Jimmy Recard

"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]

"Jimmy Recard"
Single by Drapht
from the album Brothers Grimm
Released	January 2009[1]
Recorded	2008
Length	3:33
Label	Obese
Songwriter(s)	Paul Ridge Daniel Rankine
Producer(s)	Trials
Drapht singles chronology
"Jimmy Recard" (2009) "Falling" (2008)

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.