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Chumbawamba - Tubthumping ('They're Never Gonna Keep Me Down')
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Chumbawamba's protest-pop anthem 'Tubthumping' has a defiant line that often gets misattributed in terms of who is doing the keeping down.
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What People Remember
Many remember the lyric as 'I get knocked down, but I get up again, *they're* never gonna keep me down,' using the plural pronoun 'they're.'
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What's Actually True
The actual lyric is 'I get knocked down, but I get up again, *you are* never gonna keep me down,' directly addressing the listener or an implied singular oppressor.
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#chumbawamba#tubthumping#lyrics#90s pop#misremembering
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