The song heavily samples Jay Fay's 2013 song "Dibby Dibby",[2] featured onT&A Records'Moombahton Forever compilation album.[5] which in turn samples "The Wickedest Sound" byRebel MC featuringTenor Fly. Jay reworked the song with Fresh, and Ms. Dynamite's vocals were added later.[6] When asked, "What's your single Dibby Dibby Sound all about?" by Andrew Williams ofMetro UK, Fresh responded, "It's a fun piece of music – fun is what that track stands for.Ms. Dynamite's on it. She co-wrote "Gold Dust" with me so I see it as a sequel to that. I get involved with writing – some producers send backing tracks to people and get a song sent back. That's not how I operate. The song is a really important part of the track".[4] In addition, Fresh conducted his own "extensive research of traditional Brazilian drum beats to re-create an authentic carnival sound, re-playing and re-creating individual drum beats and sounds himself".[2]
The music video for the song was released onto Fresh'sYouTube channel on 16 December 2013. It had a total length of three minutes and twenty seconds.[7] Directed by The Sacred Egg, who had previously directed theBreach videosJack andEverything You Never Had, the video was shot inMiddlesex. The production crew built large stacks of speaker cabinets around a house.[8]
Lewis Corner ofDigital Spy gave the song a mixed review, stating:
After 15 years in the drum 'n' bass game and having created some of the genre's most popular tunes, it's fair to say DJ Fresh ruffled a few feathers when he decided to go electro-reggae-hip-hop on last year's Diplo-assisted 'Earthquake'. He'd sold out, apparently, although he was quick to silence the cynics when we spoke to him about it, insisting: "I feel like I'm in a place where I can make whatever sort of sound I want". For his follow-up, he's teamed up with 19-year-old US producer Jay Fay and re-worked his original 'Dibby Dibby Sound' into three and a half minutes of stomping electro-bass. "Shout it out, put up your hands high," guest singer Ms Dynamite chants over a pulsing bounce before a head-spinning chorus drops that harks back toBasement Jaxx. Its immediate rush wears off soon enough, but nonetheless, this brash and bolshy piece of carnival pop is the sound of a man who's very much large and in charge..[9]
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