Jimmy Recard

"Jimmy Recard"
Single by Drapht
from the album Brothers Grimm
ReleasedJanuary 2009[1]
Recorded2008
Length3:33
LabelObese
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trials
Drapht singles chronology
"Jimmy Recard"
(2009) 		"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][9] and #10 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2008.[10][11] The single also broke into the top 100 in the ARIA Charts reaching #92.[12]

Music video

The music video was produced by Moving Still Productions.[citation needed]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 92

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] 2× Platinum 140,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "New Australasian Releases". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Drapht - Jimmy Recard". Planet Urban. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Recard by Drapht". J Play. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Triple R FM playlist". Triple R FM. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  5. ^ "KissFM playlist". KissFm. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  6. ^ "PBS playlist". PBS. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Drapht on finding Jimmy Recard". Triple J. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  8. ^ "MSP - Moving Still Productions | Jimmy Recard – Music Video for Drapht". Moving Still. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Charts - Australian Music Office". Australian Music Office. 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "history | triple j hottest 100 - 2008 | triple j". www.abc.net.au. 26 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Oz Chartifacts 09 Feb 09". Australian-charts.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  13. ^ "The ARIA Report: Issue 989" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 16 May 2022.


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