Where does Jimmy come from?
M.I.A. covered a Bappi Lahiri disco song from 1982, and Bappi got the writing credit.
Jimmy · M.I.A.
Where it came from
- Is a cover of Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja (Parvati Khan, from Disco Dancer, 1982). M.I.A. covered it as an uptempo electro-pop song with new English lyrics. Bappi Lahiri gets a writing credit. Source: Wikipedia: Jimmy (song)
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