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's album ''

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''. It reached #59 on UK Charts in 1993. The album version of "Timebomb" combined elements of both the main single version and the "Techno Timebomb" remix, which was included as a

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on this single. The chorus of the song is derived from

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song "

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" . The single also includes a cover of

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's 1975 song "The World Turned Upside Down", which was originally made popular by fellow English singer/songwriter

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. The song is about the 17th-century Digger movement's struggles against their landowners, and shares a lot of lyrical themes with the 1649

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", which was also recorded by Chumbawamba on their '' English Rebel Songs 1381-1914'' album, which also features another song called "

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Commercial performance

The song was commercially successful in the UK, giving the group their second entry on the UK Singles chart. The single spent one week on the chart, peaking at number 59.

Track listing

#Timebomb (4:09) #Techno Timebomb (4:22) #The World Turned Upside Down (2:15) (written by Leon Rosselson)

References

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