Britney-Galaxy Exclusive: Interview With Jimmy Harry (Producer of Touch of My Hand)

[RedBloodedWoman]

I recently conducted a mini-interview with Jimmy Harry! (producer of Touch of My Hand) We discuss several aspects of his career & of course his work with Britney. (We also exclusively reveal an unreleased song title from the In The Zone sessions!) I hope you all enjoy! Be sure to follow him & send him a thank you!
Twitter: @JimmyHarry
Instagram: @TheJimmyHarry

 

 

When did you know you wanted to work in music production? 

Jimmy: It happened by accident. I was more interested in doing music for film but I made a song with Ru Paul called "Supermodel" for a laugh and it became a little hit. It sort inspired a career change.

 

What is your favorite thing about being a producer? 

Jimmy: Everything! The music, the people. It still feels more like a hobby than a job.

 

Out of all the artists you've worked with already, which one was the most surreal?

Jimmy: RuPaul was easily the most surreal artist I worked with

 

What artists are on your production bucket list? 

Jimmy: Not enough space for that one but I would have loved to have worked with David Bowie.

 

How did you initially begin working with Britney?

Jimmy: I had written a song called "Strip" (which I still love) she recorded as part of the In The Zone session, but Christina released her record Stripped and it was released just as we were finishing the sessions

 

 Can you tell us a little more about "Strip" & "Stay"?

Jimmy: I wrote "Stay" with Brit & produced the track. Shep helped with the writing a little bit. "Strip" was a song I wrote with Shep that Britney and her manager Larry wanted her to cut. "Strip" was my favorite song. I really think it would have been great for her if she released it, but such is life. "Stay" is very 'Ray of Light' era Madonna.

 

 Britney has stated that Touch of my Hand was the first track she did for the record that really established the overall vibe of the album, how did that track come to be? Will you sorta talk us through the writing and production process?

Jimmy: I had the track sitting around and she really liked it. Balewa and her started the verse and then Shep and I jumped in to help write the pre and write the chorus topline. Touch Of My Hand was my concept, which I managed to slip in there without anyone noticing. Once the vocals were finished I took the session back to my studio and worked on the track for a bit until everyone was happy with it and then it was done.

 

Did you ever get to see her perform Touch of My Hand live at her Onyx Hotel tour?

Jimmy: No I didn’t sadly.

Britney-Galaxy: She recently added Touch of my Hand to her Vegas show! She loves the song alot. Will you be seeing her show in Vegas anytime soon? 

Jimmy: No plans but I Would love to see her perform “Touch Of My Hand”

 

How many songs did you record with Britney? 

Jimmy: 3 songs. "Touch Of My Hand", "Strip", & "Stay"

 

Do you have any fun stories from your time recording with Brit?

Jimmy: Well some where in the TOMH session I had her record some lines from Alice In Wonderland. It never made it on the record, but I remember all of us laughing a lot.

 

What was her personal songwriting process like with you? 

Jimmy: Pretty much the usual. Everyone throwing out Ideas, seeing what would stick. Laughing a lot.

 

Wonderland is another song you did with Britney, tell us a little bit about the track.

Jimmy: I wrote lyrics for that one but didn’t record it with her

 

What type of song is Wonderland?

Jimmy: An Electronic vibe from what I remember 

 

Who produced it?

Jimmy: I can't remember who produced Wonderland

 

What are you up to nowadays? 

Jimmy: I’m still working a lot. Lots of cool records out there. Check out my wikipedia and you can see what I’ve bee up to

 

Given the chance to work with Britney again, would you?

Jimmy: Of course!!! I love her

 

Thank you so much, have an amazing week!

Jimmy: You too!!!!!!

[CIRCUS]

OMG 

[▲▼▲BlackoutZone▲▼▲]

WHAT THE FUCK OMG I WANT THEM!!!!                              

 

"Stay" is very 'Ray of Light' era Madonna.

 

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME  

[Ariana Grande]

Great. Now I have two more songs to add on my list of songs I want but can't have

 

How cool you guys got to interview him!

 

Ditching Strip was the obvious thing to do, given the feud between them at the time  But above all, I'm dying to listen to Take Off

 

Although I can't help but wonder why he's saying the masturbation subject was his idea "without anyone noticing", when Britney said she got.. well  "inspired".. while on tour

 

But oh well, I'm just glad that song exists!

[ToxicAdam]

I would freakin looooove to listen to these songs!!!

Interesting interview 

[RedBloodedWoman]

Everyone should follow him on Twitter & tell him very nicely how much we would love to hear the songs & how flawless he would be for sharing them  

[It's Armin B!tch]

Omg I never knew that she recorded a song called Strip or Stay! I bet they were iconic as the other tracks on ITZ ❤️ I wanna hear them so bad!!

[Brian.TheDog]

3 hours ago, RedBloodedWoman said:

Everyone should follow him on Twitter & tell him very nicely how much we would love to hear the songs & how flawless he would be for sharing them  

 

why? so they harass him if he decides not to?