Jimmy Recard

"Jimmy Recard"
Single by Drapht
from the album Brothers Grimm
Released January 2009[1]
Format CD single
Recorded 2008
Genre Hip Hop
Rap
Length 3:33
Label Obese
Writer(s) Drapht
Producer(s) Drapht
Drapht singles chronology
"Jimmy Recard"
(2008)		 "Falling"
(2008)

"Jimmy Recard" is the first single released by Australian Hip Hop artist, Drapht,[2] taken from his third album, Brothers Grimm. "Jimmy Recard" received airplay on radio stations across Australia.[3][4][5][6] In an interview with Triple J, Drapht explained how he came up with the name.

I was thinking of successful names so I jumped on the net and actually googled successful names and came up with James and Recard. So I changed James to Jimmy and used Recard as the last name. I think a name does a lot for a character and where you go in life. And it was a positive track on the record because a lot of my stuff kind of feeds from negative ideas.[7]

The single reached #1 on the AIR Charts[8] and #10 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2008.[9] The single also broke into the top 100[10] in the ARIA Charts reaching #92.[11]

Music video

The video impresses on the lyrics, with cutout style animation.

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 92

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[13] Gold 35,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Track listing

  1. "Jimmy Recard" - 3:34

References

  1. ↑ "New Australasian Releases". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Drapht - Jimmy Recard". Planet Urban. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Jimmy Recard by Drapht". J Play. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Triple R FM playlist". Triple R FM. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  5. ↑ "KissFM playlist". KissFm. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  6. ↑ "PBS playlist". PBS. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Drapht on finding Jimmy Recard". Triple J. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  8. ↑ "The Air Independent Charts". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Kings of Leon top Triple J Hottest 100 poll with Sex on Fire". news.com.au. Australian Associated Press. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Launching Pad artists previously featured". SBA Music. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Oz Chartifacts 09 Feb 09". Australian-charts.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Issue 989" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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