Are You Jimmy Ray?

"Are You Jimmy Ray?"
Single by Jimmy Ray
from the album Jimmy Ray
Released February 3, 1998 (1998-02-03)
Format CD
Recorded 1997
Genre Neo-pop, pop rock
Length 3:29 (single)
Label Epic / Sony Music
Producer(s) Con Fitzpatrick
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Jimmy Ray singles chronology
- "Are You Jimmy Ray?"
(1998)		 "Goin' to Vegas"
(1998)

"Are You Jimmy Ray?" is a single co-written and performed by British pop singer Jimmy Ray from his 1998 self-titled debut album. The single entered the Billboard Pop Songs chart on March 7, 1998 and eventually peaked at #10. The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] "Are You Jimmy Ray?" has been Jimmy Ray's most popular single to date.

Music video

A music video for "Are You Jimmy Ray?" went into heavy rotation on music television. The video juxtaposed Ray's rockabilly image with a trailer park setting as stereotypical "rap video" women in sports jerseys and football shorts danced provocatively behind him.

Track listing

  1. "Are You Jimmy Ray? [Radio Edit]" – 3:29 (Sax - Gary Barnacle)
  2. "Are You Jimmy Ray? [Jimcon Extended Mix]" – 6:10
  3. "Are You Jimmy Ray? [Xenomania Club Mix]" – 6:45

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
U.K. Singles Chart 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 65

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000[4]

References

  1. ↑ Billboard.com Jimmy Ray Music News & Info
  2. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  3. ↑ "American single certifications – Ray, Jimmy – Are You Jimmy Ray?". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  4. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard (BPI Communications Inc.) 111 (5): 75. January 30, 1999. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

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