Desmond Dekker & The Aces - "Israelites" (Official Audio)

[@enjoysyoga6215]

Any 2021 fans? My mother played this over and over back in the 60s and we loved to dance to it. Lover of reggae! Love this song!

[@glynprice3815]

There will always be a fan to this, whenever

[@ellisbyrd4054]

2nd favorite song, behind tears of a clown.

[@MoosicandCritters]

Yes!! Still listening in 2021 ❤️🎶🎸

[@beverlykorte8581]

Hi there 👍 Mate Australia 👍🏼🌹💕

[@McGuinnessful]

@@beverlykorte8581 from belgium

[@adamhale-rude7093]

Literally the greatest song ever. I find myself singing it multiple times a day. So unbelievably fantastic. Wish current bands brought it back to roots.

[@andyplus1352]

Desmond Dekker died in London, England on 25th May, 2006 at the age of 64. He was a great Jamaican musician in the Reggae category. May his soul rest in peace.

[@debbiebrown4420]

😢

[@thomasgarman9520]

He was a great musician.

[@bklynslipnjimmy]

He as awesome. RIP

[@TiagoFigueiredo-bo7hx]

Desmond Dekker, tha pioneer of reggae, true voice, I N I jah bless

[@eugeneparra3894]

I always loved this song since I was a very young man and I still dig it I"am going on 70 music like this lives forever.

[@benjiman7454]

Do you know how talented you have to be for such a sad song to sound soo upbeat and smooth!? Rest Easy to King Desmond! This song is Perfect in every form!

[@puffinbilly9894]

...truth...

[@robertthacher]

Agreed 100%

[@Lee-cz6ss]

TotLly with yer

[@christineamor6663]

Can someone explain exactly what this song is about,I love it anyway😊

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

This song never gets old. It's one of those classics you love to hear every time it plays.

[@BuffaloC305]

When it was released, our AM station played it to death. In a week. But it's still got some of the funkiest bass 'climbs'.

[@birgitteannaflorentineland8145]

Timeless

[@tommythelonelyboy]

this song is like a fashion that will never wear out

[@johnward9302]

Timeless classic 👌

[@rasenigmatik6709]

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[@robmderrick]

When this first came out, I heard it on the radio. Was either WISE or WKKE, Asheville, NC. After one hearing, not even sure what I'd heard, or who it was, I HAD to have it. I was about 13 years old. I hit the pavement walking, and went to Every record/music store in town, where I was met with incomprehension as I tried to find/describe this Holy Grail. Finally, after almost a whole day, I found a store with a 45RPM of a song called "Israelites". Couldn't even be sure it was the right one, but I bought it and took it home. Imagine my relief when I put it on and heard that first "Get up in the morning..." There are so few pleasures in life that are as intense, immediate, and pure as that.

[@pseudonayme7717]

I'm guessing you did some dancing that day :)

[@jonathanrule8611]

agreed!!

[@CommunistConsensus]

There is a lot of familiarity in your story. :)

[@brendastamey8178]

Also first it heard on that same station in 1969 as a kid growing up in Asheville. Loved it.

[@cracklingvinyl6779]

Rob Derrick brilliant comment! was kinda what happened to me too.

[@JamesAlee-no9tq]

Ah the origins of Reggae! What a timeless classic!😂❤😮

[@darleneschneck]

It’s 1969 and I’m 13 and hearing this song on a transistor radio on the school bus. Loved it then, love it now. It was so original and universally good.

[@1953elgordo]

I was 15, and now a shiver runs down my spine!

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Ditto and I was 10

[@evettet.b9768]

How sweet! We are old but love the classics?

[@christopherorourke6543]

I was 15, going on 16. The spring of 1969 when music was great. It was the final months of my Freshman year of high school & final months of living in Elwood, New Jersey. June 21, 1969 I moved to Newark, Delaware where I lived 3 years before I went into the U.S.Navy.

[@MrJwgh]

Me 13. First skinhead haircut. Corn Exchange, Leeds. This on radio.

[@jamedlee1011]

In my book, this's the greatest song in ska/reggae history!

[@williambaxter4628]

It's the only one in mine!

[@sharonensor7471]

Still fantastic after all these years 😎

[@erisdiscordia5429]

@@williambaxter4628 Might I recommend.. basically anything from Toots and the Maytalls?

[@williambaxter4628]

@@erisdiscordia5429 Thanks.

[@neilspare9597]

Fond memories of seeing Desmond Dekker live at the Top rank Suite (night club) in Birmingham back in the late 1960s

[@AtZero138]

Massive Respect... Got to see Him at the Showcase Theater... Here in Southern California...

[@MichaelColgan-v9l]

Theatre please!

[@joeazzopardi5193]

The song is 53 years old and still sounds great

[@davidschult2061]

I miss the oldies stations that once had all of these songs!!! Not songs like Fleetwood mac and the 80's Bullshit that counts as oldies.

[@shailendrasingh2016]

Fukkk U2 pink Floyd pearl jam packed with sht

[@TheBob3759]

Amen Joe.

[@peternemeth1777]

This song is timeless. A beautiful masterpiece.

[@anjou6497]

Cant stop swingin my hips to this. A treasure. Bring back dancing.

[@scottburton9701]

The first reggae song to crack the U.S.charts-Reached the top 10 in the spring of 1969.

[@jesavino1255]

Always loved this song.

[@RasJabal]

Thank you for the education family

[@JohnGreen-y3w]

Yes! Reached #9 on the Billboard Top 40 and was the first reggae song to get lots of airplay on mainstream pop radio here in the States

[@erisdiscordia5429]

This isn't reggae though. This is ska. This is good ska. This is reggae's daddy.

[@JohnGreen-y3w]

That’s true…first Reggae song to make it on USA radio. My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small was earlier though, came out in 1964 but it’s Ska not strictly Reggae

[@lawrenceharvey9469]

Timeless classic from the music giants of my little island 🇯🇲

[@Mamamama-jy6cp]

Hi Lawrence greetings from a Blondie in Europe🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚Jamaica is great🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@thursoberwick1948]

Jamaica has produced some great music in its time.

[@hgfh4684]

No little Island but msgnificent country. Do uou know that Britain is an island, so is Japan and the Philippines. Big up Jamaica.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@hgfh4684 Jamaica's much smaller than all those places, both in area and population

[@Deejaay83urj38]

👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 top talent the Aces. And the fab Harry Belafonte ❤️ Scottish granny! 🇯🇲.

[@ruffusp768]

Still listening and always listening to the best music 2024

[@kevinconnors-s8e]

Anyone listening in 2024? Never appreciated the lyrics when it first came out, just loved the different rhythm - now, the lyrics are pretty compelling, if a bit inscrutable.

[@daverice1650]

I lived in Milwaukee when this song came out. Huge hit here.

[@lowdown476]

Feb 8 2024

[@shahaasheron]

Yep, i loved it when i heard it...still do.❤❤❤❤

[@BenNewton-c6z]

I loved this song when it was released in the UK in 1969 (1970 ?) and I remember the track as a young kid then. It's timeless - and still brilliant. The thematic idea of the lyrics is probably to link the idea of the original 'wandering Jews' of Biblical times - Israelites - to find their spiritual home and can probably be linked as a result to the concept of other 'repressed' people to find a 'Spiritual' homeland; which also links those with Reggae/Rastafarian beliefs to a similar 'Spiritual' home in Africa - modern-day Ethiopia or 'Babylon'. It's a great shame, too, that neither place is 'peaceful' in 2024 ! Interesting fact - in the UK, this track; or rather a plagiarised version of it - was used as a television advertising 'jingle' to promote a rival version to Marmite called 'Vitalite' - I think in the 1990s. Older viewers will probably remember it well. It was just as good as Marmite - and about half the price !

[@BenNewton-c6z]

The reference to 'Bonnie and Clyde' in the lyrics - infamous gangsters from the Depression-era 1930s USA probably reflects the idea, too, of the need for freedom and being 'on the run' from Authority and its dangers; yet at the same time - to find a 'safe' home. It's interesting, too, that this track was released in 1968 - the year after the 1967 film of Bonnie and Clyde starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway was released. Both were eventually shot and killed in an ambush by the police in 1934 as outlaws.

[@richardpirrello6375]

I was stationed in Northern Thailand in 1969 during the Vietnam War.. I listened to this almost everyday... it got me through a bad time in my life and others too.

[@RasJabal]

Rastafari family

[@muffs55mercury61]

My brother was in 'Nam at the time. His unit loved this song.

[@roncarter2188]

Music can be the transporter back in time...the healer.

[@DiscoveringAsia]

It's Oct 2023 and I'm living in Bangkok now and it still sounds great!

[@43cjd]

First off, thank you for your service to our amazing country. While you were listening to this overseas I was a kid listening to this song on am radio here in the states. I hadn't heard it for years until I stumbled upon a movie starring matt dillon called drugstore cowboy. What a blast from the past.

[@delroyday8925]

I am still listening to this classic song ❤

[@antoniojmunoz]

Found this song while skimming through the oldies on KZbin. Wonderful song.

[@lonniemcguire1343]

Drugstore cowboy..fucked up movie

[@peterliebl1079]

2024. Who's still dancing to this?

[@lucagiave]

I'm still playing it 😄

[@dlmullins9054]

Can't move like i used to, but yeah me.😁

[@pepeleches04]

Me.

[@ralphdn]

I don't dance but I love the song. The two have nothing to do with each other.

[@rickglorie]

It kinda slaps.

[@robdogbme]

Thank you Dad for introducing me to this banger 🔥❤👊

[@cherrilynnupshaw1838]

Hey Paula

[@cherrilynnupshaw1838]

Do you have any idea how much you want me for this weekend and how you want me for a woman that will await your call from my friend and let her family

[@icantbelieveitsnotbutter8851]

As a Jamaican, these are the songs that I see that represent the roots of our culture. Yeah, we have a new string of songs that represent us now, but look at the state of the country now.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Fabulous band The 60s will never be beaten

[@ryleighloughty3307]

Jamaica should have stayed in the Commonwealth.

[@JohnDoe-cv8iw]

ppl wanna feel independent as a race i dont blame them @@ryleighloughty3307

[@geraldinenolan6312]

From the time conscious reggae music was destroyed with nasty dancehall shenanigans..... the whole world lost out. RIP Mr Marley...Twinkle Brothers...Black Uhuru... and Steel Pulse! ❤

[@AsaAzanyah]

Yall are Israelites not Jamaicans

[@brokenflower84]

I just heard this song for the first time three days ago and must have repeated it 100 times. This is magical and what music should be and do to your mind.

[@GanjaLady]

Do you know Young Gifted and Black.....go check that 1 out ❤

[@NiiloPaasivirta]

Me ears are alight!

[@roysheaks1261]

I was 11 when this came out. I liked it a lot, and still do.

[@stupendous1068]

Happy 80th birthday Desmond Dekker!!!

[@jenjackson5176]

Happy birthday 🎂

[@richardcrane6039]

Fantastic to hear Desmond and the Aces again, takes me back to the mid'60s when I saw them in Peterborough at the Bull and Dolphin, they were brilliant the best regae band I ever saw. God bless you Dessie up there in Heaven.

[@soniaharrison1016]

2022, 70 years old and still listening and dancing with my grandson. God is good, Big up UK.

[@AndyBennett-vc9sc]

First reggae I ever heard. Just perfect 🥰.

[@ralphpussilano]

Takes me back to the good old days

[@marinaorme7154]

Just heard, this wonderful man has died of a heart attack. RIP Desmond Decker, you will be missed!

[@arturodelagarza9028]

MARINA THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION. I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED THIS SONG SINCE I WAS A KID.

[@TheBob3759]

Amen Marina.

[@WedgePee]

He passed on in 2006, but your last point is completely valid.

[@podulox]

@@WedgePee Not missing Him yet... (I had to screw a couple of cones, new ones, into a couple of cabinets, old ones, I had to clean the conductive surfaces of each and every one of my audio leads... I even had to accept the need for a new AmpLifIer... SO NO! I HAVE NOT HAD TO MISS Desmond Decker for a moment..! (unless I sleeping, then I skipping it for some hours)

[@DeanJuvenal]

Decker is a style of bus. This genius is DEKKER. R- E-S-P-E-C-T

[@johnkersey5964]

looked for this song for years but thought it was called "its a red light". hey, i was only eight years old but it stayed with me all my life and I'm 55 now and this is the first time since 1968 i am hearing it. i love it! wouldn't have rediscovered it had i not hummed the tune to some one older who knew it was the Israelites song. and thanks to you tube, well there you have out and many other great songs by Desmond Dekker. enjoy!!! white conservative in the northeast! dont go figure, music is the universal language!

[@psawbrid]

its a red light

[@kimmaloney7001]

Lol..I thought it was "These red eyes".

[@tomray9895]

Surely it's "Me Ears Are Alight" :-)

[@keith6400]

I had the same problem with Brimful of Asha

[@deankeith830]

Me ears are alight ?

[@kevinwebb2480]

The first 'reggae' track I heard in 1968. Well done, boys.

[@rhetawellman2425]

I Love this Song...I was in my 20's during the 1960's.(Lucky Me). I have played this Song for the Last 44 Years. I am now 79 and still Love their Music...

[@i_am_moya]

The greatest song ever created in Ska era❤🎉

[@AS-wj1du]

First heard this song growing up in Jamaica in the 90s watching drugstore cowboy the movie. That film creeped me out 😂

[@davidbrown4271]

Great movie 🍿

[@Cris92507]

2024 WHOS HERE 🎉

[@jamesbyrne4957]

Me

[@Cris92507]

@@jamesbyrne4957 yes ssssir

[@MarkAffeltranger]

YES!

[@theresaaguero865]

Yup here 2024. Heard something the other day that woke up my memory and this song flooded back into my head. What a great original song.

[@vincentmaloba2290]

Me here today 1st November in Kenya!

[@actionperlen]

Forever.

[@dennisdavies1545]

Embarrassed to admit it was years before I realised Desmond wasn't singing 'my ears are alight'

[@kantilalchohan8467]

Fantastic

[@DanAir]

The Israelites need is now more than ever. DD forever.

[@vonniefaulks5554]

What an amazing sound - I heard this song over 60 years ago - still love it - the music out there today is also amazing but this song by Desmond Decker still takes a lot of beating xxx

[@danbernstein4694]

This song perfectly illustrates the transformation of ska into reggae. And still fresh after 49! years

[@chuckemeade]

This is actually a Rocksteady tune Reggae came after Rocksteady. The backing band is Lyn Taitt and The Jets.

[@karlbensley58]

Any body out there 2024?

[@AtZero138]

Like before.. always... Stay Rude Stay Roots and Keep Your Boots Stomping... Cheers from Southern California...

[@kudossklingboss]

2024❤

[@MichaelHegedus-g6l]

Great song !!

[@savellwalker7132]

I’m here

[@michaelyates5976]

Yep.

[@jimmyb1559]

Yes we had some diverse music in the 60’s. And we loved it.

[@michaelhaggerty6126]

The first time I heard this was on my way home from Vietnam flying from Seattle to Chicago in July 1969 with those earbuds they had on airlines back then. I had heard Caribbean music before but nothing like this. It just blew me away. I was an instant reggae fan. A few nights later I was dancing in a Boston night club to it's beat.lol

[@stevelyons3347]

My ears are alight!

[@kateaustin4254]

Love the guitar in this classic. And can we just shout about the range of Desmond's voice. All dancing on our 6th form roof in '68!

[@christine899]

I remember this song was used in an advert for a sunflower margarin, way back , always loved this song so cheerful and made you want to dance.

[@lesperry5327]

Back in 1968 my girlfirend (now my wife) and I used to meet for lunch at the Elephant and Castle at a place called the Gold Medal and this used to play while we ate and here I am 55 years later. and still listening to it. Happy days and happier days since.

[@robertthacher]

Not to be picky, but this hit was in the summer of 69

[@lesperry5327]

@@robertthacher I was so much in love that time meant nothing to me.

[@adg_87]

Nice!!!

[@Parlophonic]

This is one of my all-time favourites! I adore it.

[@danielorlando8172]

Mr. Dekker you have my greatest admiration and respect; when life brings me down this song uplifts my spirits and I find the way over the past 25 years to overcome adversity, your voice is a rare gem and I am humbly grateful

[@farstar41]

I was 30 years old when this came out--loved it then and love it now

[@jimmysullivan1079]

I'm 83, still love it 😊

[@devotednstill57]

We da israelites! Praise God, good to see our people confessing the name way back then

[@keithkthesymbolist]

I was 15 years old and saw the band in a Pub called the Bull in Sheen SW 14 in London, that was 53 years ago when music made you dance all night, it influenced me to enjoy all kinds of music that was harmonic in nature and that soothed the soul.

[@salmacastle232]

i was 4 years old came to England from East Africa this was number when we arrived in England my family loved it so much today im a single parent with two mixed Asian and white kids i asked my son while driving listening to the radio what was his favourite song of all time he said mum I was 5 and you put on Israelites: my fav song of all time my son is 24 now and uni i was blown away so proud

[@Lily73000]

Love this song. My dad used to sing this whenever I would blow dry my hair saying “my ears are alight” instead of “The Israelites”. Every time I hear this song now I can’t help but remember his amazing sense of humour. MEMORIES 😍😍

[@jimtaylor1204]

This was one of the first 45's I bought as a kid, loved it, played it over and over, drove my parents nuts....

[@ms_hourglass5344]

Playing in Mt bar right now its a vybe 😊

[@originaljermi]

Who’s still listening this in 2024 ?

[@erisdiscordia5429]

Not the Palestinians. They lack internet thanks too.. The Israelites.. the Israelites.

[@OUeight12]

@@erisdiscordia5429 ...what is funny is in the early 1990's skinheads were listening to this.. Ska was cool back then no matter your color or your view

[@erisdiscordia5429]

@@OUeight12 Yerp, for like, the first 5 years of Skin's being a direct answer to the laxidasical and carefree lifestyle of the hippies. Then, after those 5 years, the neonazis took over, and modern skins can eat my asshole.

[@MickeyWFCTILLIDIE]

Me always

[@davidsteer1941]

Me!!!!

[@loobyloo1955]

So many memories of living in London! I was 13 when this came out and they would blast it at the fairgrounds in Clapton. Nostalgic as I age.

[@evanlaughlin6345]

Oh ya? The multicultural brainwashing goes that far back? London's basically a proxy of Africa and the Middle East. Their gonna kill you guys you know? Yep... Best believe it.

[@OuterSpaceOwl]

I grew up around there in the 80s, do you mean the fairs that used to pitch up in Hackney Downs park? They still had them during the 80s and 90s. It's interesting hearing that this was a song they played during the 60s. I can well understand the nostalgia, especially when a great song brings it all back.

[@Ifonze]

2024 anybody out there?? Truth coming into the light. APTTMH,🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@alkebulanman3280]

Bless up!!! This song came out in 1968.

[@Cris92507]

@@Ifonze yeah man the truth is coming, the king of kings that is.

[@London1064]

Top notch 👍🇯🇲🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@sharonensor7471]

I was 10 years old when it came out in 1968 and I can remember it like it was yesterday. Me and my friends were at a local Fun Fair in Stainforth, Doncaster on the 'Waltzers' the first time we heard it.

[@raywillcox8622]

I loved this song 🎵 when l was a teenager my father and mother wondered why their music was more frenk sinatra which I do like but reggae is for me

[@janetstarnes3405]

This song POPPED in my head today STRAIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE!! Is it because I'm turning 63 this year?? 🙏

[@richteremmanuel3616]

Our days in discotheques and live band jams

[@davidlieb5258]

These musicians nailed it. Great music.

[@vanmann8347]

Once a ringer always a ringer. Still the sound of what music was and should be today.

[@56postoffice]

1st reggae tune to hit No1 in the UK. And well deserved. *"Rest In Eternal Paradise"-* Desmond Dekker.

[@BenNewton-c6z]

I remember this from 1970 when I was a kid. Simply brilliant.

[@alfaliaprice1475]

All praises to The Most High!! Loved that song then and now RIP!

[@Leejahstar]

Israelites ✌🏾🤴🏿👸🏾

[@lionofjudahlambofgod9132]

Praise The Lord. Please read Galatians.

[@lionofjudahlambofgod9132]

@@Leejahstar 2 Esdras 6:9 KJV.

[@nazritevow6169]

Wake Israel

[@johnodeh5316]

Lovely song; it took me right back to the days of my childhood when my mom and her brothers used to play sweet reggae records with songs like Israelites. I practically grew up on these kind of songs! Love em to pieces I did back then, and still do.

[@ELTarTree]

I loved this song when it came out. I was 10, living next to the sea and this tune seemed to be everywhere.......the tourists always had radios with them on the beach in those days (UK)

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

This all-time Reggae Classic gave me the shivers everytime I spun the record on my turntable back in the days...No doubt one of the defining tracks in the development of Jamaican music as much as the Wailers' Get up Stand Up and the Abyssinians' Satta Massagana..

[@oughtonoughton2634]

This fab song makes me get up and dance ,, What a special unique reggae Blast from the past lol Jane x

[@donaldmorrow3096]

When I first heard this song on the radio, I thought I was hearing a very good foreign language record and lumped it together in my musical understanding with "Sukiyaki" and "Volare." Boy was I wrong when further listening revealed English with a very heavy Jamaican accent. I bought it when it first came out in the states and played it alone in my room a lot. Little did I know, I was buying a record that would make history even now in light of the success of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Little did I know that I would be playing it today as if I just bought it new way back then. Little did I know that I would trace my love of Reggae music not to Bob Marley, but to Desmond Dekker and this masterpiece. Tomorrow, I will play this again, unlock more of its secrets and enjoy every minute of it.

[@DavidSmith-ce8jv]

+Donald Morrow This was the first Reggae song I ever heard, when it came out. I did not realize it was from an entire genre of music. Years later, I saw Toots and the Maytals, the same week Bob's Rastaman Vibration came out. I was in Love, like I had not been since James Brown played in my 4th grade pre Integration all white elementary school auditorium, in Augusta Ga. Love at first hearing.

[@sebking7902]

+Donald Morrow I don't want to sound rude, but I have no idea how you didn't recognize that this was English straight away.

[@donaldmorrow3096]

+Seb King Quite simply, I was twelve years old at the time and knew very few Jamaicans.

[@sebking7902]

Donald Morrow Fair enough then. Again, sorry if it came off as rude.

[@alkh3myst]

+Donald Morrow This was also the first reggae song I ever heard. My aunts and uncles were holding out on me. I heard this record on WABC-AM in New York, and almost had a meltdown.

[@caseycahill9820]

It really is brilliant. I heard it for the first time during a movie "Drugstore Cowboy." It's so unique, and stays in your head! Great, great song from extraordinary people - Jamaicans.

[@BlackBetty76]

Yep.. thats where I first heard this awesome tune.. great movie !!!

[@charlescarroll2965]

Same here and great film!!

[@johnbarry1965]

IT MEK is unbelievably, even better!!!!

[@genacunningham1731]

Me too! Great movie!!

[@edfuckingjohnson]

I was looking for a comment like yours, I forgot the name of the movie that I heard this song in, Drugstore Cowboy

[@mooseydeucy]

Classic....I like the bass man. He makes this group's harmony.

[@markdurrant4174]

A fantastic song,reminds me of the days of working in Brixton when you heard old school ska,and this was a absolute classic 👌

[@SallyWhite-cg2ej]

Just Fabulous 🤩 ****"” love it

[@powerhail9117]

This is it... A freakin' classic!

[@claudiaallen2022]

Watchmen thanks for using my country song 🇯🇲🥰

[@ukman9797]

The best music came from there my friend.

[@jamedlee1011]

Finest piece of regae gold ever come outta Jamaica!

[@mandyjohnson1109]

Dancing in the disco over Cafe Straub in Heidelberg, Germany in 1969 and I thought I was sooo cool...

[@sapien82]

big sound big tune

[@gil.gosseyn4786]

The first reggae song I ever heard, back in '68. I had no idea what it was, but I knew I liked it!

[@jimmycoganshow7661]

I've listened and played this song more times than any other.

[@jakelabete7412]

It may be 53 years old, but I heard it for the first time just now. It's great.

[@Peterroutledge-g2w]

Trojan records and desmond dekker, just damn perfect fit.whos for the dance floor?!!!

[@marydarcy8993]

Great music doesn't get old.

[@treasajackson6318]

Still loving this! 2024

[@hilaryjones3227]

Yes, I do I'm 68 and I loved it then and love it now, in 2021.

[@richardcaldicott9987]

This was so different to anything else I had heard. Still one of the best songs I have ever heard.

[@chadtodd9490]

This is never gets old....never....

[@dougiebrown9318]

Yep!! Bringing memories of 68 when I left school & my first Reggae lovers disco .. Loved it then & love it now ..timeless

[@raymondzuppa-hn6es]

I played it for my son last night on a long trip. It just popped into my head. I have not heard it since the early 70s when it ruled AM radio -- 77 WABC in NYC.

[@dickyfisher9249]

I was there in '68 my two bros. In Nam my Uncle Ken a P.O.W. my friend Steve Marlow a Marine who lived three houses down from me in N.Y. kia. This was my favorite song. I was 14 .

[@jamuga60]

Great story!

[@jorgesalazart.287]

Amazing song! Dekker introduced the ska and reggae music to UK, even before that Bob Marley.

[@Phil-w4u]

That's just darn good. The harmonies are wonderful..the guitar doesn't over play. Just tasty little scales and fills.

[@markhobson5769]

Another one of those songs that now sticks in my melon.