No reggae enthusiast's wax collection could ever be complete without Althea & Donna's 'Uptown Top Ranking', a track that reached no 1 in the UK in 1978. See mi in mi Benz and ting. Q (UK) – The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) Someone impersonating me now? I remember him championing the embryonic Lena Lovich to the rafters only to drop her like a hot coal once she broke through, although her star shone only briefly.”. Hervé Bourhis (France) – Le Petit Livre Rock: The Juke Box Singles 1950-2009 Blender (USA) – The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! Errrmm…he…er…er…he…. except “that one about black and white people living together on pianos” SB yellow card etc. TUES. June 24th. the “Top of the pops” performance, singing live with the BBC Orchestra was hilarious. Like others upthread, I was aware of UTR from the summer of 1977, when Peel was heavily championing it. Here are a couple of the more, erm, singular comments made by readers of my blog, when this cropped up on this year’s Which Decade Is Tops For Pops: “Obviously it’s jumping on the bandwagon of Reggae Like It Used To Be by Paul Nicholas.”, “I recognise that this is regarded by some as a seminal track, but I’ve never really liked it very much. Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web! Nobody resents it, in other words. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1978 Vinyl release of "Uptown Top Ranking" on Discogs. Uptown top ranking See me 'pon the road, and you no call out to me True you see me in me pants and ting See me in my halter back Say, me give you heart attack Give me little bass, make me whine up mi waist Give me little bass, make me whine up mi waist Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit an' ting Nah pop no style I strictly roots Nah pop no style The flow of talent and money between Kingston and London was starting to open up world markets to reggae, with Marley a superstar and punk drawing social (and increasingly musical) inspiration from roots and dub. One fascinating and melancholy thing lately has been watching dance music grow old. The song was initially recorded as a joke. Strictly roots indeed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iD_qZ3hTDo. Index of reviews and scores so far this is not what I want them to do either, this is like awful indie bands roping in grime MCs or Timbaland working with terrible rock bands. The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson. Playlist, Written by: ALTHEA FORREST, DONNA MARIE REID, Errol Thompson, Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CARLIN AMERICA INC. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. "Uptown Top Ranking" is a song and single by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. There was nothing wrong with the TOTP appearance!!! Even a dilettante like me is aware that the late 70s were a storied age for Jamaican music. He’s hard like that. They are best known for their 1977 single " Uptown Top Ranking ", which was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom in 1978. Althea who now lives in New York, is originally from Hughenden in St Andrew, and is a Queens School old girl. Uptown Top Ranking. What’s remarkable about UTR is the way that the “Three Piece Suit” backing track (featuring an early outing for Sly and Robbie) sounds tailor-made for Althea & Donna’s vocals: as if it had been expressly recorded with the girls in mind. Now, of course, I’m in total agreement with everyone – it’s fantastic – 9 for me too. You MUST have remembered it. "See me in me heels and ting ..." means that the girls are observed dressed to go out - uptown top ranking means going to town to show off. hardly the same thing. It is a great single, I think this is that Top Of The Pops performance with tedious TOTP2 Elvis Costello fact (since I’m on Youtube duty today). Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. Test your MusicIQ here! I strictly roots. So far, so historical. 19 January 1978. Chorus 1: Am Shoulda see me and the ranking dread, check how we jamming and ting. Popular is funded by the generosity of my Patreon patrons. Q (UK) – The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) Certainly this is true with all of the acts we’ll be talking about on Popular who set about this (some more successfully than others, from an artistic pov), including those who jumped on the disco bandwagon as opposed to the reggae one. New Musical Express (UK) – Singles of the Year 40, If this was number 1 when you were born paste [stork-boy] or [stork-girl] into the start of your comment :), MailRequired (Your email address will not be published). Lyrics.com. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1989 Vinyl release of "Uptown Top Rankin' (Remix)" on Discogs. DJ's CONNIE PRICE (the Lions/Keystones/ Stones Throw) ADRIAN VILLALOBOS (Rhygin Records) MC's BLACK SHAKESPEARE … “Uptown Top Ranking” is an infectious hit single that knocked Wings’ Christmas blockbuster “Mull of Kintyre” off the #1 spot on the British pop charts in February of 1978. There were exceptions but Peely was happier on the fringe. Mobb Deep should never have followed up ‘Shook Ones’ with that cover of ‘The Puppy Dog Song’, As soon as this song comes on, everyone is overcome with an irresistible desire to sing the words to one another, but no one knows what they actually are! Nah pop no style, a strictly roots. What’s the matter with you, rass clat? well after her chart breakthrough). With The Ladybirds, Pan's People, Jimmy Savile, Legs & Co. A rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists. The appeal of Althea and Donna is double-edged. They are adorable, but in that setting not too far away from Baccara – and that’s the context which probably pushed “Uptown” from a Top 20 hit to a Number One. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. It is taken from their 1977 debut album of the same title. Here's the sequel, picking up where that left off. Uptown Top Ranking was released by Virgin Records subsidiary Frontline Records. Not too long after this one, Althea herself (sans Donna) put out “Downtown Thing”, sounding much more, er, “experienced”, even talking about “me drink up de Heineken”. Rated #426 in the best albums of 1978. i think it may be a while before mobb deep are playlisted. There are one-hit wonders, and then there are No. By “Go Let It Out”, the lead single from its follow-up, the crisis had become material.…, OXIDE AND NEUTRINO - "Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)", “Certain guys can’t face the fact of what we’ve done Sold over a quarter of a million Casualty went straight to number one And still they wanna cuss come on…, You’re in the car with the radio on and no expectations, and suddenly you hear it: a song that stops everything around it, breaking through the playlist and announcing itself…, Popular Crystal Ball: 2014 - The Arse End, Back in July I had a quick listen and rate of the first half of 2014's number ones. It's taken a while, it'll take a while longer. I suppose I don’t like the reggae-disco fusion. (2003) [1] It was produced by Joe Gibbs,[1] with the Uptown Top Ranking was superbly produced by Karl Pitterson, and boasts the heavy rhythms of the Revolutionaries. Released in 1978 on Front Line (catalog no. What’s remarkable about UTR is the way that the “Three Piece Suit” backing track (featuring an early outing for Sly and Robbie) sounds tailor-made for Althea & Donna’s vocals: as if it had been expressly composed and recorded with the girls in mind. Uptown Top Ranking Lyrics. sit so light and fresh within the context of the tune, transcending the restrictions of their convention. Nah pop no style, a strictly roots . And in New York, techniques imported by reggae DJs were setting trends in motion that would transform pop’s vocabulary. The Guardian (UK) – 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear (2009) . I don’t remember Peel championing Lene Lovich, either – and I was an almost nightly listener in the late 1970s. Sey mi gi' you heart attack. Any excuse will serve a tyrant. Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting . Sean Paul found…, A question that haunts a project like Popular is how you review things that have a very specific context – no, more than a context, a specific use – when…, Be Here Now was a triumph that turned, with rapid hindsight, into a crisis. So, I sacked the idea before using it. If you want proof of the appeal of “Uptown Top Ranking”, try this: I have never once, that I can remember, seen anyone decry it as inauthentic, or sold-out, or frivolous or unrepresentative of Jamaican music. "Uptown Top Ranking" is a song and single by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. FAVORITE The one who resembled a chi-lite missed her cue at least 4 times. Other Audioposts. Genres: Roots Reggae, Reggae. Popular Lucky Dip (a random post), Tom invented Freaky Trigger on a bus journey in the mid-90s. Pitchfork (USA) – The Pitchfork 500 (2008) Them check so we hip an' ting. What’s equally remarkable is the way that A&D’s standard two-note toasting melody in the verses (that particular interval was used time and time again as I recall – Ranking Trevor to thread?) True you see mi inna pants and ting. God bless novelty, when it gives us this! As before, this…, DJ PIED PIPER AND THE MASTER OF CEREMONY - "Do You Really Like It? what I want them to do is STEP OFF. Be one or the other, not both.”, # 47 – Mike! Not just as a genre, coming to terms with itself as something that…, Xenomania – the songwriting and production team on “Round Round”, led by Miranda Cooper and Brian Higgins – defined 00s British pop, at least in the eyes of chart-friendly critics.…, As Brotherhood Of Man could have told them, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iD_qZ3hTDo, The Freaky Trigger Readers’ Poll 2018: #40-#31. Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting . Scout Niblett - Uptown Top Ranking (2004) Remarkable low-energy, but not low-emotion, sort-of cover of Althea & Donna’s 1977 reggae UK number 1, from Emma Louise. BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Figaro” ». It was also covered by The Latin Girls, Top of the Pops, Dancehall Divas, Dub Colossus and other artists. It samples Trinity [JM]. Well, ideas being ideas, the only time I considered a wacky internet alias, I came up with “Bela Lugosi’s Dad”, to some humorous appreciation from some folks. Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist. You’ve just quoted it word for word. As Brotherhood Of Man could have told them, it’s really never a good idea to follow a Number One single with a song about a cute little puppy dog. “Reggae Like It Used To Be” is a seminal Joe Gibbs classic and Paul Nicholas the most important reggae artist to emerge…er…to emerge…er…in fact a pioneer…yes, that’s it – a PIONEER… “Let Your Yeah Be Yeah”…that was him! Deezer: free music streaming. Michaelangelo Matos (USA) – Top 100 Singles of the 1970s (2001) 16 Jamaican Poll – The Top 100 Jamaican Songs of 1957-2007 (2009) 60 https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/16409390/Althia+and+Donna, There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World), Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) [Version], Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight), Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee, Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman), Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've), When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful, Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me? Considering I am the real Malice Cooper, I really think this sucks. 4 Apr. “I don’t feel like dancin with the captain”, its just a matter of time…. One Hit Wonders: Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking. Bunnykins is gonna do the pair of you. They bite at lines – “seh mi in mi halter back / seh mi give yuh heart attack” – and they hit that zone where awkwardness suddenly morphs into supreme confidence, the telepathic forcefield of front that makes girl-gang pop from the Shangris to Shampoo so irresistable. by moving their sound closer towards it, getting Lee Perry to produce, involving Mikey Dread etc. Donna singles chronology Uptown Top Ranking (1977) Puppy Dog Song (1978) Uptown Top Ranking is a song by Jamaican teenage singer Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded at 17 and 18 g. [1] The song was released in 1977. Look at the Top Of The Pops performance: two gawky teen girls in their khaki suit an’ ting, trying to groove rather than giggle to the house band parping its way through a Joe Gibbs rhythm track. Check how we jamming and ting . I taped it off the radio, where it sat next to The Clash’s “Complete Control” and the first Slits session on the same side of the same C90. A page about what he's up to can be found, Required (Your email address will not be published), Dancehall stars have found many routes into the UK mainstream - cover versions and ads; tie-ups with hot producers; hardcore or controversial lyrics; or just basic novelty. 2021. Lyrics to Uptown Top Ranking by Althia and Donna from the Top of the Pops Collection [43 CD] album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more! Predictably, A&D’s misfortunes started with their new label Virgin’s disastrous choice of follow-up single “The Puppy Dog Song”: a banal reggae-fication of the “frogs and snails and puppy dogs’ tails” nursery rhyme, complete with an introductory piano figure lifted directly from “Chopsticks”. Althea & Donna were a Jamaican reggae vocal duo, consisting of Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid. Not me, pal. "Uptown Top Ranking" is a song by Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. 1-hit wonders – and Althea & Donna are in that very rarefied latter category. actually, R2 and capital do play quite a lot of the obvious motown and stax stuff along with a smattering of disco and funk. Look at the Top Of The Pops performance: two gawky teen girls in their khaki suit an’ ting, trying to groove rather than giggle to the house band parping its way through a Joe Gibbs rhythm track. My comprehension might be off, and those enemies might be straw men, but it still sounds like the most joyful put-down on record. In Jamaica, a fresh generation of MCs and singjays were starting to make waves, men who would become the stars of early dancehall. (0 fans), Sheet Music Web. You could be one of them! Uptown Top Ranking . The lyrics to it were in record mirror, It would have been number one longer if it hadn’t been for that totp performance so our geography teacher said at the time. They are adorable, but in that setting not too far away from Baccara – and that’s the context which probably pushed “Uptown” from a Top 20 hit to a Number One. Think you know music? Uptown Top Ranking, an Album by Althea & Donna. "Uptown Top Ranking" is a song andsingleby the Jamaican teenagesingersAlthea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Althea and Donna's pop reggae classic pokes gentle fun at the more orthodox attitudes of Rastafarianism, whilst confirming that they are still "strictly roots" - true to their origins. However, my trusty Garner guide tells me that Lene did in fact record a Peel session in November 1978, followed by a second session in December 1979 (i.e. FL 1012; Vinyl LP). 52 notes. See me pon the road I hear you call out to me. brilliant clip thanks Pete :-) George Berry was obviously better at football than singing along with the BBC concert orchestra! Songfacts®: The title "Uptown Top Ranking" describes what a country Jamaican does when he goes to the city to show off. I'm writing about every UK number one single, in order. Q (UK) – The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 712 Wander around in the archives, or join in with the marvellous bunch of commenters we've managed to attract - new voices always very welcome! We have them going an' ting. Inna we khaki suit and ting . The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson. It was produced by Joe Gibbs, using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 Alton Ellis song "I'm Still in Love", which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken's cover "I'm Still in Love With You B… Althea & Donna were a Jamaican reggae vocal duo, consisting of Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid. Popular FAQ shame on them! Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web! "Uptown Top Ranking" is a song and single by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Sheesh. You might want to tell Joe Strummer that. you do sometimes hear the israelites though. The song climbed to number two on the Irish charts, and peaked at number 23 in Belgium and 24 in the Netherlands. Uptown Top Ranking was released by Frontline Records, a subsidiary of Virgin Records. I used to listen to this thinking “no pop no STYLE” was a dismissal – of whatever grown-ups or squares or bores might be listening. Watch how we chuck it and ting . In London, the sweeter sound of Lovers Rock was scoring occasional, deathless pop hits. I find that in most cases I prefer the results of this process to what the bands sounded like before. Happy days. The song reached number two in Ireland, number 23 in Belgium and number 24 in the Netherlands. Jamaican singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid were just 17 and 18 when they cut the track in 1977. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. The producer Joe Gibbs came across a song by reggae star Trinity called "Three Piece Suit" and he decided to record a female response as a companion. [Hook:] Nah pop no style. The music is a wonder to behold, driven by the Riddim Twins' fat rhythms and accompanied by Scully's inspired percussion. 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010) Then talk smack later. On record, though, the girls are significantly blanker, more reserved – cooler than anyone who might be listening. http://www.mypsace.com/malicecooper see the real deal. Gary Mulholland (UK) – This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) Deezer'a kaydol ve Althea & Donna, Uptown Top Ranking (Remastered) şarkısını ve bunun yanında 56 milyon şarkıyı dinle. Radio 2 and Capital Gold don’t like black music unless it’s Dock Of The Bay or Move On Up. They get early posts, exclusive material, and more. Listen to Uptown Top Ranking by Althea & Donna - Top Of The Pops - 1978. Nah pop no style, a strictly roots . And then sneaking past the Kintyre titan for a week in the wintry sun was this, the most wondrous of one-hit wonders. ah now you have pointed out something I did not. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Althea and Donna originally released Up Town Top Ranking written by Donna Reid, Althea Forrest, Joe Gibbs and Errol Thompson and Althea and Donna released it on the single Up Town Top Ranking in 1977. File : Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking (Top Of Pops) [1978] Format: MPEG-PS Length: 96.7 MiB for 3mn 6s 760ms Video : MPEG-2 Video at 4 033 Kbps Aspect : 720 x 576 (4:3),at (1.333) at 25.000 fps Audio: MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 at 224 Kbps infos: 2 channels, 48.0 KHz Source : … [Verse 1:] See me in mi heels an' ting. It is taken from their 1977 debut album of the same title. You gotta give Paul Nicholas props for inventing the Scissor Sisters on “Dancing With The Captain” though. How could they? "Uptown Top Ranking Lyrics." Am Watch how we chuck it and ting, inna we khaki suit and ting. Listen to Uptown Top Ranking by Black Box Recorder, 529 Shazams. Discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. but yes, not much reggae unless it’s ‘jamming’ or by eric clapton. Well, I’ve never screwed up anything so. considering how much this song is part of the cultural landscape, not to mention how great it is, it’s amazing how little utr actually gets played. Nah pop no style, a strictly roots. G D Love is all I bring, inna me khaki suit and ting. Am G Dem no know sey we top ranking, Uptown Top Ranking. See mi in a 'alter back. Legs & Co. on Top of the Pops, dancing to Althea & Donna's infectious hit "Uptown Top Ranking". But I knew these records before the songs and artists they ‘ripped off’ and there are emotional ties born of ignorance that can’t (and in most cases needn’t) be shaken. i don’t think i’d ever heard it until it was on simon bates’ golden hour while i was at university in the early nineties (when i must admit my excitement was mainly to do with finding the source of PWEI’s ‘no pop no style’ sample) and since then I’d be suprised if I’d heard it much more than ten times – it would pop up on totp2 every once in a while but you never seem to hear it on radio 2 or capitol gold. I remember this being number 1 but I think 6-year old me was probably quite baffled about it at the time having never heard any reggae before let alone anything as authentic as this with the patois along with the syncopated rhythm. #Scout Niblett #Uptown Top Ranking #Althea And Donna #1977 #audiopost. Strummer and co. actually made good on their evident love of reggae, dub etc. Am Nah pop no style, a strictly roots, G Nah pop no style, a strictly roots. « Popular ’77 Shoulda see me and the ranking dread . So, I did the honourable thing and googled it, and yep: Not the most original alias. ", “Jump, don’t ever stop”. The real Spoiler Bunny has yet to wreak untold havoc on Popular, but it’s coming, it’s coming…, “For John, people were only worthy if they remained in the shadows as far away from the chart (which he despised as much as its champion Tony Blackburn) as possible.
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