"Jimmy Recard" is the first single released by Australian hip hop artist,

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, taken from his third album, ''

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''. "Jimmy Recard" received airplay on radio stations across Australia. In an interview with

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, 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.

The single reached #1 on the

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and #10 in

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for

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. The single also broke into the top 100 in the

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reaching #92.

Music video

The music video was produced by Moving Still Productions.

Charts

Certifications

References

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