To Me, To You (Bruv)

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"To Me, To You (Bruv)"
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Single by Tinchy Stryder & the Chuckle Brothers
Released23 October 2014
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:45
Label Cloud 9
Songwriter(s) Kwasi Danquah III, Barry Elliot, Paul Elliot
Producer(s) Dirty Danger
Tinchy Stryder singles chronology
"ESG"
(2014)
"To Me, To You (Bruv)"
(2014)
"Imperfection"
(2015)
Music video
"To Me, To You (Bruv)" on YouTube

"To Me, To You (Bruv)" is a 2014 charity single by Tinchy Stryder and the Chuckle Brothers. It was released on 23 October 2014 on Cloud 9 and was produced by longtime Tinchy Stryder affiliate Dirty Danger. The song was released in aid of the African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. [1] [2]

Contents

The song entered and peaked at number 92 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

Tinchy Stryder watched the Chuckle Brothers on television as a child and, after meeting the pair when recording an episode of Celebrity Juice , they struck up a rapport. Shortly after a video emerged online of the group in the studio together. [3]

Music video

A music video for the song was recorded by SB.TV and was set on a suburban British street reminiscent of a typical setting for the Chuckle Brother's popular ChuckleVision TV program. It featured Jamal Edwards, Dirty Danger, Tinchy Stryder and the Chuckle Brothers arguing over a ladder, playing ping pong and skanking in a comedic fashion. [4]

Chart performance

On 31 October 2014 the single entered and peaked at number 92 in the UK Singles Chart [5]

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
92

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