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Photo by Kirstie Shanley

Sure, in clubs and cars and anywhere Best New Music is found, you've been shaking it to M.I.A.'s "Jimmy" for ages now. But unless you snagged a copy of the Japanese version of Kala-- the splendid album from whence it came-- on holiday in Kyoto, you probably haven't heard "What I Got". Tacked on the end of M.I.A.'s bangin' sophomore effort in the land of the rising sun, "What I Got", in true M.I.A. fashion, flips scripts from the Chili Peppers and Huey Lewis & the News into something all her own.

"What I Got" is the star of the new 7" single for "Jimmy", which drops October 1 in the U.K. via XL. It will also be available as a CD and 12"-- regrettably absent the blood sugar sex magik of "What I Got". Still, as befits a modern disco cut, the B-sides will feature "Jimmy" getting stripped of its vocals for an instrumental, and mixed anew by DJ Eli.

Oh, and M.I.A. will take what she's got on the road sporadically from now 'til the end of October.

"Jimmy" CD:

01 Jimmy
02 DJ Eli mix

"Jimmy" 7":

01 Jimmy
02 What I Got
03 What I Got (The Rough Rough Version)

"Jimmy" 12":

01 Jimmy
02 Jimmy Instrumental
03 DJ Eli mix

M.I.A.:

09-08 Toronto, Ontario - V Festival
09-09 Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean Drapeau (Osheaga Festival)
09-11 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre *
09-14 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-15 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
09-22 Melbourne, Australia - Birrarung Marr (Parklife Festival)
09-23 Adelaide, Australia - Botanic Park (Parklife Festival)
09-28 Sydney, Australia - The Forum
09-29 Brisbane, Australia - City Botanic Gardens (Parklife Festival)
09-30 Sydney, Australia - Kippax Lake (Parklife Festival)
10-01 Perth, Australia - Wellington Square (Parklife Festival)
10-05 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro
10-06 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro
10-08 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
10-09 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room
10-19 New York, NY - Terminal 5
10-26-28 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
10-27 Las Vegas, NV - Vegoose Festival

* with Björk