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- Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly Now" (1972) Johnny Nash grew up in Houston, Texas, and began recording pop music in the 1950's, but he didn't begin recording reggae-influenced music until the late 1960's after returning from a promotional tour to Jamaica.
- Eric Clapton - "I Shot the Sheriff" (1974) "I Shot the Sheriff" was written by reggae legend Bob Marley. He said in interviews that the song is about justice.
- UB40 - "Red Red Wine" (1983) Neil Diamond wrote and recorded "Red Red Wine" in 1968. His original is a mid-tempo ballad about drinking wine to forget romantic difficulties.
- Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers - "Tomorrow People" (1988) Ziggy is the son of reggae legend Bob Marley. He reached the pop top 40 with this uplifting anthem produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads.
- The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
- Junior Byles – A Place called Africa
- Toots & The Maytals – Sweet and Dandy
- UB40 – One in 10
- The Specials – Ghost Town
- Althea & Donna – The West
- Junior Murvin – Police and Thieves
- Burning Spear – Slavery Days
- Deborahe Glasgow – Champion Lover
- Delroy Wilson – Better Must Come
As a teenager battling to build a career, Bob Marleyquickly grasped the importance of the songwriter’s craft. As a result, his songbook is packed with material that resonates beyond reggae. “Get Up, Stand Up,” co-written by Bob’s fellow Wailer Peter Tosh in 1973, served as a wake-up call to the world about the talent of both artists, as well as the...
The roots of Black people were a hot topic for reggae songs in 1971, but polemic was not enough for Junior Byles when he wrote “A Place Called Africa.” He focused on a personal story: his mama told him that was where he was from, and he demanded to know why he was suffering in Jamaica when his roots lay elsewhere. The result placed a complex subjec...
If you want to know how ordinary country folk live, laugh, and love in The Isle Of Springs, hear this glorious song from 1969, in which The Maytalstell the story of a wedding. It’s all here: the price of the wedding cake, the disputes, the fun, and their drink of choice. A taste of the real Jamaica in one of the best reggae songs ever recorded.
Some fans regard the British band UB40as a pop-reggae outfit, especially given the massive success of “Red, Red Wine.” But Jamaica takes them at face value: they are a proper reggae act that tackles both heavy topics and lighter ones. “One In 10,” a 1981 hit, examines how everyone suffers, and how much of that suffering is ignored. Highly political...
The original incarnation of 2Tone founders The Specials signed off with this dark and brooding tune from 1981, when the UK was going through a deep economic slump. “Ghost Town,” spookily resonant and weighty, hit No 1 in Britain. It was an influence on The Rolling Stones’ song of the same title, just as it was inspired by Prince Buster All Stars’ 1...
Althea & Donna are widely known for “Uptown Top Ranking,” an amusing UK No.1 in 1977-78 which presented two seemingly trivial teens boasting about how fashionable and sexy they were. But note their hit record’s line “I strictly roots”: their Uptown Top Rankingalbum holds a number of serious reggae songs, including this gem, which insists the West w...
Junior Murvin had been recording for the best part of a decade with little success when he showed up at Lee Perry’s Kingston studio in 1976 and auditioned “Police And Thieves.” It told an uncomplicated if pointed tale about crime in Jamaica, presenting both parties as two sides of the same coin. It caught the mood of that year’s long hot summer in ...
Burning Spear’s Marcus Garveyis packed with some of his best songs and it is difficult to pick one. But “Slavery Days” remains a potent reminder why Black African people found themselves in Jamaica and are still suffering hundreds of years later. Spear, a singer full of the light of life, makes a bleak subject a celebration of the unperishable Blac...
Reggae songs can be overtly carnal. “Champion Lover,” delivered in Jamaica by British lovers rock singer Deborahe Glasgow, was full of female desire – Deborahe was threatening to “kill you with it”! It was a reggae smash in 1989, and Shabba Ranks climbed aboard the rhythm that year to create “Mr. Lover Man,” Deborahe’s vocal still prominent. When S...
Delroy Wilson was one of reggae’s signature voices, relied upon to deliver the vocal goods for decades. He is known for tales of love, but had a knack for making a powerful point, as heard on 1972’s anthem of hope over dissatisfaction, “Better Must Come.”
Reggae-Pop has its foundation in reggae, but the music is tempered with strong, melodic hooks, commercial production, and a crossover sensibility. Sometimes, reggae-pop is performed by pop bands seeking to diversify their sounds, but more often it's played by reggae artists with a fondness for pop. During the '70s, such diverse rockers as Eric ...
Best Reggae Songs of All Time. Culture - why am i a rastaman? I'm Still in Love with You (feat. Sista Sasha) In The Summertime (feat. Rayvon) Really Like You (feat. Protoje) Protoje - Stylin' (Official Music Video) (feat.
Some Guys Have All the Luck. 5K plays. 3:33. 27. I Can't Help Falling in Love with You. 434K plays. 3:28. 28. One Love/People Get Ready.
