"Chip Diddy Chip" is a song by
rapper Chipmunk. It was released as the lead single from his debut album ''
I Am Chipmunk'' on 2 March 2009.
Music video
The music video for the song shows Chipmunk at school with his friends, and one boy (
John Farnworth
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Biography
Farnworth was born in Longridge, and grew up in Pr ...
) is performing
keepie-uppie with a football. It also shows Chip counting A-grades from his
GCSE
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results. It features
Tim Westwood,
Dino Contostavlos (Dappy from
N-Dubz),
Wretch 32 and Griminal as well as other British artists. The video also features actor
Adam Deacon
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Career
Deacon was brought up ...
and artists
JME,
Griminal, Double S,
Bashy
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Early life
Thomas was born in Hammersmith, West London, the first born of a Jamaican mother and Dominican father. He attended St. M ...
and
DJ Ironik as schoolchildren.
DJ Ill appears at the end of the video, as the school janitor. The music video was filmed at
Gladesmore Community School (which Chip attended as a pupil) and features some of the Gladesmore Class of 2010 pupils. One of the members of the
dance group Flawless is also featured in the video. The video was filmed by Ben & Vertex.
"Chip Diddy Chip" earned him an award at the 2009 MOBO Awards for 'Best Hip Hop Act', beating nominees such as Eminem and Kanye West.
Track listing
* CD single
# "Chip Diddy Chip" - 3:29
# "Chip Diddy Chip" (Radio Version) - 3:03
# "I Met A Hustler" - 4:12
Charts
References
2009 singles
Chipmunk (rapper) songs
2009 songs
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Chip (rapper)
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