# Mainstream Money

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"**Mainstream Money**" is the third and final [single](/source/Single_(music)) from [grime](/source/Grime_(music)) vocalist [Tinchy Stryder](/source/Kwasi_Danquah_III)'s debut album, *[Star in the Hood](/source/Star_in_the_Hood_(album))*. The single was released in November 2007. The song was written and produced by renowned [grime](/source/Grime_(music)) music producer [Maniac](/source/Maniac_(Grime_Producer)), who has claimed that the instrumental for the track is the one he is most proud of.[1] The song was also notable for being heard on the [BBC](/source/BBC) soap "[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)" several times in late 2007.[1][2] The track "Sorry, You Are?" was also released as part of the single. It features vocals from fellow rapper [Chipmunk](/source/Chipmunk_(rapper)), and later featured as a hidden track on *Star in the Hood*, and also appeared on *Cloud 9: The EP*.

## Music video

A music video was made for the song, and was uploaded to [YouTube](/source/YouTube) on Sunday, 7 October 2007, at a total length of three minutes and thirty seconds. The video was also shown on British satellite music channel [Channel U](/source/Now_70s).[3] The video was filmed in [Bow](/source/Bow,_London), [East London](/source/East_End_of_London), UK, and finds Stryder chopping out his rhymes over big drum & base and big beats in different locations of a [council estate](/source/Council_house) cut with scenes with the [grime](/source/Grime_(music)) collective [Ruff Sqwad](/source/Ruff_Sqwad) for an added [ghetto](/source/Ghetto) touch.[3]

## Track listing

**Digital Download / 12" Vinyl[4]**

1. "Mainstream Money"
1. "Mainstream Money" (Mainiac Instrumental)
1. "Sorry, You Are?"
1. "Sorry, You Are?" (Mainiac Instrumental)

## References

1. [*Something About Your Smile*](http://www.grimepedia.co.uk/wiki/Something_About_Your_Smile). *Grimepedia*. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.

1. [*Star in the Hood*](http://www.grimepedia.co.uk/wiki/Star_In_The_Hood). *Grimepedia*. Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.

1. [Tinchy Stryder - Mainstream Money, Official video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8SB-Ohkvw&feature=player_embedded). [YouTube](/source/YouTube). Retrieved Monday, October 17, 2011.

1. [Tinchy Stryder – Mainstream Money/Sorry You Are?](http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1153092) at [Discogs](/source/Discogs).

## External links

- [*Mainstream Money (Bonus Track - **Explicit**) - Digital Download*](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mainstream-Money-Bonus-Track-Explicit/dp/B004RZUPWM). *[Amazon](/source/Amazon.com)*

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