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Cover of When I Was Born for the 7th Time by Cornershop
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“Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop

From the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)

“Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop appears on 46 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1997 on the album When I Was Born for the 7th Time. Its best result is #1 on the John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #76 alternative song of 1997, #1,170 alternative song of all time and #345 of the '90s.

46countdowns
18stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1997–2026years charted

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Cornershop - Brimful of Asha - Official Music Video (Original) (Tjinder Singh)

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Tjinder Singh wrote and produced "Brimful of Asha" for When I Was Born for the 7th Time, Cornershop's third album, in 1997, and it's a sunny, loping salute to the Indian singer Asha Bhosle. The groove shuffles along like a battered transistor radio that nobody has the heart to switch off, and guests Robert Buller, Liz Johnson and Grace Winder add strings to the sway.

The first Wiiija single barely scraped the UK chart. Then Norman Cook, Fatboy Slim himself, remixed it, radio and critics fell hard, and the reissue climbed all the way to number one in Britain. The BBC later called it the moment indie rock and Bollywood film finally met on the British charts, and it ended up among the best-selling records of the whole Britpop boom.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 59 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 78 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 73 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 91 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 1 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997 31
1997 100 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 42 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100
1998 62 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 76 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 45 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 79 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 79 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 343 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 1024 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1891 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 487 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1890 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 483 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1858 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 401 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 416 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1844 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 393 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1651 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1651 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 417 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1648 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 903 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 454 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 283 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 275 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 283 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 90 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 286 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 298 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 301 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 292 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 203 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2020 395 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 98 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 1215 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 218 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2024 596 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 364 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 378 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 1055 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

Also listed as: Brimful Of Asha.

Charting alongside it in 1997

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  2. 2Walkin' On The SunSmash Mouth
  3. 3TubthumpingChumbawamba
  4. 4FlySugar Ray
  5. 5The Impression That I GetThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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