"Hey Sexy Lady" is a song recorded by Jamaican-American

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artist

Shaggy Shaggy may refer to: People *Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer * Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse * Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspor ...

. It was released in November 2002 as the first single from his album '' Lucky Day''. The song features

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and the song uses the Sexy Lady Explosion

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with additional beats. As of August 2014, it was the 110th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 287,000 units sold.

Versions of the song and track listing

Originally, the album has two versions of the song. The Album Version and the "Org. Sting Intl. Mix" version featuring dancehall artist Sean Paul. A collection of song versions is also found together on a separate EP. One can be found on the Yahoo!'s

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with the instrumentals. *Original Version (feat. Brian and Tony Gold) *Org. Sting Intl Mix (feat. Brian and Tony Gold and Sean Paul) *Dancehall Version (feat. Brian and Tony Gold and Sean Paul) **Uses the original Sexy Lady Explosion

*Put It On Me Just Blaze Remix (feat. Brian and Tony Gold) **Remix by

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*Riddim Driven Remix (feat. Brian and Tony Gold, Sean Paul, and

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) **Two versions of the remix exists: *a new verse by Shaggy with an alternative beat *the original verse by Shaggy with a

beatbox Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (typically a TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.

before Will Smith's verse *Spanish Fly Radio (feat. Brian and Tony Gold) **Used as the single mix in some territories. A re-edited video also exists for this version

In popular culture

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, which used an instrumental version of the song featuring athletes and celebrities such as:

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, and

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. The song was featured in the 2003 film ''

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'', after the mirage scene, and in the 2006 film ''

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''. This song resurfaced into popularity again after a fan of Chilean-born American actor Pedro Pascal created a short fan video of Pascal's character, Agent Whiskey from the film Kingsman: The Golden Circle that went viral on video sharing service

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using this song, and thus, this song is now associated with the actor.

Charts

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References

{{Shaggy singles Shaggy (musician) songs 2002 singles Reggae songs MCA Records singles 2002 songs Songs written by Shaggy (musician)