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The reggae mix was a more laid-back and reggae-tinged version of the song. It was arranged by Sunwoo Jung-ah, who also arranged and composed 2NE1's later single It Hurts (Slow), and features instruments such as wah wah guitars, horns, and timbales. The reggae mix was later added to the group's debut studio album To Anyone (2010).
Studio One is one of Jamaica's most renowned record labels and recording studios; it has been described as the Motown of Jamaica. The record label was involved with most of the major music movements in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1970s, including ska , rocksteady , reggae , dub and dancehall .
Donat Roy Mittoo (3 March 1948 – 16 December 1990), better known as Jackie Mittoo, [1] was a Jamaican-Canadian keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. [2] He was a member of The Skatalites and musical director of the Studio One record label.
The Heptones recorded for major Jamaican record producers at the time. They began their career, after one unsuccessful single [4] for Ken Lack's "K Calnek" label, under the watchful eye of Coxsone Dodd of Studio One. [2] The Heptones had a number of Jamaican hits for Studio One, beginning with "Fattie Fattie", their first Studio One single in ...
Other singles included "Old Man River" and "Slow and Easy" on Reid’s Treasure Isle label. They recorded for Sonia Pottinger "Guns Fever" and by 1971 were recording releases such as "Tear Drops Will Fall" for Clancy Eccles. Later, The Silvertones went on to record many songs for Studio One.
Leroy Sibbles (born Leroy Sibblies, 29 January 1949) is a Jamaican reggae musician and producer. He was the lead singer for The Heptones in the 1960s and 1970s.. In addition to his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arranger at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio and the associated Studio One label during the prolific late 1960s.
Willi Williams (also Willie Williams) (born 15 June 1953) is a Jamaican reggae and dub musician and producer. He is known as the "Armagideon Man" after his hit, "Armagideon Time", first recorded in 1977 at Studio One in Kingston. The song was covered by The Clash as the flipside of their "London Calling" single.
The success of the Mighty Diamonds prompted the group and producers Ranglin and Clement Bushay to promote the duo as the Mighty Maytones. [2] The Boat to Zion album followed in 1978, although it did not meet with the success they had hoped for, and were overlooked by the British record labels that were signing up much of Jamaica's talent at the ...