knew they were a one-hit wonder. When they performed it live on Letterman, Leno, whatever, they wore an assortment of white t shirts with hand written message. One said one hit wonder.
They weren't into the music for fame or fortune, they were using it to communicate their political and cultural messages.
@@benjalucian1515 True, but one of their political message was to steal. So I love the song, but fuck them.
This song was a number-one hit in Australia..We LOVED it!! Especially every New Year's Eve!! The girl singing "Pissing the night way"...meaning..drinking the night away....what all the youngsters do on New Years eve...
I honestly didn't think there was a person on the planet that didn't know this song lol
Ah ! Thanks so much for playing this ... brought a big big smile to.my face ... a crazy 'off the wall' song .... memories of crazy times in London in 90's ❤ x
Jay,Amber❤
One of the biggest club,party tunes of 90s... just a good time song with the message...don't let anything really drag you down from positivity....Go have some fun.
Her vocal of "pissing the night away"...too classic
Hadn't heard this in decades
Thanks as always guys 😊🇨🇦
That trumpet piece at the end is called "The Prince of Denmark March", more commonly known as "Trumpet Voluntary".
The name of the band came from a dream one of the members had about being in a strange country where the men were called Chumbas and the women were called Wambas.
Or possibly from one of the MANY other explanations they made up over the years. It's kind of a running joke, and the fact that they said that one on Never Mind The Buzzcocks doesn't make it the definitive one...
One of the great one hit wonders. This was a political band who had a fluke hit and didn't try to duplicate it. Instead, they used the success as a platform.
The main singers are Dunstan Bruce and Alice Nutter. The other members at the time were Boff Whalley, Danbert Nobacon, Lou Watts, Daz Hamer, Paul Greco, and Jude Abbott. It's hard to tell who played what because nearly everyone was a multiinstrumentalist.
So glad you are doing this, love Chumbawamba❤❤
It’s catchy and very fun to dance to.
They have played it at sporting events too.
I do remember this - and, of course, the chorus mostly - but a reaction from these two always makes me appreciate a song all the more. As Amber says, the female vocal coming in, in contrast to the 'chant' and I love when they are combined/blended at the end (polyphony?) ...and that trumpet... 🎺👌I didn't even remember that.
This song is from an amazing album. Lots of songs worth checking out.
😁 I have nieces who were in high school back in the 90’s. This song always reminds me of them! Now I won’t be able to get this song out of my head all night! 😆😉
This was a major hit in Australia and still gets played at parties
I still remember listening to this in the late 90s as a child and just rocking out. This video just makes me relive it, thanks yall.
One of my favorite one hit wonders
Good to see you getting another 90s song from you guys! This is a staple of the decade it's kind of like the British Smash Mouth
Speaking of Smash Mouth, I'd love to see you react to their debut single from this same year, 1997 it's called Walking on the Sun
Tubthumping! I'm from Birmingham, England, which is the Mid- Lands . From there and to the North a Tub was a Tin Bath, showers were rare. So jump in th Tub, was jump in the Bath. As in the shower it was common to sing or listen to the radio. So if you liked the beat you played the drums on the side of the bath! Get it!
My wife died 11/1/2023. 42 years. Loved this song when it first came out, but now it has a new meaning.
You will never get this song out of your head - it has now takenup residence forever 🙂
I am surprised u guys never reacted to the group Arrested Developments: Everday People, Mr Wendel, Tennessee
Please² react to them... u will be surprise
Great song!!!
I second this! ✌🏾
Fall 1997 - Saturday night - Sigma Phi Epsilon house - this song was one of six in heavy rotation, with "Return of the Mack" "The Impression that I Get" "Walking On the Sun" "Barbie Girl" and "Fly"
According to the band - usually a 'serious, political' anarchist collective band, the song is about the 'resilience of ordinary people' - especially the British. It has the sort of optimistic toughness which was seen later, on 7/705 - when the London Underground was bombed, killing 56 people, and which we appear to be famous for, since at least WWII. Some have said it is the unofficial national anthem - and it still chokes me up when I hear it - I'm 56, xxx
Iconic tune for sure, never fails at parties, especially of played at the right time 😂
A fine, fine Band with the utmost Polital integrity...likely to scare Estab-folks with the integrity
This is hilarious. For no reason at all, I took my dog out last night and started singing this song. Hadn't heard it in years. Thanks.
I've always liked this song because of the first lyrics of the female singer. *beautifully sings* "Pissing the night away"
I saw them perform this live at a ski resort (Sun Peaks, BC) before waiting an hour in the freezing cold for LL Cool J to come out on stage. And if that sounds weird, it's because it was. Another HUGE hit from the 90's: 'Song 2' by Blur.
Huge one hit wonder ❤ very few words and everybody can remember how to sing it... And loud! 😂
Love watching yall discover the music of my youth. The 80s and 90s were full of crazy badass tunes. Enjoy!
I’m more of a 60s through 80’s guy, but the 90s had some fantastic hits, and this is one of my favorites from that decade..