"Jimmy Shoe" is a song by British rapper
Fugative
Harry James Byart (born 11 March 1994), better known by his former stage name Fugative, is an English rapper. He worked with Kirk Burrowes in April 2009 in Atlanta the former manager of Mary J. Blige and co-founder of Bad Boy Records after Bu ...
, released as a single in 2009.
Background
The song was written in 2009, the same year it was recorded and released. The concept of the song is just
tongue-in-cheek
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History
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, ridiculing the way women have an
obsession with
shoe
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s. The title is a
play on words
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, combining the word 'Shoes' with the name of the top designer brand name,
.
Release
The single was released on 6 April 2009. It was fairly popular with
teenager
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s and had mainly
positive
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Mathematics and science
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* Positive number, a number that is greater than 0
* Plus sign, the sign "+" used to indicate a posit ...
reviews. Despite this, it only managed to reach No. 179 on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Music video
The music video begins with Fugative in front of a car. It shows various shots of him, girls and him with girls. It has a total of one and a half million views on YouTube.
References
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2009 songs
2009 singles
Fugative songs