JEREMY Clarkson has allegedly been refuted in a £30,000 offer for a song in his new TV series – by one-hit wonders Chumbawamba.
The cult hero band’s lead guitarist Allan Mark ‘Boff’ Whalley revealed to fans on social media yesterday that the group were allegedly approached for permission for their song to be used.
However, the 62-year-old claims that the band turned down the plea, despite an apparent offer of £30,000 being put forward for the song to be used in the trailer.
Whalley, from Burnley, Lancashire, described the “satisfaction” of turning Clarkson down in a tweet posted yesterday.
He said: “So anyway today we turned down £30,000 for our song to be used for a trailer for Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV series. I can’t tell you how much satisfaction that gave us.”
Whalley’s tweet has attracted over 6,500 likes and more than 500 retweets, with many social media users flooding the comment section to praise the musician’s decision.
Yasmin A. Choudhury said: “We love you so much. Thank you.”
Adelle Stripe simply replied: “Nice one.”
Gary Cummins added: “Well done, brilliant way to start a day. Thank you.”
Emma Flowers commented: “That’s a life-changing sum for us songwriters, but I’d have done the same. Massive kudos to you.”
Chris Stanley said: “Excellent, good for you.”
Although not revealed, many have speculated that Clarkson’s team had wished to use the band’s famous single Tubthumping, which features lyrics “I get knocked down but I get up again”.
The song, released in 1997, was Chumbawamba’s most successful single, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and going on to top the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.
Jeremy Clarkson recently drew heavy controversy following his comments regarding Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, in a newspaper column last month.
Clarkson had said he “loathed [Meghan Markle] on a cellular level” and was “dreaming of the day where she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while crowds chant shame”.
Prince Harry has since hit out at Clarkson, 62, in his ITV interview with Tom Bradby, calling Clarkson’s comments “horrific and hurtful”.
The Duke of Sussex said in the same interview that the comments “encourage other people around the UK and around the world, men particularly, to go and think that it’s acceptable to treat women that way”.
