Pass the Dutchie
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| Single by Musical Youth from the album The Youth of Today |
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| B-side | "Give Love a Chance" | ||||
| Released | October 17, 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | July 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Reggae | ||||
| Length | 3:25 | ||||
| Label | MCA Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Leroy Sibbles Jackie Mittoo |
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"Pass the Dutchie" was a song recorded in by the British group Musical Youth from their 1982 album The Youth of Today. It was a major hit, holding the number one position on the UK singles charts for three weeks in September 1982.
It was a cover version of the song "Pass the Kouchie" by The Mighty Diamonds, written by Leroy Sibbles and Jackie Mittoo. The song was changed from "Kouchie," a slang term for a cannabis smoking pipe, to "Dutchie" due to the age of the artists and their target audience. A "Dutchie" was slang for the cooking pot used by poor Jamaicans to prepare stews and rice. More recently the term "dutchie" refers to marijuana rolled in a cigar paper (specifically "Dutch Masters" cigars, hence the name "dutchie". See Cannabis smoking).
The song was first championed by DJ John Peel and became an instant hit when it was picked up by MCA Records in September 1982. It debuted at #26 on the chart and rose to #1 the following week, one of a handful of records to have risen to the top spot from outside the top 20. In February of the following year, it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA. The song also scored a top 5 success in the Norwegian Fantastik 50 chart, eventually selling over 4 million copies worldwide.
"Pass the Dutchie" was covered by the ska band Buck-O-Nine.
Also, the song was sampled by the American rapper Cam'ron and it was named as the original. The three first sentences of the song have been sampled by the french house band Superfunk in their song "The young MC" (on their album Hold up').
The song was used in the soundtrack of the 1998 movie The Wedding Singer.[1]
[edit] Chart positions
| Country | Peak position |
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| United Kingdom | #1 |
| Australia | #1 |
| Switzerland | #1 |
| USA | #10 |
| The Netherlands | #1[2] |
[edit] Legacy
The Canadian hit teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song.
[edit] References
- ^ The Internet Movie Database - The Wedding Singer (1998) - Soundtracks. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ De Nederlandse Top 40, week 44, 1982. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
| Preceded by "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor |
UK number one single October 2, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club |
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