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, produced by

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-based DJ duo Duke & Jones (Isaac McKelvey and Luke Conibear). The song was created based on a rap trend that Theroux had been involved in, featuring a snippet of him rapping on the "Gangsta Rap" episode of the show '' Weird Weekends''.

Background

In 2000, while filming the series 3 finale of ''

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'', Theroux tried his hand at rapping, being assisted by rappers on local

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. The rap features an

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of the song "

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. In 2022, Theroux, on an interview with YouTuber

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on her web series ''

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'' revisited some of his rapping from the show.

TikTok trend

Manchester-based duo Duke & Jones, who had created other

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remixes to random audio clips, posted an autotuned version of the interview on 16 March 2022. The clip quickly went viral on

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and other social media platforms, garnering 50 million views on TikTok as of 14 May. More footage was eventually revealed of Theroux rapping, leading to the

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calling him "a massive hip-hop head". The trend has seen many TikTok users dance to the autotuned version of the lyric "My money don't jiggle jiggle, it folds..." The song as of 17 May 2022, has been used in 2.6 million TikTok videos.

Release

On 12 April 2022, Duke & Jones released an extended version of the rap from ''Chicken Shop Date''. As of 26 December 2022, the song has garnered over 20 million views on

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. On 12 May 2022, Duke & Jones posted an

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video of Theroux recording "Jiggle Jiggle" in a studio, hinting at the release of a new single by Theroux. "Jiggle Jiggle" was released the next day on 13 May. On 15 July 2022, a remix featuring American singer

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and

, credited as Amelia Dimz, was released.

Covers

On 12 August 2022,

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of the British rock band

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performed a

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version of the song at the band's Music of the Spheres concert at

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