Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) (Single Version)

"Brimful of Asha" is about India's filmi music industry in general, with a reference to filmi star Asha Bhosle in particular. The word "asha" also happens to mean "hope" in Hindi, something that certainly wasn't lost on Cornershop's Tjinder Singh when he wrote the tune - many of Asha Bhosle's movie songs were filled with messages of hope that the younger generation took to heart and dreamed of better lives. Music and dance scenes are pivotal to India's Bollywood cinema, making up the most important scenes of all major films in that nation. As a result, soundtracks are by far the most popular musical releases in India, representing 72% of total music sales as of 2009, according to the BBC. Of the filmi vocalists, Asha Bhonsle is one of the most beloved; she is believed to have sung on over 12,000 songs behind movie scenes in Bollywood. It is this Asha who is "on the 45," a "45" being a record single.

Mumbai-based Hindi language films are often produced in Bollywood, the film industry of India. "Bollywood" is a melding of the words Bombay (the English name for Mumbai) and Hollywood (the hub of the American cinematic industry).

The versatile Asha Bhosle's musical contribution to the film industry includes folk, pop, bhajans, traditional Indian classical, Rabindra Sangeet, and the languages she has recorded songs in include Hindi, Tamil, Russian, English, and Bengali.