The 100 (90+10) most popular reggae songs in Hellenic radio stations.
(the list consists of both classic reggae sound & reggae influenced songs)
All That She Wants - ACE OF BASE (LP Happy Nation, 1992)
UK # 1, US # 2, DE # 1, IT # 1, ES # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, IE # 2, NO # 2, SE # 3, NL # 3, FI # 4, EUROPEAN # 2
The song was influenced by Kayo's song ''Another Mother'' (1990)
The band also had some other reggae influenced hits as well: ''The Sign', ''Don't Turn Around''' etc.
Baby Come Back - PATO BANTON feat. ALI & ROBIN CAMPBELL (single, 1994)
UK # 1, IE # 2, NZ # 1, NL # 3, BE # 6, AU # 11, AT # 17, FI # 19, FR # 26, SE # 26
Cover of The Equals' ''Baby Come Back'' (1968)
Baby, I Love Your Way - BIG MOUNTAIN (LP Unity, 1994)
UK # 2, US # 6, ES # 1, SE # 1, CH # 2, AT # 4, CA # 2, NL # 4, FR # 7, BE # 7, IE # 7, NO # 6, DE # 9, AU # 4, NZ # 12, EUROPEAN # 1
Cover version of Peter Frampton's ''Baby, I Love Your Way'' (1975)
The song also appears in the OST of the movie Reality Bites (1994)
Bongo Bong - MANU CHAO avec ANOUK KHELIFA (LP Clandestino, 1998)
AT # 4, DE # 7, CH # 15, FR # 40, NL # 42, SE # 45
Cover version of ''King Of Bongo'' by Mano Negra (1991) which is based on ''The King Of The Bongo Bong'' by Roy Eldridge (1939)
Boom Shack-A-Lack - APACHE INDIAN (EP Nuff Vibes, 1993)
UK # 5
Boombastic - SHAGGY (LP Boombastic, 1995)
UK # 1, IE # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 1, IT # 1, DE # 2, AT # 2, FI # 2, NO # 2, US # 3, CH # 3, NL # 4, BE # 4, FR # 7, EUROPEAN # 1
Break My Stride - MATTHEW WILDER (LP I Don't Speak The Language, 1983)
US # 5, UK # 4, NO # 1, BE # 3, NL # 5, DE # 7, AT # 8, SE # 14, CH 22, NZ # 3
Breakfast In Bed - UB40 feat. CHRISSIE HYNDE (LP UB40, 1988)
UK # 6, NL # 10, BE # 10, CH # 16, DE # 40, AU # 43, NZ # 5
Cover version of Breakfast In Bed by Dusty Springfield (1969)
Brother Louie - HOT CHOCOLATE (single, 1973)
UK # 7
Buffalo Soldier - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Confrontation, 1983)
UK # 4, NZ # 3, NO # 10, AT # 14
Bumpy Ride - MOHOMBI (single, 2010 / LP MoveMeant, 2011)
NL # 2, FI # 2, FR # 3, NO # 3, SE # 6, BE # 7, DK # 8, ES # 17, CH # 41
Can I Touch You... There? - MICHAEL BOLTON (single, 1995)
UK # 6, US # 27, AU # 18, NZ # 22, SE # 27, DE # 57
Chase The Devil - MAX ROMEO & THE UPSETTERS (LP War Ina Babylon, 1976)
Close To You - MAXI PRIEST (LP Bonafide, 1990)
US # 1, UK # 7, AU # 2, NZ # 2, DE # 4, NL # 5, CA # 6, AT # 8, BE # 9, CH # 10, FR # 49
Clint Eastwood - GORILLAZ feat. DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN (LP Gorillaz, 2001)
UK # 4, IT # 1, DE # 2, AT # 2, CH # 3, IE # 5, SE # 7, BE # 11, NZ # 12, NO # 13, FR # 17, AU # 17, NL # 26, US # 57, EUROPEAN # 5
Coco Jamboo - MR. PRESIDENT (LP We See The Same Sun, 1996)
UK # 8, US # 21, AT # 1, CH # 1, SE # 1, DE # 2,, NO # 2, FI # 3, IE # 3, DK # 4, IT # 9, AU # 7, NZ # 9, FR # 28, EUROPEAN # 2
Cokane In My Brain - DILLINGER (single, 1976)
NL # 1, BE # 2, DE # 35
Could You Be Loved - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Uprising, 1980)
UK # 5, CH # 2, BE # 3, NL # 4, IT # 6, ES # 6, IE # 3, NO # 10
D'yer Mak'er - LED ZEPPELIN (LP Houses Of The Holy, 1973)
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - CULTURE CLUB (LP Kissing To Be Clever, 1982)
UK # 1, US # 2, DE # 1, FR # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, SE # 1, AU # 1, IT # 2, NL # 2, NO # 2, EUROPEAN # 1
Don't Turn Around - ASWAD (LP Distant Thunder, 1988)
UK # 1, NZ # 1, IE # 4, NL # 5, BE # 6, CH # 13, DE # 29, AU # 34
Cover version of Tina Turner's ''Don't Turn Around'' (1986)
Don't Worry Be Happy - BOBBY McFERRIN (OST Cocktail, 1988)
US # 1, UK # 2, DE # 1, AT # 1, CA # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 2, SE # 2, BE # 2, NO # 5, IT # 18, FR # 29
Down On My Knees - AYO (LP Joyful, 2006)
FI # 8, IT # 13, NL # 94
Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc (LP Bloody Tourists, 1978)
UK # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, NZ # 1, CH # 5, NO # 7, DE # 11, SE # 16, AT # 18, US # 44
Dub Be Good To Me - BEATS INTERNATIONAL feat, LINDY LAYTON (single, 1990 / LP Let Them Eat Bingo, 1990)
UK # 1, NL # 2, AT # 2, DE # 4, IE # 4, BE # 5, SE # 10, NO # 10, FR # 19, AU # 12, NZ # 6, US # 76
Cover version of ''Just Be Good To Me'' by SOS Band (1983).
The song samples the bassline of Clash's ''The Guns Of Brixton'' (1979) and the harmonica of Morricone's ''Once Upon A Time In The West'' (1968)
Electric Avenue - EDDY GRANT (LP Killer On The Rampage, 1982)
US # 2, UK # 2, BE # 3, CH # 6, AT # 6, NL # 8, DE # 9, SE # 9, DK #20, NZ # 32
Englishman In New York - STING (LP ...Nothing Like The Sun, 1987)
NL # 13, BE # 16, FR # 30, UK # 51.
The song refers to gay icon Quentin Crisp.
It was covered in 1992 by Shinehaed as ''Jamaican In New York''
Everybody - DJ BOBO (single, 1994 / LP Dance With Me, 1993)
DE # 2, CH # 3, NL # 12, SE # 20, AT # 24, BE # 35
500 Miles - HOOTERS feat. PETER; PAUL & MARY (LP Zig Zag, 1989)
SE #12
Lyrics
Footsteps - THE MOTELS (LP Little Robbers, 1983)
Ghost Town - THE SPECIALS (single, 1981)
UK # 1, IE # 3, NO # 7, NL # 12, BE # 15
Gimme Hope Jo'anna - EDDY GRANT (LP File Under Rock, 1988)
NL # 1, BE # 1, CH # 2, AT # 2, DE # 4, UK # 7, FR # 8, NZ # 3
The song refers to Johannesburg, South Africa's largest & most powerful city and also the seat of the Constitutional Court. The song protests against Appartheid laws and seeks hope for justice & equal rights for black people in South Africa.
Go Deh Yaka (Go The Top) - MONYAKA (single, 1983)
UK # 14, BE # 9, NL # 11
Here Comes The Hotstepper - INI KAMOZE (single, 1994 / LP Lyrical Gangsta, 1995)
US # 1, UK # 4, NZ # 1, DK # 1, FR # 2, BE # 3, NO # 4, SE # 5, CH # 5, DE # 6, AT # 6, NL # 16, EUROPEAN # 1
(I Can't Help) Falling In Love - UB40 (LP Promises & Lies, 1993 / OST Sliver, 1993)
US # 1, UK # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, AT # 1, AU # 1, DE # 2, EUROPEAN # 1
Cover versio of ''Can't Help Falling In Love'' by Elvis (1961)
Lyrics
I Don't Wanna Dance - EDDY GRANT (LP Killer On The Rampage, 1982)
UK # 1, CH # 1, BE # 1, NZ # 1, NL # 2, AT # 2, DE # 7, SE # 18
I Got You Babe - UB40 feat. CHRISSIE HYNDE (LP Baggariddim, 1985)
UK # 1, IE # 1, NZ # 1, NL # 2, BE # 4, CA # 4, AT # 14, DE # 15, CH # 15, FR # 29
Cover version of ''I Got You Babe'' by Sonny & Cher (1965)
I Shot The Sheriff - ERIC CLAPTON (LP 461 Ocean Boulevard, 1974)
US # 1, CA # 1, NZ # 1, UK # 9, NO # 3, DE # 4, NL # 5, BE # 7. AT # 19, FR # 28
Cover version of The Wailers' ''I ShotThe Sheriff'' (1973)
I Wanna Wake Up With You - BORIS GARDINER (LP Everything To Me, 1986)
UK # 1, NZ # 2, NO # 3, BE # 3, SE # 4, CH # 6, NL # 7, AT # 14, DE # 18
I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) - GRACE JONES (LP Nightclubbing, 1981)
BE # 1, NL # 4, CH # 9, DE # 16, SE # 20
Based on Astor Piazzola's 1974 tango composition.
In The Summertime - SHAGGY (LP Boombastic, 1995)
US # 3, UK # 5, NZ # 4, AU # 14, FI # 7, NL # 21, SE # 30, BE # 32, AT # 35, DE # 60
Cover of Mungo Jerry's world wide hit ''In The Summertime'' (1970)
Informer - SNOW (LP 12 Inches Of Snow, 1993)
US # 1, UK # 2, DE # 1, CH # 1, SE # 1, NO # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 1, NL # 2, BE # 2, AT # 2, FR# 3, EUROPEAN # 1
Iron Lion Zion - BOB MARLEY (LP Songs Of Freedom, 1992)
UK # 5, NZ # 2, SE # 2, FR # 3, NL # 5, BE # 5, CH # 9, AT # 11, DE # 17, AU # 71, EUROPEAN # 8
Is This Love - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Kaya, 1978)
UK # 9, NZ # 8, NO # 8, SE # 16, NL # 39
It Must Be Love - MADNESS (single, 1981)
UK # 4, NZ # 21, AU # 48
Cover version of Labi Siffre's ''It Must Be Love'' (1971)
Jamming - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Exodus, 1977)
UK # 9, BE # 38, NL # 85
Johnny B. Goode - PETER TOSH (LP Mama Africa, 1983)
NL # 10, BE # 14, NZ # 29, DE # 31, UK # 48
Cover of the Chuck Berry song ''Johnny B. Goode'' (1958)
Kingston Town - UB40 (LP Labour Of Love II, 1989)
FR # 1, UK # 4, NL # 2, BE # 4, DE # 5, AT # 5, CH # 8, SE # 14, AU # 17, NZ # 17
Cover of Lord Creator's ''Kingston Town'' (1970)
Lady - WAYNE WADE (single, 1982)
NL # 5, BE # 9, SE # 26
Cover version of ''Lady'' written by Lionel Richie & originally released by Kenny Roggers (1980)
Look Who's Dancing - ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS (LP One Bright Day, 1989)
NL # 34, BE # 45
Love Is For Free - SMILEY feat. PACHA MAN (LP Plec Pe Marte, 2010)
Master Blaster (Jammin') - STEVIE WONDER (LP Hotter Than July, 1980)
UK # 2, US # 5, CH # 1, AT # 1, SE # 1, NZ # 1, NL # 2, BE # 3, NO # 4, DE # 9
Me Gustas Tu - MANU CHAO (LP Proxima Estacion...Esperanza, 2001)
IT # 1, ES # 1, FR # 2, BE # 8, CH # 11, AT # 29, NL # 35, SE # 51
Mishale - ANDRU DONALDS (LP Andru Donalds, 1994)
NZ # 7, CH รค 13, AT # 16, DE # 18,
Mr. Loverman - SHABBA RANKS feat. CHEVELLE FRANKLIN (LP Rough & Ready Vol. 1, 1992)
UK # 23, US # 40, DE # 17, FR # 19, NL # 21, AT # 22, SE # 31, BE # 33
Mother & Child Reunion - PAUL SIMON (LP Paul Simon, 1972)
US # 4, UK # 5, NO 3, NL # 6, BE # 20, DE # 23
My Boy Lollipop - MILLIE (single, 1964)
US # 2, UK # 2, NO # 2, DE # 5, BE # 7, NL # 8
Cover version of ''My Boy Lollipop'' by Barbie Gaye (1956)
Mysterious Girl - PETER ANDRE feat. BUBBLER RANX (LP Natural, 1996)
UK # 2, NZ # 1, AU # 8, NL # 3, AT # 3, IE # 3, DK # 4, BE # 5, DE # 7, CH # 7, NO # 11
Night Nurse - GREGORY ISAACS (LP Night Nurse, 1982)
No Coke - DR: ALBAN (LP Hello Africa, 1990)
SE # 1, AT # 2, DE # 3, CH # 3, NO # 6, NL # 7, BE # 26
No Woman No Cry (live '75)- BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Live, 1975)
UK # 8 (1981), NL # 23, NZ # 30, FR # 102
Oh Carolina - SHAGGY (LP Pure Pleasure, 1993)
UK # 1, AT # 2, DE # 3, SE # 3, CH # 3, BE # 4, NO # 4, AU # 5, NZ # 2, NL # 6, FR # 33, US # 59
Cover version of ''Oh Carolina'' by The Folkes Brothers (1960)
One Love / People Get Ready - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Exodus, 1977)
UK # 5, NZ # 1, NL # 3, BE # 4
Pass The Dutchie - MUSICAL YOUTH (LP The Youth Of Today, 1982)
UK # 1, US # 10, IE # 1, AU # 1, CH # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, DE # 2, AT # 2, SE # 15, EUROPEAN # 1
Raising My Family - STEVE KEKANA (LP Don't Stop The Music, 1981)
SE # 3, AT # 3, CH # 7
Red Red Wine - UB40 (LP Labour Of Love, 1983)
UK # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, NZ # 1, AT # 5, CH # 8, DE # 12, SE # 14, US # 34
Cover of Neil Diamond's ''Red Red Wine'' (1967)
Reggae Night - JIMMY CLIFF (LP The Power & The Glory, 1983)
NZ # 1, BE # 5, NL # 6, DE # 35
The song was co-written by Latoya Jackson.
Rootsie & Boopsie - You Are My Sunshine - PAPA WINNIE (single, 1993)
AT # 5, NZ # 41, DE # 68
The original version of Rootsie & Boopsie on his debut album of 1989. This medley contains a cover of ''You Arev My Sunshine'' (1939)
Sadness In Your Eyes - KIRKA (single, 1990 / LP Sadness In Your Eyes, 1993)
Sebe Allah Y'e - ALPHA BLONDY (LP Apartheid Is Nazism, 1985)
Sexual Healing - MARVIN GAYE (LP Midnight Love, 1982)
US # 3, UK # 4, NZ # 1, BE # 2, AU # 4, SE # 17, DE # 23, FR # 68, ES # 71
Shine - ASWAD (LP Rebel Souls, 1994)
UK # 5, AT # 12, NL # 17, BE # 17, SE # 23, FR # 25, NZ # 28
Shy Guy - DIANA KING (LP Tougher Than Love, 1995)
UK # 2, US # 13, ES # 1, SE # 1, FI # 1, BE # 2, NO # 2, NL # 3, AU # 3, NZ # 3, FR # 4, CH # 5, DE # 6, AT # 6, EUROPEAN # 1
The song was included in the OST of the film Bad Boys (1995)
Someone Loves You Honey - JUNE LODGE & PRINE MOHAMMED (single, 1982 / LP Someone Loves You Honey, 1980)
NL #1, BE # 1, DE # 25
Cover version of ''Someone Loves You Honey'' by Johnny Rodriguez (1974)
Stop That Train - CLINT EASTWOOD & GENERAL SAINT (single, 1983)
NL # 4, BE # 7
Cover version of The Spanishtonians' ''Stop That Train'' (1965)
Sun Is Shining - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (single, 1971)
The song was very popular in its Funkstar Deluxe version
Sunshine Reggae - LAID BACK (LP ...Keep Smiling, 1983)
DE # 1, AT # 1, NL # 4, BE # 4, CH # 9
Sweat (A La La La La Long) - INNER CIRCLE (LP Bad To The Bone, 1992)
UK # 3, DE # 1, CH # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, AT # 2, SE # 2, AU # 2, NZ # 1, NO # 8, US # 16, FR 12, IT # 25
The First Cut Is The Deepest - PAPA DEE (single, 1995)
SE # 5, NO # 9, AT # 20
Cover of ''The First Cut Is The Deepest'' written by Cat Stevens & originally released by P.P. Arnold (1967)
The Richest Man In Babylon - THIEVERY CORPORATION (LP The Richest Man In Babylon, 2002)
The Tide Is High - BLONDIE (LP Autoamerican, 1980)
US # 1, UK # 1, BE # 4, NL # 5, CH # 5, NO # 7, DE # 15, SE # 19, NZ # 1
Cover version of ''The Tide Is High'' by The Paragons (1967)
Three Little Birds - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Exodus, 1977)
DE # 49
To Love Somebody - JIMMY SOMERVILLE (single, 1990 / LP The Singles Collection, 1990)
UK # 8, NL # 4, AT # 5, NZ # 5, BE # 7, CH # 11, FR # 15, DE # 20
Cover of the Bee Gees song ''To Love Somebody'' (1967)
Tomorrow People - ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS (LP Conscious Party, 1988)
UK # 22, US # 39, BE # 5, NL # 7, NZ # 15, AU # 36
Tripping - ROBBIE WILLIAMS (LP Intensive Care, 2005)
DE # 1, IT # 1, UK # 2, ES # 2, SE # 2, NL # 2, AT # 2, CH # 2, NO # 2, DK # 3, FI # 4, BE # 8, FR # 9, AU # 7, NZ # 20, EUROPEAN # 1
Lyrics
Turn Me On - KEVIN LYTTLE feat. SPRAGGA BENZ (single, 2003 / LP Kevin Lyttle, 2004)
UK # 2, US # 4, DK # 1, DE # 2, NL # 2, NO # 2, IT # 3, CH # 3, BE # 5, AT # 6, FR # 10
Weekend - EARTH & FIRE (LP Reality Fills Fantasy, 1979)
DE # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, CH # 1, AT # 14
Where Did I Go Wrong - UB40 (LP UB40, 1988)
NL # 8, BE # 10, NZ # 13, AU # 17
Wild World - MAXI PRIEST (LP Maxi, 1987)
UK # 5, NO # 3, NZ # 5, BE # 5, NL # 7, AU # 8, SE # 17
Cover version of Car Stevens' ''Wild World'' (1970)
You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) - DAWN PENN (LP No, No, No, 1994)
UK # 3, BE # 8, AT # 13, FI # 15, CH # 17, NZ # 25, NL # 38, DE # 41
TOP RUNNER'S UP FOR THE TOP 100
Bad Boys - INNER CIRCLE
Get Up Stand Up - THE WAILERS
Legalize It - PETER TOSH
Now That We've Found Love - THIRD WORLD
Se La - LIONEL RICHIE
Tease Me - CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS
That Girl - MAXI PRIEST feat. SHAGGY
Try Jah Love - THIRD WORLD
UK # 47
What Is Life - BLACK UHURU
You're No Good - ASWAD
You Can Get It If You Really Want - JIMMY CLIFF
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