100 Classic Reggae Songs!
83THE SUPREME BEING
Feelin' Irie Today? Good. Lay Back. Hammock, Lawnchair. Beach. Radio. The Most Beautiful Music in the World in gonna help Relax Your Mind. See How It Soothes You?
And All It asks in Return is that WE, the Fortunate Ones, the "Tomorrow People" (as Ziggy Marley once called us) Listen to the Words that Heal You. LET'S GET TOGETHER AND FEEL ALRIGHT. To these Songs of Freedom, These Redemption Songs. The order does not really matter and that is why I didn't obsess over it like I normally would. This is the music born of struggle and poverty. Of HUMANITY.
This music was given to us by people who knew the risks involved with recording their beliefs on tape. Knew the price of spreading hope to the oppressed. That is why Bob Marley always sounded amazingly human and full of life. Because he knew he was dying and lived every day to the fullest. He and Jah were that tight.
So in honor of Bob Marley, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and all the Freedom Fighters out there who knew one small truth. We are all the same. Equals.
one love.
one heart.
WAR IS OVER
IF YOU WANT IT
These TRUE songs are Freedom are...
#1 - Redemption Song ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
#2 - Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals
#3 - No Woman, No Cry ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
#4 - Police & Theives ~ Junior Murvin
#5 - I Shot the Sheriff ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
#6 - Exodus ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
#7 - Uptown Top Ranking ~ Althea & Donna
#8 - Waiting In Vain ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
#9 - Legalize It ~ Peter Tosh
10 - Get Up Stand Up ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
11 - Lively Up Yourself ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
12 - Day-O (Banana Boat Song) ~ Harry Belafonte
13 - 5446/That's My Number ~ Toots & The Maytals
14 - Pass The Dutchie ~ Musical Youth
15 - The Israelites ~ Desmond Dekker & The Aces
16 - Three Little Birds ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
17 - Night Nurse ~ Gregory Isaacs
18 - Funky Kingston ~ Toots & The Maytals
19 - The Harder They Come ~ Jimmy Cliff
20 - You Don't Love Me (No No No) ~ Dawn Penn
21 - Stir It Up ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
22 - Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley & The Wailers
23 - Hello Sunshine ~ Jimmy Cliff
24 - A Message To You, Rudi ~ The Specials
25 - To Be A Lover ~ George Faith
26 - Jamming ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
27 - 007 (Shanty Town) ~ Desmond Dekker & The Aces
28 - Rivers of Babylon ~ The Melodians
29 - Montego Bay ~ Bobby Bloom
30 - One Love/People Get Ready ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
31 - Roots, Rock, Reggae ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
32 - A Quarter Pound of I'cense ~ Max Romeo
33 - Could You Be Loved ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
34 - Pretty Girl ~ Delroy Wilson
35 - Ali Baba ~ John Holt
36 - Soul Shakedown Party ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
37 - Dulcemania ~ Drumbago & The Dynamites
38 - Money In My Pocket ~ Dennis Brown
39 - Liquidator ~ Harry J All Stars
40 - Is This Love ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
41 - Better Must Come ~ Delroy Wilson
42 - Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
43 - Chase The Devil ~ Max Romeo & The Upsetters
44 - Artibella ~ Ken Boothe
45 - Take Me Home, Country Road ~ Toots & The Maytals
46 - Cocaine In My Brain ~ Dillinger
47 - Vietnam ~ Jimmy Cliff
48 - Rat In Mi Kitchen ~ UB40
49 - False Rasta ~ Delroy Wilson
50 - Stepping Razor ~ Peter Tosh
No No No by Dawn Penn
LEGALIZE IT - ORIGINAL ALBUM COVER mon
51 - Another Scorcher ~ The Tennors
52 - War In A Babylon ~ Max Romeo & The Upsetters
53 - Roast Fish & Corn Bread ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry
54 - Red Red Wine ~ UB40
55 - Hard Road To Travel ~ Jimmy Cliff
56 - It's a Shame ~ Delroy Wilson
57 - Dreadlocks In Moonlight ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry
58 - Reggae Got Soul ~ Toots & The Maytals
59 - Time Will Tell ~ Jimmy Cliff
60 - Don't Let Me Suffer ~ Gregory Isaacs
61 - Croaking Lizard ~ Prince Jazzbo & The Upsetters
62 - If It Happens Again ~ UB40
63 - Turn Your Lights Down Low ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
64 - Baby Come Back ~ The Equals
65 - Time Tough ~ Toots & The Maytals
66 - Party Time ~ The Heptones
67 - Many Rivers to Cross ~ Jimmy Cliff
68 - Sun Is Shining ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
69 - Monkey Man ~ Toots & The Maytals
70 - Mr. Cop ~ Gregory Isaacs
71 - Whatcha Gonna Do - Peter Tosh
72 - Hard Road To Travel - Jimmy Cliff
73 - Long Shot Kick De Bucket - The Pioneers
74 - Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarrip
75 - Sensemilla - Black Uhuru
76 - Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
77 - The Tide Is High - Blondie
78 - Sweet and Dandy - Toots & The Maytals
79 - Iron Bar - Lord Tanamo
80 - My Boy Lollipop - Millie
81 - Train to Skaville - The Ethiopians
82 - It Miek - Desmond Dekker
83 - Return of Django - The Upsetters
84 - Young, Gifted & Black - Bob & Marcia
85 - Trenchtown Rock - Bob Marley & The Wailers
86 - I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
87 - No Sympathy - Peter Tosh
88 - Oh Carolina - Rico
89 - Do The Reggay - Toots & The Maytals
90 - You Can Get It If you Really Want - Desmond Dekker
91 - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo
92 - Mother & Child Reunion - Paul Simon
93 - Wild World - Maxi Priest
94 - Rude Boy Train - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
95 - Roots Train - Junior Murvin
96 - Over The Rainbow - IZ
97 - Mosquito Bite - The Pyramids
98 - Iko Iko - The Belle Stars
99 - Soul Limbo - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
100 - Sin, Sun & Sex - Pama Dice
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Where's Dennis Brown's "Sitting And Watching" or June Lodge's "Someone Loves You Honey". Yellowman? What about "Greetings"?
(otherwise, nice list... but "Pass The Dutchie" when you didn't list the original it was based on?
who was the original singer of the John Holt hit I WILL
Gregory Isaacs- "Night Nurse" is my favorite as well as "Cool Down the Pace" and "Stranger in Town"
and Barrington Levy-" Murderer"
THE BEST!!!!!!!!
Reading your list and watching/listening to the videos lowered my blood pressure about 10 points! Reggae always instantly transports me into sunny climes.
Johnny Too Bad by Jimmy Cliff is one of my alltime faves. MM
The Beatles did the original 'I Will', its on the White Album.
This is a great list. Except you have Hard Road to travel in there twice so you could replace it with Wonderful World, Beautiful People!
I can't belive that Armagideon Time by Willie Williams isn't on the list, aside from that great list.
How is there no Burning Spear on this list????
Bob Marley Posters says:
17 months ago
Cool reggae videos. I've been a big fan of Bob Marley for years. Not just his music, but his whole lifestyle and beliefs. His promotion of love and equality for everyone thru his music was an inspiration to all. He is sorely missed today. We could use an artist like Bob these days.