Oh Carolina

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Oh Carolina is a song made famous by Shaggy.

Originally written by John Folkes, produced by Prince Buster and performed by The Folkes Brothers in 1960, Oh Carolina was a landmark single in the development of Reggae music.

The song was revived in 1993 by Shaggy and produced by Sting International, becoming an international hit. Oh Carolina was the first of Shaggy's four UK number one singles spending two weeks at the top in March 1993. The song fared less well in the USA peaking at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Following the success of the song John Folkes was involved in a legal dispute with Prince Buster over the authorship of the song. It was eventually settled in 1994 with Folkes being ruled as the copyright holder.

Preceded by "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited

UK number one single (Shaggy version) March 14, 1993

Succeeded by "Young at Heart" by The Bluebells