Jimmy the Exploder
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Jimmy the Exploder is a song by The White Stripes.
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Releases
- The White Stripes (1999)
Other Appearances
Personnel
- Jack White: electric guitar, lead vocals
- Meg White: drums, tambourine
Meaning
- It is about a monkey named Jimmy who explodes everything that isn't red.
Band Quotes
- Jack White : "She was playing so childishly, everyone I'd ever played with was, like, male drummers. I'd been writing all these childish songs, like 'Jimmy the Exploder' from our first album - this story I made up about this monkey who exploded things that weren't the color red. So when Meg started playing that way, I was, like, man, don't even practice! This is perfect."
Trivia
- Jack once was interviewed in 2002 by a 5-year-old White Stripes fan whose favorite song was "Jimmy The Exploder". Many of the questions were about Jimmy. It's quite interesting.
Lyrics
Now, Jimmy, well, do you want an explosion now?
Yeah, Jimmy, do you want to explode now?
Yeah, monkey, now you seeing red now.
Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
Green apples on the tree and growing now.
Green apples are gonna be exploding now.
Yeah, monkey, are you seeing red now?
Yeah, monkey, jumping on the bed now.
Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo...
