Brimful of Asha
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| “Brimful of Asha” | ||||||||||||
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| Single by Cornershop from the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time |
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| Released | 1997 | |||||||||||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Pop-rock | |||||||||||
| Length | 5:17 | |||||||||||
| Label | Wiiija | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Tjinder Singh | |||||||||||
| Producer | Cornershop | |||||||||||
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"Brimful of Asha" is an East-West Fusion pop-rock song by the British band Cornershop, which originally reached number 60 in the UK Singles Chart in 1997. A remix by Fatboy Slim became a hit in 1998 on the US and UK charts, reaching #1 in the UK. 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 attributable to Broadway musicals. 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 20,000 songs.
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| Preceded by "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion |
UK Singles Chart number-one single February 22, 1998 for 1 week |
Succeeded by "Frozen" by Madonna |
