Shhh - Track Listing

Track Listing

All songs written and produced by Chumbawamba, except where noted.

# Song Name Length Notes
1 "Shhh" 4:59
2 "Big Mouth Strikes Again" 5:36 Features rap by MC Fusion; Not a cover of The Smiths' song, but about controversial comedian Lenny Bruce.
3 "Nothing That's New" 3:06
4 "Behave!" 3:03 Different version of "Behave" released as single.
5 "Snip Snip Snip" 2:55 Contains brief sample of piano from ABBA's song "Money Money Money" during the first break
6 "Look! No Strings!" 5:34
7 "Happiness Is Just a Chant Away" 6:37 The final chant is parody of Hare Krishna mantras, instead chanting name of cop killer Harry Roberts. "Harry Roberts is our friend" is a popular non-sectarian anti police chant at British football matches and is also occasionally heard at political demonstrations; Contains references to several Beatles' songs, including backwards a guitar solo like in "Rain", lyrics from "I've Got a Feeling" and a trumpet part mimicking the horn solo from "For No One"
8 "Pop Star Kidnap" 1:26
9 "Sometimes Plunder" 5:04 Features rap by MC Fusion; The title is a reference to the line "sometimes wonder" from Slap! song "Ulrike," changing it to be an attack on the music industry's attack on sampling, pointing out that bands like the Beatles and Rolling Stones stole from African American music, yet they made "a living sometimes plundering"
10 "You Can't Trust Anyone Nowadays" 4:58
11 "Stitch That" 2:10 Uncredited cover of the Mike Waterson/Martin Carthy song "A Stitch in Time"; Contains samples from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," with a drum beat similar to that song's reprise, and the final piano chord from "A Day in the Life". Alternate live arrangement appears on Showbusiness!. Folk version appears Get On With It! Live album.

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