Acclaimed Music

**Top Jamaican Music Songs**
Rank	All Time	Artist	Song	Subgenre(s)	Other Genre(s)	Year
1	123	Bob Marley and The Wailers	No Woman No Cry	Reggae		1975
2	284	Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers to Cross	Pop Reggae		1969
3	286	Desmond Dekker & The Aces	Israelites	Rocksteady		1968
4	540	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Redemption Song	Roots Reggae	Singer/Songwriter	1980
5	543	The Wailers	Get Up, Stand Up	Roots Reggae		1973
6	582	Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come	Pop Reggae		1972
7	651	Junior Murvin	Police & Thieves	Roots Reggae		1976
8	756	Althea and Donna	Uptown Top Ranking	Reggae		1977
9	806	M.I.A.	Galang	Dancehall	Electropop, UK Hip Hop	2004
10	812	Toots and The Maytals	Pressure Drop	Reggae		1969
11	872	The Wailers	I Shot the Sheriff	Roots Reggae		1973
12	1127	Millie	My Boy Lollipop	Jamaican Ska	Bubblegum	1964
13	1141	Lily Allen	Smile	Pop Reggae	Pop	2006
14	1222	The Specials	A Message to You Rudy	Rocksteady	2 Tone	1979
15	1224	Desmond Dekker & The Aces	007 (Shanty Town)	Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady		1967
16	1261	The Melodians	Rivers of Babylon	Rocksteady, Roots Reggae		1970
17	1362	Toots and The Maytals	54 46 (Was My Number)	Reggae		1968
18	1469	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	Roots Reggae		1975
19	1473	Bob Marley and The Wailers	One Love/People Get Ready	Roots Reggae		1977
20	1509	Gregory Isaacs	Night Nurse	Reggae		1982
21	1523	Augustus Pablo	King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown	Dub		1974
22	1555	Dillinger	Cocaine in My Brain	Deejay		1976
23	1731	Culture	Two Sevens Clash	Roots Reggae		1977
24	1734	Major Lazer feat. Amber Coffman	Get Free	Dub	Art Pop, Downtempo	2012
25	1820	Stevie Wonder	Master Blaster (Jammin')	Pop Reggae		1980
26	1851	Wayne Smith	Under Me Sleng Teng	Digital Dancehall		1985
27	1863	Damian Marley	Welcome to Jamrock	Dancehall, Reggae		2005
28	1915	Tenor Saw	Ring the Alarm	Dancehall		1985
29	1918	Peter Tosh	Legalize It	Roots Reggae		1975
30	1977	The Clash	The Guns of Brixton	Reggae	Post-Punk	1979
31	1982	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Jamming	Roots Reggae		1977
32	2088	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Stir It Up	Reggae		1973
33	2096	Eric Clapton	I Shot the Sheriff	Pop Reggae	Pop Rock	1974
34	2251	Men at Work	Down Under	Pop Reggae	Pop Rock	1981
35	2280	Max Romeo	Chase the Devil	Roots Reggae		1976
36	2281	The Police	Walking on the Moon	Pop Reggae	New Wave	1979
37	2357	Prince Buster	Al Capone	Jamaican Ska		1965
38	2427	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Is This Love	Lovers Rock, Roots Reggae		1978
39	2561	Dawn Penn	You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)	Dancehall		1994
40	2573	Alton Ellis	I Am Still in Love	Reggae, Rocksteady		1977
41	2650	The Congos	Fisherman	Roots Reggae		1977
42	2660	Dave and Ansil Collins	Double Barrel	Deejay, Skinhead Reggae		1970
43	2812	Barrington Levy	Here I Come	Dancehall		1984
44	2814	The Abyssinians	Satta Massa Gana	Roots Reggae		1971
45	2854	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Trench Town Rock	Roots Reggae		1971
46	2870	Horace Andy	Skylarking	Dub, Roots Reggae		1972
47	2875	UB40	Red Red Wine	Pop Reggae		1983
48	2933	The Wailers	Simmer Down	Reggae		1964
49	2940	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Exodus	Roots Reggae		1977
50	2969	Toots and The Maytals	Funky Kingston	Reggae		1973
51	3137	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Could You Be Loved	Reggae		1980
52	3174	Blondie	The Tide Is High	Pop Reggae	New Wave	1980
53	3299	Max Romeo & The Upsetters	War ina Babylon	Roots Reggae		1976
54	3346	Bob Marley and The Wailers	War	Roots Reggae		1976
55	3368	Harry J. Allstars	Liquidator	Skinhead Reggae		1969
56	3370	Bob & Marcia	Young, Gifted and Black	Pop Reggae		1970
57	3399	Dennis Brown	Money In My Pocket	Dub, Roots Reggae		1972
58	3465	The Skatalites	Guns of Navarone	Jamaican Ska		1965
59	3497	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Lively Up Yourself	Roots Reggae		1971
60	3605	M.I.A.	Boyz	Dancehall	UK Hip Hop	2007
61	3610	Harry Belafonte	Banana Boat (Day-O)	Mento	Calypso	1956
62	3672	Paul Simon	Mother and Child Reunion	Pop Reggae	Singer/Songwriter	1972
63	3799	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Waiting in Vain	Lovers Rock		1977
64	3875	Ace of Base	All That She Wants	Pop Reggae	Dance-Pop, Europop	1992
65	3944	Eddy Grant	Electric Avenue	Pop Reggae	Electro-Disco, Synthpop	1982
66	3988	Sean Paul	Get Busy	Ragga		2002
67	3990	Ken Boothe	Everything I Own	Pop Reggae		1974
68	3995	The Paragons	The Tide Is High	Rocksteady		1967
69	4031	War	Why Can't We Be Friends?	Pop Reggae	Soul	1975
70	4032	Sister Nancy	Bam Bam	Dancehall, Deejay		1982
71	4132	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Three Little Birds	Pop Reggae, Roots Reggae		1977
72	4170	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Concrete Jungle	Roots Reggae		1973
73	4180	Chaka Demus & Pliers	Murder She Wrote	Dancehall		1992
74	4266	Manu Chao	Me gustas tú	Pop Reggae	Latin Alternative	2001
75	4479	Major Lazer feat. Vybz Kartel	Pon de Floor	Dancehall	Dutch House	2009
76	4594	The Folkes Brothers	Oh Carolina	Mento		1960
77	4656	Musical Youth	Pass the Dutchie	Pop Reggae		1982
78	4682	Shaggy	Boombastic	Dancehall		1995
79	4696	10cc	Dreadlock Holiday	Pop Reggae		1978
80	4739	Anthony Red Rose	Tempo	Digital Dancehall		1985
81	4892	Burning Spear	Slavery Days	Roots Reggae		1975
82	4996	Rubén Blades	Desapariciones	Reggae	Singer/Songwriter	1984
83	5079	Shabba Ranks with Chevelle Franklyn	Mr. Loverman	Pop Reggae, Ragga		1992
84	5101	Hugh Roy and John Holt	Wear You to the Ball	Deejay		1970
85	5214	The Heptones	Book of Rules	Roots Reggae		1973
86	5317	Half Pint	Greetings	Dancehall, Deejay		1986
87	5321	Shaggy	Oh Carolina	Dancehall, Pop Reggae		1993
88	5331	Jimmy Cliff	Viet Nam	Pop Reggae		1969
89	5379	Major Lazer feat. Mr Lexx and Santigold	Hold the Line	Ragga		2009
90	5438	Led Zeppelin	D'yer Mak'er	Pop Reggae	Pop Rock	1973
91	5626	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Buffalo Soldier	Roots Reggae		1983
92	5719	Eric Donaldson	Cherry Oh Baby	Reggae, Rocksteady		1971
93	5729	Seeed	Dickes B	Dancehall	Hip Hop	2000
94	5754	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Duppy Conqueror	Roots Reggae		1970
95	5779	Grace Jones	I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)	Dub	Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop	1981
96	6071	Beenie Man	Who Am I	Ragga		1998
97	6160	Phyllis Dillon	Don't Stay Away	Rocksteady		1967
98	6256	The Clash	Bankrobber	Reggae		1980
99	6276	Bob Andy	I've Got to Go Back Home	Rocksteady		1967
100	6398	Johnny Nash	Stir It Up	Pop Reggae		1972
101	6442	The Clash	Rudie Can't Fail	Reggae		1979
102	6451	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	Dub	Art Pop	1981
103	6471	Sean Paul	Gimme the Light	Pop Reggae, Ragga		2001
104	6478	Luciano	It's Me Again Jah	Roots Reggae		1994
105	6597	Sia feat. Sean Paul	Cheap Thrills	Dancehall	Contemporary R&B, Electropop	2015
106	6632	The Slickers	Johnny Too Bad	Reggae		1970
107	6677	Toots and The Maytals	Sweet and Dandy	Reggae		1969
108	6685	Snow	Informer	Pop Reggae	Pop Rap	1992
109	6722	Justin Hines with The Dominoes & Tommy McCook & His Ska-Talite	Carry Go Bring Come	Jamaican Ska		1964
110	7222	Willie Williams	Armagideon Time	Roots Reggae		1978
111	7260	Lee Perry	Roast Fish and Corn Bread	Roots Reggae		1976
112	7367	Scritti Politti	The Word Girl	Pop Reggae	Sophisti-Pop	1985
113	7404	The Sabres of Paradise	Wilmot	Dub	Electronic	1994
114	7412	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Small Axe	Reggae		1970
115	7475	Janet Kay	Silly Games	Lovers Rock		1979
116	7481	Bunny Wailer	Dream Land	Roots Reggae		1976
117	7491	Don Drummond	Eastern Standard Time	Jamaican Ska		1964
118	7516	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natural Mystic	Roots Reggae		1977
119	7566	Ini Kamoze	Here Comes the Hotstepper	Pop Reggae	Pop Rap	1994
120	7597	Third World	Now That We've Found Love	Pop Reggae		1978
121	7661	The Pioneers	Long Shot Kick the Bucket	Reggae		1969
122	7666	The Heptones	Fattie Fattie	Rocksteady		1966
123	7669	The Maytals	Bam-Bam	Jamaican Ska		1966
124	7690	Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger	(You Got to Walk And) Don't Look Back	Pop Reggae		1978
125	7735	Dennis Brown	Revolution	Reggae		1983
126	7802	David Bowie	Loving the Alien	Pop Reggae	Progressive Pop, Sophisti-Pop	1984
127	7844	Peter Tosh	Equal Rights	Roots Reggae		1977
128	7851	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Kaya	Reggae		1971
129	7955	Michigan & Smiley	Nice Up the Dance	Dancehall		1979
130	7976	The Police	Voices Inside My Head	Pop Reggae		1980
131	8024	Sean Paul	Like Glue	Dancehall		2002
132	8070	Yellowman	Zungguzunggu- guzungguzeng	Dancehall, Deejay		1982
133	8264	Grace Jones	Private Life	Dub	Art Pop, New Wave	1980
134	8322	Lee Perry & the Full Experiences	Disco Devil	Dub		1977
135	8467	UB40	One in Ten	Pop Reggae		1981
136	8544	Delroy Wilson	Dancing Mood	Rocksteady		1966
137	8590	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Put It On	Reggae		1971
138	8663	Trinity	Three Piece Suit	Deejay		1977
139	8797	Junior Byles	Curley Locks	Roots Reggae		1974
140	8881	The Mighty Diamonds	Right Time	Roots Reggae		1976
141	9001	Cham	Ghetto Story / Ghetto Story Chapter 3 (feat. Akon)	Ragga		2006
142	9168	Bob Marley	Nice Time	Reggae		1967
143	9266	Rihanna	Pon de Replay	Dancehall	Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop	2005
144	9353	The Beat	Stand Down Margaret	Pop Reggae	2 Tone	1980
145	9356	Sublime	Santeria	Pop Reggae	Alternative Rock, Third Wave Ska	1996
146	9359	Shaggy feat. Rik Rok	It Wasn't Me	Pop Reggae	Contemporary R&B	2000
147	9499	Gentleman	Dem Gone	Reggae		2002
148	9519	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Soul Rebel	Reggae		1970
149	9562	Third World	96 Degrees in the Shade	Roots Reggae		1977
150	9666	Jimmy Cliff	Wonderful World, Beautiful People	Pop Reggae	Pop Soul	1969
151	9758	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Roots, Rock, Reggae	Roots Reggae		1976
152	9788	The Paragons	On the Beach	Rocksteady		1967
153	9818	Monyaka	Go deh yaka	Reggae		1983
154	9898	The Cables	Baby Why	Rocksteady		1968
155	9959	Stupeflip	Je fume pu d'shit	Pop Reggae	French Pop, Synthpop	2002
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
		Johnny Nash	Hold Me Tight	Pop Reggae, Rocksteady		1968
		French Montana feat. Swae Lee	Unforgettable	Dancehall	Contemporary R&B	2017
		Alton Ellis & The Flames	I've Got a Date	Rocksteady		1967
		Gregory Isaacs	Rumors	Digital Dancehall		1988
		Byron Lee & The Dragonaires	Jamaica Ska	Jamaican Ska		1964
		Hugh Roy	Wake the Town	Deejay		1970
		Junior Byles	Fade Away	Roots Reggae		1975
		Theophilus Beckford	Easy Snappin'	Jamaican Ska	Rhythm & Blues	1959
		UB40	Food for Thought	Dub, Pop Reggae		1980
		Ben Harper	With My Own Two Hands	Reggae		2003
		Inner Circle	Bad Boys	Dancehall, Pop Reggae		1990
		Roy Shirley	Hold Them	Rocksteady		1967
		The Maytals	Daddy	Jamaican Ska		1964
		Vybz Kartel	Sweet to the Belly	Ragga		2003
		Diana King	Shy Guy	Pop Reggae		1995
		Junior Reid	One Blood	Dancehall		1989
		Rita Marley	One Draw	Reggae		1981
		Chaka Demus & Pliers	Tease Me	Ragga		1992
		The Maytals	Monkey Man	Reggae		1969
		Serge Gainsbourg	Aux armes et caetera	Reggae		1979
		C. Tangana	Mala Mujer	Dancehall	Contemporary R&B	2017
		The Techniques	Queen Majesty	Rocksteady		1967
		The Maytals	Sixth and Seventh Books	Jamaican Ska		1963
		The Ethiopians	Train to Skaville	Rocksteady		1967
		Prince Buster	Madness	Jamaican Ska		1963
		Buju Banton	Murderer	Ragga		1993
		Eddy Grant	I Don't Wanna Dance	Pop Reggae		1982
		Sugar Minott	Oh Mr. D.C.	Rocksteady		1977
		Delroy Wilson	Better Must Come	Reggae		1971
		The Upsetters	Return of Django	Jamaican Ska, Skinhead Reggae		1969
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)	Roots Reggae		1974
		Cutty Ranks	Limb by Limb	Ragga		1993
		The Police	The Bed's Too Big Without You	Pop Reggae	New Wave	1979
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Punky Reggae Party	Reggae		1977
		The Clash	Armagideon Time	Dub		1979
		Alternative TV	Love Lies Limp	Reggae	Post-Punk	1977
		Dr. Alimantado	Born for a Purpose	Deejay, Roots Reggae		1976
		Koffee	Rapture	Dancehall, Reggae		2019
		Mr. Vegas	Heads High	Ragga		1998
		The Congos	Ark of the Covenant	Roots Reggae		1977
		Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	El genio del dub	Dub	Latin Alternative	1987
		Frankie Paul	War Is in the Dance	Dancehall, Reggae		1984
		Eric "Monty" Morris	Sammy Dead	Jamaican Ska		1964
		The J. Geils Band	Give It to Me	Pop Reggae	Blues Rock	1973
		Alton Ellis & The Flames	Dance Crasher	Jamaican Ska		1965
		Shinehead	Who the Cap Fit	Dancehall		1986
		Wayne Wonder	No Letting Go	Dancehall	Contemporary R&B	2003
		Sugar Ray	Fly	Pop Reggae	Pop Rock	1997
		Turbulence	Notorious	Dancehall		2004
		Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley	As We Enter	Reggae	East Coast Hip Hop	2010
		Grace Jones	Warm Leatherette	Dub	Art Pop, Sophisti-Pop	1980
		The Maytals	Do the Reggae	Pop Reggae		1968
		UB40	King	Dub, Pop Reggae		1980
		Hopeton Lewis	Take It Easy	Rocksteady		1967
		Jacob Miller	Tenement Yard	Roots Reggae		1975
		Misty in Roots	Man Kind	Roots Reggae		1979
		Beres Hammond	Rock Away	Lovers Rock		2000
		Niney	Blood & Fire	Roots Reggae		1971
		Beenie Man feat. Miss Thang	Dude	Dancehall		2004
		Toots and The Maytals	Time Tough	Roots Reggae		1974
		Gregory Isaacs	Love Is Overdue	Roots Reggae		1974
		The Orb	Perpetual Dawn	Dub	Ambient House	1991
		Burning Spear	Door Peeper	Roots Reggae		1969
		Tapper Zukie	M.P.L.A.	Deejay		1976
		Bim Sherman	Solid as a Rock	Reggae	Contemporary Folk	1996
		Billy Ze Kick et Les Gamins en Folie	Mangez-moi! Mangez-moi!	Pop Reggae		1993
		Black Uhuru	Sponji Reggae	Roots Reggae		1981
		Linval Thompson	I Love Marijuana	Dub, Roots Reggae		1978
		Peter Tosh	Johnny B. Goode	Pop Reggae		1983
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Guava Jelly	Reggae		1971
		No Doubt	Underneath It All	Pop Reggae		2001
		John Holt	Police in Helicopter	Dancehall, Roots Reggae		1982
		Scotty	Draw Your Breakes	Deejay, Rocksteady		1971
		Bad Gyal	Jacaranda	Dancehall	Contemporary R&B, Neoperreo	2017
		The Mighty Diamonds	Pass the Kouchie	Roots Reggae		1981
		Carlton & The Shoes	Love Me Forever	Rocksteady		1968
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Zimbabwe	Roots Reggae		1979
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Crazy Baldhead	Roots Reggae		1976
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Mr. Brown	Reggae		1971
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	400 Years	Reggae		1970
		Joe Gibbs	African Dub	Dub		1975
		Michigan & Smiley	Diseases	Dancehall, Deejay		1980
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Natty Dread	Roots Reggae	Singer/Songwriter	1974
		Colourbox	Baby, I Love You So	Dub, Pop Reggae		1986
		Sugar Minott	Good Thing Going	Lovers Rock		1980
		Lee Perry	People Funny Boy	Reggae		1968
		Big Youth	Screaming target	Deejay		1972
		Israel Vibration	The Same Song	Roots Reggae		1978
		Black Uhuru	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Dub, Roots Reggae		1979
		Aswad	Warrior Charge	Dub		1980
		The Melodians	I'll Get Along with You	Rocksteady		1967
		C.Tangana feat. Rosal�a	Antes de morirme	Dancehall	Alternative R&B	2016
		The Jamaicans	Baba Boom	Rocksteady		1967
		Burning Spear	Social Living	Roots Reggae		1978
		Jimmy Cliff	You Can Get It If You Really Want	Pop Reggae		1970
		Nina Hagen Band	African Reggae	Dub	New Wave	1979
		Dandy Livingstone	Rudy a Message to You	Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady		1967
		Horace Andy	Natty Dread a Weh She Want	Reggae		1978
		Big Youth	Ace Ninety Skank / S90 Skank	Deejay		1972
		The Uniques	My Conversation	Rocksteady		1968
		Smiley Culture	Cockney Translation	Dancehall		1984
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Road Block)	Roots Reggae	Singer/Songwriter	1974
		Desmond Dekker	You Can Get It If You Really Want	Reggae		1970
		Johnny Clarke	None Shall Escape the Judgement	Roots Reggae		1974
		Bernard Lavilliers	Stand the Ghetto	Reggae	Chanson	1980
		Alpha Blondy	Brigadier Sabari (Op�ration Coup de Poing)	Roots Reggae		1982
		Lee Perry	The Upsetter	Rocksteady		1968
		VC	By His Deeds	Pop Reggae		2000
		Gorillaz feat. Popcaan	Saturnz Barz	Digital Dancehall		2017
		The Bug	Poison Dart	Ragga	Dubstep	2008
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	No More Trouble	Roots Reggae		1973
		Black Uhuru	Stalk of Sinsemilla / Sinsemilla	Dub, Roots Reggae		1980
		Lucky Dube	Slave	Roots Reggae		1987
		Beastie Boys feat. Santigold	Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win	Dancehall	East Coast Hip Hop	2011
		Lois & Dub Narcotic Sound System	Rougher	Dub	Downtempo	1996
		The Wailers	Burnin' and Lootin'	Roots Reggae		1973