Brimful of Asha

"Brimful of Asha"
Single by Cornershop
from the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time
B-side
  • "Easy Winners"
  • "Rehoused"
  • "Counteraction"
Released18 August 1997 (1997-08-18)
StudioWest Orange (Preston, Lancashire, England)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 5:17 (album version)
  • 4:07 (single version)
LabelWiiija
Songwriter(s)Tjinder Singh
Producer(s)Tjinder Singh
Cornershop singles chronology
"Good Ships"
(1997) 		"Brimful of Asha"
(1997) 		"Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix)"
(1998)
Music video
"Brimful of Asha" on YouTube

"Brimful of Asha" is a song by English alternative rock band Cornershop from their third album, When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997). The recording, released by Wiiija, originally reached number 60 on the UK Singles Chart in 1997. After a remixed version by Norman Cook became a radio and critical success, the song was re-released and reached number one on the UK chart and number 16 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The lyric is a tribute to Asha Bhosle.[5] Its music video was directed by Phil Harder.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ukcd1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pitchfork Staff (27 September 2022). "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 October 2022. ...she offered the silky, languorous indie-pop Cornershop song as a reference...
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 2 - the People's Songs - Brimful of Asha".
  4. ^ Bill Cummings, "Great Britpop Songs#19: Cornershop - Brimful of Asha", God Is In The TV, 24 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Cornershop". One-Hit Wonders at the BBC. 17 April 2015. BBC Four.