Shimmy Shimmy Ya (2005 Remaster)

The song was recorded for Ol' Dirty Bastard’s debut album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version during the 1993–1994 New York sessions at Firehouse Studios, 36 Chambers Studio, Battery Studios, and Chung King Studios, with RZA handling production. Released in 1995 as the album’s second single, it became one of Ol' Dirty Bastard’s signature solo records and helped establish his debut album’s profile. It reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 47 on the R&B chart. The track remains one of Ol' Dirty Bastard’s most enduring songs and has been widely sampled and interpolated across later hip-hop and pop records. Pitchfork has noted that it has been sampled and interpolated 92 times, underscoring its long afterlife in popular music.