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https://djmag.com/longreads/100-most-im ... s-all-time

Per the website:
Dancehall DJ, Grammy-winning producer, label boss and BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, Seani B, counts down 100 tracks — arranged chronologically — that have had the biggest impact on the progression of the genre and live in the dance...Note from the editor: The majority of tracks on this list were released multiple times over the years, licensed to separate labels across different territories. For consistency and out of respect for the roots of dancehall culture, we have primarily chosen the earliest versions released in Jamaica (usually on seven-inch single).
EEK-A-MOUSE 'WA-DO-DEM' VOLCANO, 1981
SISTER NANCY 'BAM BAM' TECHNIQUES, 1982
YELLOWMAN 'ZUNGGUZUNGGUGUZUNGGUZENG' ARRIVAL, 1983
BARRINGTON LEVY ‘HERE I COME’ LONDON RECORDS, 1984
TENOR SAW 'RING THE ALARM' TECHNIQUES, 1985
JOHNNY OSBOURNE ‘BUDY BYE’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1985
SUPER CAT ‘BOOPS’ TECHNIQUES, 1985
TENOR SAW ‘PUMPKIN BELLY’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1985
WAYNE SMITH 'UNDER MI SLENG TENG' JAMMY'S RECORDS, 1985
ADMIRAL BAILEY ‘PUNAANY’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1986
SUPER CAT ‘MUD UP’ SKENGDON, 1987
CONROY SMITH ‘DANGEROUS’ REDMAN INTERNATIONAL, 1987
KRYSTAL & SHABBA RANKS ‘TWICE MY AGE’ ANCHOR RECORDS, 1988
ADMIRAL BAILEY ‘OLD TIME SOMETHING’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1988
FRIGHTY & COLONEL MITE ‘LIFE’ PROFILE RECORDS, 1988
JUNIOR REID ‘ONE BLOOD’ JR ALL STARS, 1989
SHABBA RANKS ‘DEM BOW’ DIGITAL-B, 1990
TIGER ‘WHEN’ STEELY & CLEVIE RECORDS, 1991
BUJU BANTON ‘BATTY RIDER’ RUDE BOY KELLY RECORDS, 1991
PINCHERS ‘BANDELERO’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1991
DIRTSMAN ‘HOT THIS YEAR’ DIGITAL-B, 1991
SINGING SWEET ‘WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE’ COLIN FAT RECORDS, 1991
JOSEPH STEPPER ‘WIFE’ COLIN FAT RECORDS, 1991
TONY REBEL ‘SWEET JAMAICA’ DIGITAL-B, 1991
CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS ‘MURDER SHE WROTE’ TAXI, 1992
NADINE SUTHERLAND & TERROR FABULOUS ‘ACTION’ MAD HOUSE, 1992
SUPER CAT ‘GHETTO RED HOT’ COLUMBIA, 1992
MAD COBRA ‘FLEX’ COLUMBIA, 1992
BUJU BANTON ‘BOGLE’ MANGO, 1992
SHABBA RANKS ‘TING-A-LING’ SHANG MUZIK, 1992
SHAGGY ‘OH CAROLINA’ VIRGIN, 1992
TERROR FABULOUS ‘POSITION’ JOHN JOHN RECORDS, 1992
SUPER CAT ‘DON DADA’ COLUMBIA, 1992
CUTTY RANKS ‘LIMB BY LIMB’ FASHION RECORDS, 1993
BUJU BANTON ‘CHAMPION’ SUITE 56, 1994
INI KAMOZE ‘HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER’ COLUMBIA, 1994
CAPLETON ‘TOUR’ AFRICAN STAR MUSIC, 1994
SHAGGY ‘BOOMBASTIC’ VIRGIN, 1995
SNOW ‘ANYTHING FOR YOU’ ATLANTIC, 1995
GENERAL DEGREE ‘WHEN I HOLD YOU TONIGHT’ STUDIO 2000, 1995
BARRINGTON LEVY & BOUNTY KILLER ‘LIVING DANGEROUSLY’ TIME 1 INTERNATIONAL, 1995
BEENIE MAN ‘GIRLS DEM SUGAR’ SHOCKING VIBES, 1996
RED RAT ‘TIGHT UP SKIRT’ OPERA HOUSE, 1996
FRISCO KID ‘RUBBERS’ MAD HOUSE, 1996
LADY SAW ‘SYCAMORE TREE’ MAD HOUSE, 1996
RED RAT ‘DWAYNE’ OPERA HOUSE, 1997
BEENIE MAN ‘WHO AM I’ 2 HARD RECORDINGS, 1997
TANTO METRO & DEVONTE ‘EVERYONE FALLS IN LOVE’ PENTHOUSE RECORDS, 1997
BEENIE MAN FEAT. CHEVELLE FRANKLYN ‘DANCEHALL QUEEN’ ISLAND JAMAICA, 1997
MR. VEGAS ‘HEADS HIGH’ GREENSLEEVES RECORDS, 1998
BEENIE MAN ‘FOUNDATION’ TAXI, 1998
BOUNTY KILLER ‘ANYTIME’ XTRA LARGE PRODUCTIONS, 1998
BEENIE MAN ‘HYPOCRITE’ XTRA LARGE PRODUCTIONS, 1998
BOUNTY KILLER ‘EAGLE AND THE HAWK’ XTRA LARGE PRODUCTIONS, 1998
SEAN PAUL ‘GET BUSY’ VP RECORDS, 1999
CAPLETON ‘WHO DEM’ MENTALLY DISTURBED VINYLS, 1999
BOUNTY KILLER ‘LOOK’ MAD HOUSE, 1999
SEAN PAUL & MR. VEGAS ‘HOT GAL TODAY’ STUDIO 2000, 1999
SPRAGGA BENZ & LADY SAW ‘BACKSHOT’ ROOKIE PRODUCTION, 2000
SEAN PAUL ‘GIVE ME THE LIGHT’ BLACK SHADOW RECORDS, 2001
WAYNE WONDER ‘NO LETTING GO’ 40/40 PRODUCTIONS, 2002
SUPER CAT ‘VINEYARD STYLE’ WILD APACHE, 2002
ELEPHANT MAN ‘PON DE RIVER, PON DE BANK’ Q45, 2003
SASHA ‘DAT SEXY BODY’ VP RECORDS, 2003
BEENIE MAN ‘DUDE’ MAD HOUSE, 2003
ELEPHANT MAN ‘SIGNAL THE PLANE’ Q45, 2003
MAVADO ‘REAL MCKOY’ DASECA, 2004
CHAM ‘GHETTO STORY’ MAD HOUSE, 2005
DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY ‘WELCOME TO JAMROCK’ GHETTO YOUTHS UNITED, 2005
SEAN PAUL ‘TEMPERATURE’ ATLANTIC, 2005
TONY MATTERHORN ‘DUTTY WINE’ SMASH HYPERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, 2006
MAVADO ‘WEH DEM A DO’ PURE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, 2006
MAVADO ‘I’M SO SPECIAL’ TJ RECORDS, 2008
ERUP ‘CLICK MI FINGER’ TRUCK BACK RECORDS, 2008
SERANI ‘NO GAMES’ UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC RECORDS, 2008
VYBZ KARTEL FEAT. SPICE ‘ROMPING SHOP’ TAD’S INTERNATIONAL, 2009
VYBZ KARTEL FEAT. POPCAAN & GAZA SLIM ‘CLARKS’ TAD’S INTERNATIONAL, 2009
MR. VEGAS ‘I AM BLESSED’ LIV UP RECORDS / TAD’S RECORD INC., 2009
BEENIE MAN FEAT. FUTURE FAMBO ‘RUM & REDBULL’ SEANIZZLE RECORDS, 2010
GYPTIAN ‘HOLD YOU’ VP RECORDS, 2010
POPCAAN ‘ONLY MAN SHE WANT’ SO UNIQUE RECORDS, 2011
VYBZ KARTEL ‘SUMMER TIME’ TAD’S RECORD INC., 2011
J CAPRI & CHARLY BLACK ‘WHINE & KOTCH’ HEAD CONCUSSION RECORDS, 2012
KONSHENS ‘GAL A BUBBLE’ VP RECORDS, 2012
KRANIUM ‘NOBODY HAS TO KNOW’ ATLANTIC, 2013
MAJOR LAZER FEAT. BUSY SIGNAL, THE FLEXICAN & FS GREEN ‘WATCH OUT FOR THIS (BUMAYE)’ MAD DECENT / BECAUSE, 2013
CHRONIXX ‘BEHIND CURTAIN’ ZINC FENCE RECORDS, 2013
MR. VEGAS ‘GALLIS’ BADYOOS, 2013
SPICE ‘SO MI LIKE IT’ VP RECORDS, 2014
DING DONG ‘RAVERS GAS’ BASSICK RECORDS 2015
CHARLY BLACK ‘GYAL YOU A PARTY ANIMAL’ ALLEZGO PRODUCTIONS, 2016
VYBZ KARTEL ‘FEVER’ ZOJACK WORLD WIDE / ADIDJAHIEM RECORDS / TJ RECORDS, 2016
AIDONIA ‘YEAH YEAH’ 4TH GENNA MUSIC / EMUDIO RECORDS, 2017
POPCAAN ‘FAMILY’ PURE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, 2017
KONSHENS ‘BRUK OFF YUH BACK’ BIRCHILL RECORDS, 2018
​​KOFFEE ‘TOAST’ COLUMBIA, 2018
JADA KINGDOM ‘BANANA’ POPSTYLE MUSIC, 2018
SHENSEEA ‘BLESSED FEAT. TYGA’ RICH IMMIGRANT / INTERSCOPE RECORDS, 2019
​​LILA IKÉ ‘WHERE I’M COMING FROM’ IN.DIGG.NATION COLLECTIVE, 2019
SKILLIBENG ‘CROCODILE TEETH’ JOHNNY WONDER & ADDE INSTRUMENTALS, 2020
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Wait, this isn't eligible? Even though he's a well-known figure in dancehall? And didn't include any of his own songs? I thought this only applied if it was about one artist/band.
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StevieFan13 wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:58 am https://djmag.com/longreads/100-most-im ... s-all-time

Per the website:
Dancehall DJ, Grammy-winning producer, label boss and BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, Seani B, counts down 100 tracks — arranged chronologically — that have had the biggest impact on the progression of the genre and live in the dance...Note from the editor: The majority of tracks on this list were released multiple times over the years, licensed to separate labels across different territories. For consistency and out of respect for the roots of dancehall culture, we have primarily chosen the earliest versions released in Jamaica (usually on seven-inch single).
EEK-A-MOUSE 'WA-DO-DEM' VOLCANO, 1981
SISTER NANCY 'BAM BAM' TECHNIQUES, 1982
YELLOWMAN 'ZUNGGUZUNGGUGUZUNGGUZENG' ARRIVAL, 1983
BARRINGTON LEVY ‘HERE I COME’ LONDON RECORDS, 1984
TENOR SAW 'RING THE ALARM' TECHNIQUES, 1985
JOHNNY OSBOURNE ‘BUDY BYE’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1985
SUPER CAT ‘BOOPS’ TECHNIQUES, 1985
TENOR SAW ‘PUMPKIN BELLY’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1985
WAYNE SMITH 'UNDER MI SLENG TENG' JAMMY'S RECORDS, 1985
ADMIRAL BAILEY ‘PUNAANY’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1986
SUPER CAT ‘MUD UP’ SKENGDON, 1987
CONROY SMITH ‘DANGEROUS’ REDMAN INTERNATIONAL, 1987
KRYSTAL & SHABBA RANKS ‘TWICE MY AGE’ ANCHOR RECORDS, 1988
ADMIRAL BAILEY ‘OLD TIME SOMETHING’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1988
FRIGHTY & COLONEL MITE ‘LIFE’ PROFILE RECORDS, 1988
JUNIOR REID ‘ONE BLOOD’ JR ALL STARS, 1989
SHABBA RANKS ‘DEM BOW’ DIGITAL-B, 1990
TIGER ‘WHEN’ STEELY & CLEVIE RECORDS, 1991
BUJU BANTON ‘BATTY RIDER’ RUDE BOY KELLY RECORDS, 1991
PINCHERS ‘BANDELERO’ JAMMY’S RECORDS, 1991
DIRTSMAN ‘HOT THIS YEAR’ DIGITAL-B, 1991
SINGING SWEET ‘WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE’ COLIN FAT RECORDS, 1991
JOSEPH STEPPER ‘WIFE’ COLIN FAT RECORDS, 1991
TONY REBEL ‘SWEET JAMAICA’ DIGITAL-B, 1991
CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS ‘MURDER SHE WROTE’ TAXI, 1992
NADINE SUTHERLAND & TERROR FABULOUS ‘ACTION’ MAD HOUSE, 1992
SUPER CAT ‘GHETTO RED HOT’ COLUMBIA, 1992
MAD COBRA ‘FLEX’ COLUMBIA, 1992
BUJU BANTON ‘BOGLE’ MANGO, 1992
SHABBA RANKS ‘TING-A-LING’ SHANG MUZIK, 1992
SHAGGY ‘OH CAROLINA’ VIRGIN, 1992
TERROR FABULOUS ‘POSITION’ JOHN JOHN RECORDS, 1992
SUPER CAT ‘DON DADA’ COLUMBIA, 1992
CUTTY RANKS ‘LIMB BY LIMB’ FASHION RECORDS, 1993
BUJU BANTON ‘CHAMPION’ SUITE 56, 1994
INI KAMOZE ‘HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER’ COLUMBIA, 1994
CAPLETON ‘TOUR’ AFRICAN STAR MUSIC, 1994
SHAGGY ‘BOOMBASTIC’ VIRGIN, 1995
SNOW ‘ANYTHING FOR YOU’ ATLANTIC, 1995
GENERAL DEGREE ‘WHEN I HOLD YOU TONIGHT’ STUDIO 2000, 1995
BARRINGTON LEVY & BOUNTY KILLER ‘LIVING DANGEROUSLY’ TIME 1 INTERNATIONAL, 1995
BEENIE MAN ‘GIRLS DEM SUGAR’ SHOCKING VIBES, 1996
RED RAT ‘TIGHT UP SKIRT’ OPERA HOUSE, 1996
FRISCO KID ‘RUBBERS’ MAD HOUSE, 1996
LADY SAW ‘SYCAMORE TREE’ MAD HOUSE, 1996
RED RAT ‘DWAYNE’ OPERA HOUSE, 1997
BEENIE MAN ‘WHO AM I’ 2 HARD RECORDINGS, 1997
TANTO METRO & DEVONTE ‘EVERYONE FALLS IN LOVE’ PENTHOUSE RECORDS, 1997
BEENIE MAN FEAT. CHEVELLE FRANKLYN ‘DANCEHALL QUEEN’ ISLAND JAMAICA, 1997
MR. VEGAS ‘HEADS HIGH’ GREENSLEEVES RECORDS, 1998
BEENIE MAN ‘FOUNDATION’ TAXI, 1998
BOUNTY KILLER ‘ANYTIME’ XTRA LARGE PRODUCTIONS, 1998
BEENIE MAN ‘HYPOCRITE’ XTRA LARGE PRODUCTIONS, 1998
BOUNTY KILLER ‘EAGLE AND THE HAWK’ XTRA LARGE PRODUCTIONS, 1998
SEAN PAUL ‘GET BUSY’ VP RECORDS, 1999
CAPLETON ‘WHO DEM’ MENTALLY DISTURBED VINYLS, 1999
BOUNTY KILLER ‘LOOK’ MAD HOUSE, 1999
SEAN PAUL & MR. VEGAS ‘HOT GAL TODAY’ STUDIO 2000, 1999
SPRAGGA BENZ & LADY SAW ‘BACKSHOT’ ROOKIE PRODUCTION, 2000
SEAN PAUL ‘GIVE ME THE LIGHT’ BLACK SHADOW RECORDS, 2001
WAYNE WONDER ‘NO LETTING GO’ 40/40 PRODUCTIONS, 2002
SUPER CAT ‘VINEYARD STYLE’ WILD APACHE, 2002
ELEPHANT MAN ‘PON DE RIVER, PON DE BANK’ Q45, 2003
SASHA ‘DAT SEXY BODY’ VP RECORDS, 2003
BEENIE MAN ‘DUDE’ MAD HOUSE, 2003
ELEPHANT MAN ‘SIGNAL THE PLANE’ Q45, 2003
MAVADO ‘REAL MCKOY’ DASECA, 2004
CHAM ‘GHETTO STORY’ MAD HOUSE, 2005
DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY ‘WELCOME TO JAMROCK’ GHETTO YOUTHS UNITED, 2005
SEAN PAUL ‘TEMPERATURE’ ATLANTIC, 2005
TONY MATTERHORN ‘DUTTY WINE’ SMASH HYPERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, 2006
MAVADO ‘WEH DEM A DO’ PURE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, 2006
MAVADO ‘I’M SO SPECIAL’ TJ RECORDS, 2008
ERUP ‘CLICK MI FINGER’ TRUCK BACK RECORDS, 2008
SERANI ‘NO GAMES’ UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC RECORDS, 2008
VYBZ KARTEL FEAT. SPICE ‘ROMPING SHOP’ TAD’S INTERNATIONAL, 2009
VYBZ KARTEL FEAT. POPCAAN & GAZA SLIM ‘CLARKS’ TAD’S INTERNATIONAL, 2009
MR. VEGAS ‘I AM BLESSED’ LIV UP RECORDS / TAD’S RECORD INC., 2009
BEENIE MAN FEAT. FUTURE FAMBO ‘RUM & REDBULL’ SEANIZZLE RECORDS, 2010
GYPTIAN ‘HOLD YOU’ VP RECORDS, 2010
POPCAAN ‘ONLY MAN SHE WANT’ SO UNIQUE RECORDS, 2011
VYBZ KARTEL ‘SUMMER TIME’ TAD’S RECORD INC., 2011
J CAPRI & CHARLY BLACK ‘WHINE & KOTCH’ HEAD CONCUSSION RECORDS, 2012
KONSHENS ‘GAL A BUBBLE’ VP RECORDS, 2012
KRANIUM ‘NOBODY HAS TO KNOW’ ATLANTIC, 2013
MAJOR LAZER FEAT. BUSY SIGNAL, THE FLEXICAN & FS GREEN ‘WATCH OUT FOR THIS (BUMAYE)’ MAD DECENT / BECAUSE, 2013
CHRONIXX ‘BEHIND CURTAIN’ ZINC FENCE RECORDS, 2013
MR. VEGAS ‘GALLIS’ BADYOOS, 2013
SPICE ‘SO MI LIKE IT’ VP RECORDS, 2014
DING DONG ‘RAVERS GAS’ BASSICK RECORDS 2015
CHARLY BLACK ‘GYAL YOU A PARTY ANIMAL’ ALLEZGO PRODUCTIONS, 2016
VYBZ KARTEL ‘FEVER’ ZOJACK WORLD WIDE / ADIDJAHIEM RECORDS / TJ RECORDS, 2016
AIDONIA ‘YEAH YEAH’ 4TH GENNA MUSIC / EMUDIO RECORDS, 2017
POPCAAN ‘FAMILY’ PURE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, 2017
KONSHENS ‘BRUK OFF YUH BACK’ BIRCHILL RECORDS, 2018
​​KOFFEE ‘TOAST’ COLUMBIA, 2018
JADA KINGDOM ‘BANANA’ POPSTYLE MUSIC, 2018
SHENSEEA ‘BLESSED FEAT. TYGA’ RICH IMMIGRANT / INTERSCOPE RECORDS, 2019
​​LILA IKÉ ‘WHERE I’M COMING FROM’ IN.DIGG.NATION COLLECTIVE, 2019
SKILLIBENG ‘CROCODILE TEETH’ JOHNNY WONDER & ADDE INSTRUMENTALS, 2020

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You sure? It appears to be in chronological order.
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StevieFan13 wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:55 pm You sure? It appears to be in chronological order.
ooops sorry , you are right :romance-kisscheek:
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