Jay Fay

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Jay Fay
Birth nameJoshua Fagin
Origin St. Louis, Missouri, United States
GenresDance
Occupation(s)
Years active2012–present
Labels T&A Records
Associated acts
Website jayfaymusic.com

Joshua Fagin, better known by his stage name Jay Fay, is an American DJ and producer from St. Louis, Missouri. He released his debut EP Bonkers in February 2012. He is best known for featuring on DJ Fresh's 2014 single "Dibby Dibby Sound", a track which was initially based on Jay Fay's solo single "Dibby Dibby".

Contents

Career

2012–present: Breakthrough

On 14 February 2012 he released his debut EP Bonkers. [1] On 3 April 2012 he released his second EP $$ OOPS $$. [2] [3] In February 2014 he released the single "Dibby Dibby Sound" with DJ Fresh featuring vocals from English singer Ms. Dynamite. The song heavily samples Jay Fay's 2013 song "Dibby Dibby", featured on T&A Records' Moombahton Forever compilation album. [4] Jay reworked the song with Fresh, and Ms. Dynamite's vocals were later added. [5]

Discography

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Bonkers
$$ OOPS $$
  • Released: 3 April 2012
  • Label: T&A Records
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
BEL
(Vl)

[6]
SCO
[7]
UK
[8]
UK Dance
[9]
"Dibby Dibby Sound" [A]
(DJ Fresh vs. Jay Fay featuring Ms. Dynamite)
201440332TBA
"Trunk"
(signal:noise & Jay Fay)
2015Non-album single

Other appearances

SongYearReleaseLabel
"Dibby Dibby"2013Moombahton Forever T&A Records

Remixes

SongYearOriginal Artist(s)
"Uncrushable"2012 Bro Safari
"Tira o Pé" Buraka Som Sistema
"Baby, I Love You"Bailey Smalls
"Tonight" Felix Cartal featuring Maja Ivarsson
"Selekta" Craze
"Ladies in the Back" Star Slinger
"Velma Kelly"Faux No
"These Things are Nice" The Hood Internet
"Kingpin"2013 Friction and Skream featuring Scrufizzer, P Money and Riko Dan
"Outlaw" Amplify Dot

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References

Notes

Sources

  1. 1 2 iTunes - Music - Bonkers EP by Jay Fay
  2. "Jay Fay - $$ OOPS $$ EP". T&A Records on SoundCloud. 2012-03-12.
  3. iTunes - Music - $$OOPS$$ - EP by Jay Fay
  4. "T&A043: - Moombahton Forever". T&A Records. 2013-01-17. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "Twitter / jayfayx". Twitter. 2013-12-06.
  6. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Jay Fay". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  7. Peak positions for the featured singles in Scotland:
  8. Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
  9. Peak positions for the dance singles in the UK: