Tubthumping

The song was the group's lead single from Tubthumper, their major-label debut.{{cite web |first= John C. |last= Hughes |title= Lost in the '90s: Chumbawamba, "Amnesia" |website= PopDose |date= 4 September 2008 |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-chumbawamba-amnesia/ |archive-date= 12 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180212015620/http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-90s-chumbawamba-amnesia/ |url-status= live }} It was released on 11 August 1997.{{cite web |title= Tubthumping |publisher= BBC Radio 2 |access-date= 3 June 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/24pQq2YGjB1Q1QT8mT1kptF/tubthumping |archive-date= 3 June 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210603144121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/24pQq2YGjB1Q1QT8mT1kptF/tubthumping |url-status= live }}{{cite magazine |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 33 |date= 9 August 1997}} Vocalist Dunstan Bruce retrospectively observed that, before the group wrote it, they "were in a mess: we had become directionless and disparate". He credited "Tubthumping" with changing that, telling The Guardian, "It's not our most political or best song, but it brought us back together. The song is about us – as a class and as a band. The beauty of it was we had no idea how big it would be."{{cite news |first= Homa |last= Khaleeli |title= How we made Chumbawamba's Tubthumping |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 5 April 2016 |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/05/how-we-made-chumbawumba-tubthumping |archive-date= 1 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193023/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/05/how-we-made-chumbawumba-tubthumping |url-status= live }}

A Leeds pub named the Fforde Grene served as the group's inspiration for the song. Guitarist Boff Whalley told The Guardian that it was written about "the resilience of ordinary people"; musically, "Tubthumping" is a dance-rock, alternative rock, and dance-punk song in D major.{{cite web |title= Tubthumping by Chumbawamba – Digital Sheet Music |website= Musicnotes.com |date= 21 September 2009 |access-date= 3 June 2021 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0077096 |archive-date= 2 June 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220047/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0077096 |url-status= live }}{{cite news |title= Chumbawamba Singer Recovering from Injuries |publisher= MTV News |date= 30 July 1998 |access-date= 22 April 2017 |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/450212/chumbawamba-singer-recovering-from-injuries/ |archive-date= 23 April 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062720/http://www.mtv.com/news/450212/chumbawamba-singer-recovering-from-injuries/ |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |title= Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best |website= Consequence |date= 5 July 2017 |access-date= 3 May 2022 |url= https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/ |archive-date= 9 February 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230209142322/https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/ |url-status= live }}{{cite magazine |first= Matthew |last= Yglesias |title= The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist |magazine= The Atlantic |date= 21 May 2007 |access-date= 3 May 2022 |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/the-ultimate-nineties-alt-rock-playlist/40279/ |archive-date= 24 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160824090224/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/the-ultimate-nineties-alt-rock-playlist/40279/ |url-status= live }}{{cite news |title= Chumbawamba 'Thump' Their Way Onto American Radio |publisher= MTV News |date= 11 September 1997 |access-date= 3 May 2022 |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1187/chumbawamba-thump-their-way-onto-american-radio/ |archive-date= 18 February 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220218052355/http://www.mtv.com/news/1187/chumbawamba-thump-their-way-onto-american-radio/ |url-status= dead }} The intro to the song includes an excerpt from the British film Brassed Off.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Alyssa |title=A Requiem for Chumbawamba |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/a-requiem-for-chumbawamba-ee7eb9ea0f23/ |access-date=25 May 2023 |publisher=ThinkProgress.org}}

In 2024, after the song was used by New Zealand politicians deemed to be anti-liberal, Whalley said, “Let me be clear: the song "Tubthumping" was written to celebrate the resilience and tenacity of working-class folk who keep fighting when the chips are down. It has nothing whatsoever in common with wealthy politicians with extremist anti-liberal agendas. ...The right doesn't have any good songs. That's why they keep trying to nick ours."{{cite news| last=Whalley | first=Boff | title=Chumbawamba wrote Tubthumping as a working-class anthem. We won't have it stolen by the right |newspaper=The Guardian | date=23 March 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|accessdate=25 March 2024}}

In her trumpet solo, Jude Abbott interpolates the notable "Trumpet Voluntary", written by Jeremiah Clarke in about 1700.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rebelmusicteacher.com/blog/2016/9/26/classical-sample-in-chumbawambas-tubthumping|title=Classical Sample in Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping"|date=26 September 2016|website=Rebel Music Teacher}}

The music video was directed by Ben Unwin. The video opens in a pub. The camera zooms past the clients, who appear to be frozen, and zooms in onto the small television on which the band are performing, on a small stage in front of a red curtain. The video continues with the band appearing in the pub, intercut with shots of female clients applying make-up and chatting in the ladies' lavatory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/uk/fullcredits.php?movie_id=474933|title=FilmAffinity|website=FilmAffinity}}

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Some records just demand attention: 'Tubthumping' is one of the rare few. You can spend three times the track's running time plucking out the seemingly disparate sounds and assorted genre references—starting with the forceful alterna-rock guitar scratches, the hip-hop-derived beats, and the swing-style horns. Holding it all together are the kind of rousing, gang-like chants that you hear at football games. Sounds odd, eh? Well, you won't soon forget this jam after first listen. And you'll likely be hearing it on pop and modern rock stations for months to come. If this gem is indicative of the tone of the act's forthcoming album, it should be quite a head trip."{{cite magazine |first= Larry |last= Flick |author-link= Larry Flick |title= Reviews & Previews: Singles > New & Noteworthy |magazine= Billboard |volume= 109 |issue= 38 |page= 68 |date= 20 September 1997 |access-date= 4 December 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-09-20.pdf |archive-date= 4 June 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200604141737/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-09-20.pdf |url-status= live }} A reviewer from Daily Record described it as an "irritating catchy drinking anthem from the anarchist band".{{cite news|title= Chart Slot |newspaper= Daily Record |date= 17 October 1997}} It was also named a "raucous anthem".{{cite news|title= Chart Slot |newspaper= Daily Record |date= 5 September 1997}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media said, "After a decade and a half spent as indie heroes this collective is likely to break into the mainstream in a big way".{{cite magazine |title= Airborne |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 14 |issue= 33 |page= 23 |date= 16 August 1997 |access-date= 8 December 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-08-16.pdf |archive-date= 8 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210308060441/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-08-16.pdf |url-status= live }} Music Week gave the song four out of five, noting that it "combines their unique sound with a very infectious chant that could have come from the terraces. Radio One's Simon Mayo has been heavily championing the song which should prove to be their biggest hit to date."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-08-02.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=2 August 1997|page=21|accessdate=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816221321/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-08-02.pdf|url-status=live}} Ian Hyland of the Sunday Mirror rated it eight out of ten, writing, "Sing a terrace chant, mention lager and the rugby boys will be making boozed-up human pyramids on the dance floor in seconds. And you'll have a monster hit – good work, chum."{{cite news|first= Ian |last= Hyland |title= Dreamy Dannii Is Putting on a Great Front |newspaper= Sunday Mirror |date= 10 August 1997}} Troy J. Augusto from Variety named it a "drinking-and-dancing anthem" and "the quirk hit of the season".{{cite magazine |first= Troy J. |last= Augusto |title= Chumbawamba |magazine= Variety |date= 5 November 1997 |access-date= 2 March 2022 |url= https://variety.com/1997/music/reviews/chumbawamba-1117339978/ |archive-date= 2 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220302215138/https://variety.com/1997/music/reviews/chumbawamba-1117339978/ |url-status= live }}

In The Village Voice{{'}}s Pazz & Jop poll for 1997, "Tubthumping" was voted the second-best single of the year.{{cite news |title= The 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper= The Village Voice |date= 24 February 1998 |access-date= 1 November 2020 |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres97.php |archive-date= 6 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210806134242/https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres97.php |url-status= live }} Australian radio station Triple J ranked it No. 3 in its Triple J Hottest 100 for the same year.{{cite web |title= Hottest 100 1997 |date= 26 December 2008 |publisher= Triple J |access-date= 1 November 2020 |url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1997.htm |archive-date= 10 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200810231653/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1997.htm |url-status= live }} Author Bruce Pollock included it in his 2005 book "The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000".{{cite book |first= Bruce |last= Pollock |year= 2005 |title= The Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs of the Rock and Roll Era |edition= 2nd |publisher= Routledge |page= 380 |isbn= 0-415-97073-3 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GxYiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA380 |access-date= 7 November 2020 |archive-date= 19 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211019215820/https://books.google.com/books?id=GxYiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA380 |url-status= live }} "Tubthumping" also placed at No. 12 in Rolling Stone{{'}}s 2007 list of the "20 Most Annoying Songs"{{cite magazine|title= The 20 Most Annoying Songs |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= 2 July 2007 |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/02/the-20-most-annoying-songs/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070705212917/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/02/the-20-most-annoying-songs/ |archive-date= 5 July 2007}} and at No. 8 in the magazine's 2011 list of the "Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time".{{cite magazine |first= Andy |last= Greene |title= Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= 4 May 2011 |access-date= 31 October 2020 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-10-one-hit-wonders-of-all-time-14391/ |archive-date= 26 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181226232900/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-10-one-hit-wonders-of-all-time-14391/ |url-status= live }} In 2017, Billboard ranked it No. 38 in their list of "The 100 Greatest Pop Songs of 1997".{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/greatest-pop-songs-1997-7849063/|title=The 100 Greatest Pop Songs of 1997: Critic's Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=29 June 2017|access-date=7 November 2024}}

Upon its release, the song became an international hit.{{cite magazine |first= Jim |last= Bessman |title= Chumbawamba Aims New Social Barbs on Republic/Universal Hit |magazine= Billboard |date= 18 March 2000 |volume= 112 |issue= 12 |page= 14 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 |access-date= 1 February 2018 |archive-date= 11 April 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230411221753/https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 |url-status= live }} On the UK Singles Chart, it debuted at number two on the chart dated 23 August 1997; it spent three consecutive weeks at number two, held off the top spot by Will Smith's "Men in Black."{{cite web |title= Official Singles Chart Top 100: 17 August 1997 – 23 August 1997 |publisher= Official Charts Company |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970817/7501/ |archive-date= 21 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180121074345/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970817/7501/ |url-status= live }}{{cite web |title= Official Singles Chart Top 100: 24 August 1997 – 30 August 1997 |publisher= Official Charts Company |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970823/7501/ |archive-date= 16 April 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230416210638/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970817/7501/ |url-status= live }}{{cite web |title= Official Singles Chart Top 100: 31 August 1997 – 6 September 1997 |publisher= Official Charts Company |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970831/7501/ |archive-date= 20 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180220161230/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970831/7501/ |url-status= live }} The song spent 11 consecutive weeks in the top 10, and 20 consecutive weeks on the top 100.{{cite web |title= Chumbawamba |publisher= Official Charts Company |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29561/chumbawamba/ |archive-date= 27 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171227142858/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29561/chumbawamba/ |url-status= live }} On the chart dated 24 January 1998, three weeks after its last week on the chart, the song reentered the singles chart at number 88; the next week, it fell to number 96 before exiting the chart.

In the US, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 13 September 1997, at number 79.{{cite magazine |title= Billboard Hot 100 |date= 13 September 1997 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-13 |archive-date= 19 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180219191030/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-13 |url-status= live }} The next week, it rose to number 63, attaining the week's biggest gain in airplay.{{cite magazine |title= Billboard Hot 100 |date= 20 September 1997 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-20 |archive-date= 19 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180219191034/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-09-20 |url-status= live }} Two weeks later, on the chart dated 4 October 1997, the song was again the biggest airplay gainer of the week, entering the top 40 in its rise from 47 to 35.{{cite magazine |title= Billboard Hot 100 |date= 4 October 1997 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-10-04 |archive-date= 29 June 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180629124803/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-10-04 |url-status= live }} In its 12th week on the chart, 29 November 1997, the song reached its peak of number six, where it spent two weeks.{{cite magazine |title= Billboard Hot 100 |date= 6 December 1997 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-12-06 |archive-date= 19 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180219191057/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-12-06 |url-status= live }} In total, it spent 31 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|title= "Tubthumping" Chart History: The Hot 100 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 1 February 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/chumbawamba/chart-history/hot-100/song/52738 |archive-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180517070906/https://www.billboard.com/music/chumbawamba/chart-history/hot-100/song/52738}}

The single was also present on many year-end singles charts for 1997. In the UK, it ranked as the year's seventh most-popular single, while it placed at number three on Australia's top 100 songs of the year. The single also placed in the top 20 of the year-end chart in Sweden and in the top 100 of 1997 in Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States. In the US, it placed at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100's year-end ranking for 1998.

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• UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= UK CD single liner notes |publisher= EMI United Kingdom |id= CDEM 486}}

1. "Tubthumping" – 3:33
2. "Tubthumping" (Butthumping mix, remixed by ISM) – 5:24
3. "Tubthumping" (Danny Boy mix) – 5:37
4. "Tubthumping" (MAWR mix/Pablo & Lawrie) – 5:10
5. "Tubthumping" (Timeshard mix) – 4:57
6. "Tubthumping" (Gunshot mix) – 5:17

• UK 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= UK 7-inch single vinyl disc |publisher= EMI United Kingdom |id= EM 486}}

:A1. "Tubthumping" – 3:33

:B1. "Farewell to the Crown" (featuring the Oysterband) – 2:58

:B2. "Football Song" ("Shit Ground, No Fans...") – 2:26

• UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= UK cassette single cassette notes |publisher= EMI United Kingdom |id= TCEM 486}}

1. "Tubthumping" – 3:33
2. "Tubthumping" (Butthumping mix) – 5:24
3. "Tubthumping" (Danny Boy mix) – 5:37

• European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= European CD single liner notes |publisher= EMI Records |id= 7243 8 84360 2 1}}

1. "Tubthumping" – 3:37
2. "Farewell to the Crown" (featuring the Oysterband) – 2:55

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• US and Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= US CD single liner notes |publisher= Republic Records, Universal Records |id= UDS-56146}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= Australian CD single liner notes |publisher= EMI Records |id= 7243 8 84263 2 9}}

1. "Tubthumping" (original mix) – 3:33
2. "Farewell to the Crown" (featuring the Oysterband) – 2:58
3. "Football Song" ("Shit Ground, No Fans...") – 2:26
4. "Tubthumping" (Butthumping mix, remixed by ISM) – 5:24
5. "Tubthumping" (Danny Boy mix, remixed by the Dr Quantize Clinic) – 5:37

• US 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= US 7-inch single vinyl disc |publisher= Republic Records, Universal Records |id= US7-56191}}

:A. "Tubthumping"

:B. "Amnesia"

• US 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title= Tubthumping |others= Chumbawamba |year= 1997 |type= US 12-inch single vinyl disc |publisher= Republic Records, Universal Records |id= U12 56157}}

:A1. "Tubthumping" (MAWR mix/Pablo & Lawrie) – 5:10

:A2. "Tubthumping" (original mix) – 3:33

:B1. "Tubthumping" (Timeshard mix) – 4:57

:B2. "Tubthumping" (Gunshot mix) – 5:17

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"Tubthumping (remix)" was released in 2003 as a promotional CD by Chumbawamba on Koch Records. The remixed version of the song was done by The Flaming Lips and Dave Fridmann.{{cite news |title= 'Tubthumping' gets Flaming Lips re-mix |publisher= United Press International |date= 14 October 2003 |access-date= 3 May 2022 |url= https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2003/10/14/Tubthumping-gets-Flaming-Lips-re-mix/41541066145535/ |archive-date= 27 December 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211227020933/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2003/10/14/Tubthumping-gets-Flaming-Lips-re-mix/41541066145535/ |url-status= live }}

The single was released promotionally by Mutt Records, with their previous single, "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)", as a B-side.{{cite web |title= Chumbawamba stuff on Mutt Records |website= Chumba.com |url= http://www.chumba.com/backcat4.html |access-date= 3 May 2022 |archive-date= 19 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211019195931/http://www.chumba.com/backcat4.html |url-status= live }} It was also included on the bonus DVD accompanying Readymades and Then Some, the rerelease of their 2002 album Readymades.{{cite web |title= Dave Fridmann Discography |website= Dave Fridmann |access-date= 3 May 2022 |url= http://www.davefridmann.com/Discography.html |archive-date= 19 April 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220419011616/http://www.davefridmann.com/Discography.html |url-status= live }} Stereogum also made the song available as a free MP3 download in June 2004.{{cite web |title= Bonnaroo or Bust |website= Stereogum |date= 10 June 2004 |access-date= 3 May 2022 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/620/bonnaroo_or_bust/news/ |archive-date= 4 August 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220804162215/https://www.stereogum.com/620/bonnaroo_or_bust/news/ |url-status= live }}{{Closed access}}

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A neon sculpture on the Leeds Playhouse features the lyric "I get knocked down but I get up again".{{cite news |first= Immy |last= Share |title= Lockdown 'knocked down' Leeds Playhouse but it 'got back up again' for Leeds communities |newspaper= Yorkshire Evening Post |date= 11 April 2021 |access-date= 21 July 2021 |url= https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/lockdown-knocked-down-leeds-playhouse-but-it-got-back-up-again-for-leeds-communities-3188625 |archive-date= 9 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182851/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/lockdown-knocked-down-leeds-playhouse-but-it-got-back-up-again-for-leeds-communities-3188625 |url-status= live }} During the COVID-19 pandemic in Leeds, the song was given a remix by local young musicians and sportspeople.{{cite news |first= Andrew |last= Hutchinson |title= Remix of Chumbawamba's iconic Leeds-made anthem gives city lockdown lift |newspaper= Yorkshire Evening Post |date= 21 May 2020 |access-date= 21 July 2021 |url= https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/remix-chumbawambas-iconic-leeds-made-anthem-gives-city-lockdown-lift-2860255 |archive-date= 11 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210711013122/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/remix-chumbawambas-iconic-leeds-made-anthem-gives-city-lockdown-lift-2860255 |url-status= live }}

Alternative rock band They Might Be Giants covered "Tubthumping" for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series, and included on the compilation album Album Raises New and Troubling Questions.{{cite web|first= Josh |last= Modell |title= They Might Be Giants covers Chumbawamba |website= The A.V. Club |date= 5 July 2011 |url= http://www.avclub.com/video/they-might-be-giants-covers-chumbawamba-53068 |archive-date= 22 November 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131122035907/http://www.avclub.com/video/they-might-be-giants-covers-chumbawamba-53068}}

In 2024, New Zealand deputy prime minister Winston Peters used the song at a political rally. Chumbawamba accused Peters of hijacking the song and asked their record label to issue a cease and desist letter. Peters responded on X, "there's nothing to 'cease or desist'. [...] The song worked like a charm for our first public meeting after the election. The over 700 people in the crowd thought so too."{{cite web | last=Atkinson | first=Simon | title=Chumbawamba: NZ's Winston Peters 'does not care' about Tubthumping row | website=BBC Home | date=20 March 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68603815 | access-date=20 March 2024}}

The song was also used briefly in the 1998 comedy film Dirty Work starring Norm Macdonald and directed by Bob Saget.

The song was played at the beginning of the Chuck second-season 2008 episode Chuck Versus the Cougars. (Ironically, the logo for this song looks very similar to the logo for the Buy More, the store where Chuck works.)

The song was featured in the 2024 film Y2K.

The song was added to the 2023 videogame Fortnite Festival.{{Cite web |title=Fortnite Festival songs: Full set list and line-up explained |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/technology/gaming/fortnite-festival-songs/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |publisher=Radio Times}}

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