| The Boy Bands Have Won | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Chumbawamba |
| Cover: | TheBoyBandsHaveWon.jpg |
| Released: | 3 March 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2007 |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Length: | 49:32 |
| Label: | No Masters, Westpark |
| Prev Title: | Get on with It |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | ABCDEFG |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
The Boy Bands Have Won is the thirteenth studio album by British music group Chumbawamba, released in 2008.[1] Its full title contains 156 words (865 characters), and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest album title, beating Soulwax's Most of the Remixes 552-character-long title .[2]
The album continues the band's move into politically and socially aware folk music. Themes addressed on this album include suicide bombers, Philip Larkin, social networking websites, surviving a firing squad, evolution, and the pains of the workplace.
The album was recorded by the five-piece line-up of Jude Abbott, Lou Watts, Boff Whalley, Neil Ferguson, and Phil "Ron" Moody and features guest appearances by several other artists.
The album's full title (decapitalized) reads:
All tracks written, arranged, and produced by Chumbawamba except where noted.
| Song | Sample from | |
|---|---|---|
| "When an Old Man Dies" | "Rubens Has Been Shot!" from Slap! | |
| "All Fur Coat & No Knickers" | "Social Dogma" from WYSIWYG | |
| "Fine Line" | "Rappoport's Testament: I Never Gave Up" from Slap! | |
| "Lord Bateman's Motorbike" | "Happiness is Just a Chant Away" from Shhh | |
| "You Watched Me Dance" | "I'm Coming Out" and "Dumbing Down (Piano Version)" from WYSIWYG | |
| "Charlie" | "Chase PC's Flee Attack By Own Dog" from Slap! | |
| "The Ogre" | "Digger's Song" from English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 | |
| "Refugee" | "Fade Away (I Don't Want to)" from A Singsong and a Scrap |
Additional musicians