![]() ![]() “Murder She Wrote” has also been certified gold record in the United Kingdom and helped to take Chaka Demus and Pliers to stages worldwide. To date, the song remains one of the most sampled song in dancehall history and has over 50 million combine views on YouTube. 3 in the United Kingdom and has also been certified gold for sales exceeding 400,000 units in that country. Dawn Penn’s track was produced by Steely and Clevie and featured on several European charts when it dropped back in 1994. The other two tracks on the list have also done well. ‘Sitting on the Dock of the Bay’ Otis Redding. More sea songs (or that have ‘sea’ in the lyrics) ‘Dead Sea’ The Lumineers. Additionally, the song has permeated into US music as it has been sampled by several artists, including rappers Redman and Nelly. The song captures the joy and sorrow of reminiscing about the past, comparing it to ‘wading’ in a sea of velvet. It was also certified silver in the United Kingdom in 2019 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 200,000 units. 15 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs, and No. It was released in 1997 and featured at No. “Who Am I” is definitely one of the Jamaican tracks that have done very well on a global level. It’s been trending for 25 years now,” he told the Observer. “It’s a testament to the power of not just a good ‘riddim’ or a good artiste, but of a good song. It was simply an amazing feeling to have the track featured alongside acts like Radiohead, Sheryl Crow, and Destiny’s Child, he continued. Harding also admitted that he was filled with a sense of pride as he considered that the track was among thousands of popular songs that impacted one of the most exciting decades of music globally. That’s when he began to celebrate because he had hoped for a local hit but was grateful for the recognition of his talent as a music producer. It would be a few months before he got a phone call from David Rodigan to let him know that it was storming the BBC charts. However, he also noted that back in the 90s, access to things like e-mail mp3s or social media was very limited, and so he had no real way to gauge just how successful the song was except for airplay. Harding admitted that he knew it would be a local hit because the radio stations were playing it on repeat immediately, and the record shops were calling his distributor for more copies within the first few days of it being on the airwaves. He admitted that he never thought the track would become an international hit, even with all the airplay it was receiving on local radio. Filmed at The Who’s Ramport Studios in Battersea, London on by Jeff Stein. Jeremy Harding of 2 Hard Records, who is the producer of “Who Am I,” which was recorded on the Playground riddim spoke about the success of the song. TheWho 369K subscribers A promo film for The Who’s 1978 single ‘Who Are You’ from the album of the same name. 117, and “Murder She Wrote” has done the best, pulling a No. ![]() Some of the stalwart artists of the era made the cut as Beenie Man’s “Who Am I (Sim Simma),” Dawn Penn’s “No, No, No (You Don’t Love Me)” and “Murder She Wrote” by Chaka Demus and Pliers were all featured.īeenie Man’s track came in at No. New Song, Sister Disco, Who Are You, and a few other songs are amazing but the rest of this is kind of weak. 11.Beenie Man, Dawn Penn, and Chaka Demus and Pliers are among the global artists with the best songs in the 90s.ĭancehall lovers have another reason to celebrate following the release of Pitchfork’s 250 Best Songs of The 1990s. New Song, Sister Disco, Who Are You, and a few other songs are amazing but the rest of this is kind of weak. But, we’re all about heavy challenges, so here’s our pick of Iron Maiden’s 11 best songs. The downside to this legacy is having to pick 11 songs across 40 years of some of the best metal imaginable. It’s almost unimaginable that a band written off in the 90s have re-animated themselves so convincingly in this millennium, even earning rave reviews across the board for 2021’s Senjutsu. They’re Eddie incarnate, bursting from the grave over and over, chewing through cables, ruthlessly besting their enemies. This version of Maiden hasn’t just survived, it’s thrived. Where time, trends, satanic panics and departing fan-favourites might have done for lesser bands, Maiden persevered, finally displaying metal’s true magnetic power in drawing back frontman Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith for their current all-star line-up. There’s an argument that unkillable mascot Eddie is Iron Maiden. Why have a Top Ten when you can have one more? We rank the best Iron Maiden songs ever List Plus One: The 11 best Iron Maiden songs ![]()
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