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There Are Five Known Artists Under This Name 1. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam Also Known As M.I.A. Born 18 July 1975 In Hounslow London U.K. Is A British Artist Of Sri Lankan Descent. As A Baby She Moved With Her Family To Their Native Sri Lanka Where Her Father Became Increasingly Politically Active In Militant Activities. As The Civil War Escalated The Rest Of The Family Was Forced To Flee As Refugees First To India And Then The UK. “M.I.A.” “Missing In Action” References Both Her London Neighborhood Acton And Her Politically Tumultuous Youth. Her Style Contains Elements Of Hip-Hop Reggae Alternative Dance Hall Electro And Baile Funk And Is Strongly Inspired By Her Sri Lankan Background. 2. American Punk/Hardcore Band Formed In Orange County CA In 1981 By Chris Moon Drums Mike Conley Bass Nick Adams Guitar All Previously Of Las Vegas NV Punk Band The Swell And Art Carasco Vocals. Their Sound Was Generally Hardcore And Thrasher Though They Produced More Melodic And Progressive Sounds In Their Later Albums. Allmusic Called The Band "one Of The 50 Best So-Cal Punk Bands Of The Great Early-'80s Second Wave Explosion. In 1984 They Signed A Deal With The Cult Alternative Tentacles Label After The Label's Founder Dead Kennedys Frontman Jello Biafra Saw Them Play At A Secret Illegal Punk Nightclub In Las Vegas. Biafra Was Impressed By Mike Conley's Distinctive Voice Saying "The Minute You Hear A Song With Him Singing You Know It's Him." They Released The Album Murder In A Foreign Place On Alternative Tentacles In 1984 Followed In 1985 By Notes From The Underground On National Trust Records And In 1987 By After The Fact On Flipside Records. The Band Split Up In 1988. In 2001 Alternative Tentacles Released Lost Boys A 37-Song Retrospective Of The Band's Work Including Last Rites Murder In A Foreign Place And Several Additional Tracks. On February 28 2008 Vocalist Mike Conley Was Found Dead In A Chicago Hotel Parking Lot. Conley Was Taken To Gottlieb Memorial Hospital In Melrose Park Where He Was Pronounced Dead At 6 25 A.M. On April 27 2008 There Was A Secret Warm-Up Show At Detroit Bar Featuring Todd Sampson Of Self Abuse And Samson's Army On Vocals Jello Biafra Of Dead Kennedys On Guest Vocals Chris Moon And Larry Pearson On Drums Nick Adams On Guitar And Bob Thomson On Bass. The Next Day The "Beautiful Noise" Benefit Show Took Place At The Anaheim House Of Blues With Jigsaw Naked Soul Cadillac Tramps Social Distortion And MIA With The Same Lineup As The Previous Night But Adding Kevin Seconds Of 7 Seconds On Guest Vocals. The Proceeds Of "Beautiful Noise" Went To Mike Conley's Family. 3 Formed In The Mid 70s Independent Musicians Associated MIA Was A Group Of Musicians Technicians And Drawers Gathered Together By Lito And Liliana Vitale’s Parents. They Produced Their Own Records And Concerts In An Independent Way. Their Music Is A Complex Symphonic Rock With Definite Argentinean/latin Folk Influence With Multiple Chorals And Vocals Beautifully Contrasting With The Keyboards And A Great Guitar Sound Upon A Strong Rhythmic Section. They Were Highly Influenced By Symphonic Music More Noteworthy By Emerson Lake & Palmer Gentle Giant And Focus. 4. Merriweathers Is A Member Of Underground Resistance Under The Alias Of The Unknown Soldier. 5. Mia's Page Michaela Grobelny .
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M.I.A. - Kala
"Jimmy" Is The Second Single From Experimental Electronica Rap Artist M.I.A.'s Second Album "Kala" And Her First Single From The Album In Japan. The Song Was Written And Produced By Maya Arulpragasam And Switch And Released In Late July 2007. "Jimmy" Is A Cover Of The Song "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" Sung By Parvati Khan In Hindi From The 1982 Bollywood Movie Disco Dancer Written By Bappi Lahiri. "Jimmy" Features Different Orchestration And Beats From The Previous Version And Original English Lyrics Written By Arulpragasam. M.I.A. Performed The Track On BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend In 2007. The Single Was Released In The UK On October 1 In CD Single 7" And 12" Formats. In February 2008 The Single Began To Gain Traction On The US Dance Charts Peaking At #28 After Five Weeks On The Chart. M.I.A. Explained That "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" Was A Track She Used To Dance To When She Was A Child. "My Mum Used To Hire Me Out When I Was A Kid As A Party Buffer. It Was My Track That I Used To Do My Routine To. I Had A Little Tape Recorder And A Cloak And A Cardboard Cut Out Guitar And That Was My Joint." Describing The Recording And Writing Processes She Revealed That She Had Already Recorded The Strings And Other Parts Of The Song In India But Initially Didn't Attempt To Do "Jimmy" When She Was With Co-Producer Switch Explaining "I Had To Be Drunk Enough To Be That Disco. It All Came Together That Week." Arulpragasam Wrote The Song About An Invitation She Received From The Journalist Ben Anderson While Working In Liberia To Meet Him Whilst Covering A Genocide Tour. The 70's Disco-Pop Style Of The Song Stands In Marked Contrast With Other Songs On Kala. "Jimmy" Has Been Covered By The Indie Pop Band Of Montreal. The Music Video For "Jimmy" Was Directed By Childhood Friend Nezar Khammal. It Premiered In Japan In July And Was Premiered Elsewhere Around The World In August The Month Of Her Second Album Release Kala. The Music Video Features M.I.A. Dancing With A Golden Crown On Her Head With Eleven Dancers Dressed In Yellow In An Indian Fashion All Dancing A Variation Of The Thousand Hand Bodhisattva. Occasionally The Video Cuts To Show M.I.A. Dancing By Herself And Two Other Girls In A Different Style Of Clothing Against A White Backdrop. The Video Has Received Some Airplay On MuchMusic In Canada. A Slightly Different Version Of The Music Video Using The Dan Carey Radio Mix Of The Song Was Used To Promote "Jimmy" In The UK And In Italy.
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There Are Five Known Artists Under This Name 1. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam Also Known As M.I.A. Born 18 July 1975 In Hounslow London U.K. Is A British Artist Of Sri Lankan Descent. As A Baby She Moved With Her Family To Their Native Sri Lanka Where Her Father Became Increasingly Politically Active In Militant Activities. As The Civil War Escalated The Rest Of The Family Was Forced To Flee As Refugees First To India And Then The UK. “M.I.A.” “Missing In Action” References Both Her London Neighborhood Acton And Her Politically Tumultuous Youth. Her Style Contains Elements Of Hip-Hop Reggae Alternative Dance Hall Electro And Baile Funk And Is Strongly Inspired By Her Sri Lankan Background. 2. American Punk/Hardcore Band Formed In Orange County CA In 1981 By Chris Moon Drums Mike Conley Bass Nick Adams Guitar All Previously Of Las Vegas NV Punk Band The Swell And Art Carasco Vocals. Their Sound Was Generally Hardcore And Thrasher Though They Produced More Melodic And Progressive Sounds In Their Later Albums. Allmusic Called The Band "one Of The 50 Best So-Cal Punk Bands Of The Great Early-'80s Second Wave Explosion. In 1984 They Signed A Deal With The Cult Alternative Tentacles Label After The Label's Founder Dead Kennedys Frontman Jello Biafra Saw Them Play At A Secret Illegal Punk Nightclub In Las Vegas. Biafra Was Impressed By Mike Conley's Distinctive Voice Saying "The Minute You Hear A Song With Him Singing You Know It's Him." They Released The Album Murder In A Foreign Place On Alternative Tentacles In 1984 Followed In 1985 By Notes From The Underground On National Trust Records And In 1987 By After The Fact On Flipside Records. The Band Split Up In 1988. In 2001 Alternative Tentacles Released Lost Boys A 37-Song Retrospective Of The Band's Work Including Last Rites Murder In A Foreign Place And Several Additional Tracks. On February 28 2008 Vocalist Mike Conley Was Found Dead In A Chicago Hotel Parking Lot. Conley Was Taken To Gottlieb Memorial Hospital In Melrose Park Where He Was Pronounced Dead At 6 25 A.M. On April 27 2008 There Was A Secret Warm-Up Show At Detroit Bar Featuring Todd Sampson Of Self Abuse And Samson's Army On Vocals Jello Biafra Of Dead Kennedys On Guest Vocals Chris Moon And Larry Pearson On Drums Nick Adams On Guitar And Bob Thomson On Bass. The Next Day The "Beautiful Noise" Benefit Show Took Place At The Anaheim House Of Blues With Jigsaw Naked Soul Cadillac Tramps Social Distortion And MIA With The Same Lineup As The Previous Night But Adding Kevin Seconds Of 7 Seconds On Guest Vocals. The Proceeds Of "Beautiful Noise" Went To Mike Conley's Family. 3 Formed In The Mid 70s Independent Musicians Associated MIA Was A Group Of Musicians Technicians And Drawers Gathered Together By Lito And Liliana Vitale’s Parents. They Produced Their Own Records And Concerts In An Independent Way. Their Music Is A Complex Symphonic Rock With Definite Argentinean/latin Folk Influence With Multiple Chorals And Vocals Beautifully Contrasting With The Keyboards And A Great Guitar Sound Upon A Strong Rhythmic Section. They Were Highly Influenced By Symphonic Music More Noteworthy By Emerson Lake & Palmer Gentle Giant And Focus. 4. Merriweathers Is A Member Of Underground Resistance Under The Alias Of The Unknown Soldier. 5. Mia's Page Michaela Grobelny . read less
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"Jimmy" is the second single from experimental electronica rap artist M.I.A.'s second album "Kala", and her first single from the album in Japan. The song was written and produced by Maya Arulpragasam and Switch and released in late July, 2007.
"Jimmy" is a cover of the song "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" sung by Parvati Khan in Hindi from the 1982 Bollywood movie Disco Dancer, written by Bappi Lahiri. "Jimmy" features different orchestration and beats from the previous version, and original English lyrics written by Arulpragasam. M.I.A. performed the track on BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2007.
The single was released in the UK on October 1 in CD single, 7" and 12" formats. In February 2008 the single began to gain traction on the US dance charts, peaking at #28 after five weeks on the chart.
M.I.A. explained that "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" was a track she used to dance to when she was a child. "My mum used to hire me out when I was a kid as a party buffer. It was my track that I used to do my routine to. I had a little tape recorder, and a cloak and a cardboard cut out guitar, and that was my joint." Describing the recording and writing processes, she revealed that she had already recorded the strings and other parts of the song in India, but initially didn't attempt to do "Jimmy" when she was with co-producer Switch, explaining "I had to be drunk enough to be that disco. It all came together that week." Arulpragasam wrote the song about an invitation she received from the journalist Ben Anderson while working in Liberia, to meet him whilst covering a genocide tour. The 70's disco-pop style of the song stands in marked contrast with other songs on Kala.
"Jimmy" has been covered by the indie pop band Of Montreal.
The music video for "Jimmy" was directed by childhood friend Nezar Khammal. It premiered in Japan in July, and was premiered elsewhere around the world in August, the month of her second album release Kala. The music video features M.I.A. dancing with a golden crown on her head, with eleven dancers dressed in yellow in an Indian fashion, all dancing a variation of the Thousand Hand Bodhisattva. Occasionally the video cuts to show M.I.A. dancing by herself and two other girls in a different style of clothing against a white backdrop.
The video has received some airplay on MuchMusic in Canada.
A slightly different version of the music video, using the Dan Carey Radio Mix of the song, was used to promote "Jimmy" in the UK and in Italy. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.