Song · Chumbawamba
“Timebomb” by Chumbawamba
From the album Anarchy (1994)
“Timebomb” by Chumbawamba appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1993. It was first released in 1994 on the album Anarchy. Its best result is #28 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #177 alternative song of 1993.
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"Timebomb" ticked its way to number 59 on the UK chart in 1993, and it went on to Chumbawamba's 1994 album Anarchy in a reworked form: the album take splices the main single version together with the "Techno Timebomb" remix that had backed it as a B-side. The band produced and engineered it with Neil Ferguson, and the writing credit goes to Chumbawamba as a whole.
The chorus is lifted from "For What It's Worth", the Stephen Stills song Buffalo Springfield recorded, and the single came with a history lesson attached: a cover of Leon Rosselson's 1975 song "The World Turned Upside Down", which Billy Bragg had made popular, about the 17th-century Diggers and their fight against the landowners.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 28 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993 | 50 |
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