{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Dirtee Cash | cover = dirteecash.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Dizzee Rascal | album = Tongue n' Cheek | released = 21 September 2009 | recorded = 2008–09 | studio = | genre = * Grime * house | length = * 3:16 (radio edit) * 4:21 (extended mix) | label = * Dirtee Stank * Liberation | composer = Nick Cage | lyricist = Dylan Mills | producer = Nick Denton | chronology = Dizzee Rascal | prev_title = Holiday | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = You Got the Dirtee Love | next_year = 2010 }} "'''Dirtee Cash'''" is a song recorded by the British rapper Dizzee Rascal and was released as the fourth single from his fourth studio album ''Tongue n' Cheek''. It was released digitally on 21 September 2009 and follows his No. 1 hits "Holiday" and "Bonkers". It is his first solo song from the album and has to date reached No. 10 in the UK.
The song samples "Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" by the British dance act The Adventures of Stevie V. Dizzee told ''The Sun'' that the song is about "how if you ain't got money, but you still spend it anyway, life is gonna bite you in the arse".<ref>[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16950 Dirtee Cash Songfacts]. www.songfacts.com.</ref>
==Music video== On 4 October 2009, Dizzee said in an interview on The Radio 1 Chart Show<ref name="Dizzee Rascal - BBC Radio 1 Chart Show">McAlpine, Fraser. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/11/dizzee_rascal_dirtee_cash.shtml Dizzee Rascal - 'Dirtee Cash']. Saturday, 21 November 2009. Retrieved Sunday, 25 September 2011. BBC Radio 1.</ref> that a music video<ref name="Dirtee Cash-Vimeo">[http://vimeo.com/7200097 Dirtee Cash - Video on Vimeo]. Vimeo.</ref> had been filmed in London for the single. He said that the music video was based around ''The Wicker Man''. The video contains political extremes and caricatures of things and people of Britain's history. These include Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and events such as the suffragette movement. In the conclusion of the video, books are burnt and, in the final shot, the text of William Blake's "And did those feet in ancient time" is destroyed like rubbish. This may be a reflection on the value of things past and how in the event of other circumstances may be lost to humanity forever.<ref name="Dizzee Rascal - BBC Radio 1 Chart Show"/><ref name="Dirtee Cash-Vimeo"/>
The video premiered on 4Music on 20 October 2009.
==Commercial performance== "Dirtee Cash" entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 11 on 27 September 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Singles Chart For 03/10/09|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=28 September 2009|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> via downloads alone and peaked at No. 10 the following week.<ref name="10/10/09">{{cite web|title=Singles Chart For 10/10/09|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=5 October 2009|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> The single was released physically on 23 November 2009, placing at No. 38 that week.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singles Chart For 05/12/09|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=30 November 2009|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> It was the first single from ''Tongue 'N Cheek'' not to reach No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.
The single was released through Dizzee's own Dirtee Stank label and distributed by PIAS Recordings, therefore it qualified for the UK Indie Chart, where it reached No. 1 for two consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20091122/130/|title=Archive Chart|date=22 November 2009|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 May 2010}}</ref>
==Track listing== *'''Digital download'''<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dirtee-cash-ep/id338733210 Dirtee Cash - EP] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230170819/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dirtee-cash-ep/id338733210 |date=30 December 2010 }}. iTunes.</ref> # "Dirtee Cash" (radio edit) – 3:16 # "Dirtee Cash" (extended mix) – 4:21 # "Dirtee Cash" (BBC Radio One Live Lounge edit) – 3:39 # "Dirtee Cash" (Sub Focus mix) – 4:05 # "Dirtee Cash" (Phonat mix) – 3:06 # "Dirtee Cash" (music video) – 3:47
*'''CD single'''<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Dizzee-Rascal-Dirtee-Cash/release/2023698 Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Cash, release]. Discogs.</ref> # "Dirtee Cash" (radio edit) – 3:18 # "Dirtee Cash" (extended mix) – 4:22 # "Dirtee Cash" (BBC Radio One Live Lounge edit) – 3:42 # "Dirtee Cash" (Sub Focus mix) – 4:07
*'''12" vinyl'''<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Dizzee-Rascal-Dirtee-Cash/release/2020550 Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Cash, 12" vinyle release]. Discogs.</ref> # "Dirtee Cash" (radio edit) – 3:18 # "Dirtee Cash" (Sub Focus mix) – 4:07
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Weekly chart performance for "Dirtee Cash" !scope="col"|Chart (2009) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian ARIA Club Chart<ref>[http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_club.asp?chart=1L50 Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Cash, ARIA Charts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102013542/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_club.asp?chart=1L50 |date=2 November 2008 }}. ARIA Charts.</ref> |align="center"|3 |- {{single chart|UK|10|date=20091010|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UKindie|1|date=20091128|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 May 2010}} |}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Year-end chart performance for "Dirtee Cash" !scope="col"|Chart (2009) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|UK Singles Chart<ref name="UK2009year">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf |title=Charts Plus Year end 2009 |publisher=Charts Plus |access-date=2010-07-19}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|134 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Dirtee Cash"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2009|certyear=2020|title=Dirtee Cash|artist=Dizzee Rascal|type=single|award=Silver|accessdate=March 27, 2020|id=16290-396-1}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release history and formats for "Dirtee Cash" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format !scope="col"|Label |- !scope=row rowspan=2|United Kingdom |21 September 2009 |Digital download |rowspan=2|{{flatlist|* Dirtee Stank * Liberation}} |- |23 November 2009 |CD single |}
==See also== * "You Got the Dirtee Love"
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