"Chip Diddy Chip" is a song by

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. It was released as the lead single from his debut album ''

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'' on 2 March 2009.

Music video

The music video for the song shows Chipmunk at school with his friends, and one boy ( John Farnworth) is performing

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with a football. It also shows Chip counting A-grades from his

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results. It features

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, Dino Contostavlos (Dappy from

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and Griminal as well as other British artists. The video also features actor

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and artists

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, Griminal, Double S,

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and

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as schoolchildren. DJ Ill appears at the end of the video, as the school janitor. The music video was filmed at

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(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) UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub