Here Comes The Hotstepper

Album: Here Comes The Hotstepper (1994)
Charted: 4 1
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Christopher Kenner, Ini Kamoze, Kenton Nix, Salaam Remi Gibbs
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 6

  • Cosmo Joe from BrocktonAlways loved this song . Knew it was too bright and cheery to be about hurting people . Thanks for the info.
  • Paul Osman from Liverpool, England.This song samples "Land Of 1000 Dances"by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew.
  • Observant from UsAt 00:39 seconds he clearly says "anyone PRESS will hear the fat lady sing".
    At 2:25 he VERY clearly says "anyone TEST will hear the fat lady sing".
    He clearly says a different word each time he says that line. If it were TEST both times, they would sound the same, but they very clearly sound different. And if you watch the video, you can see him actually saying "PRESS" the first time.
  • Lucas Soares from Brazil"World a Reggae" is a great song, perhaps less successful than this hit from the publication, but in my opinion it is the best song by this singer.
  • Bertrand from Paris, FranceSelected to play a key role on the soundtrack for Robert Altman's exploration of the fashion world in the movie [i] Pret-a-Porter [i], "Here Comes the Hotstepper" brought dancehall, a sug-genre of reggae, into the mainstream. It remains one of the most catchy songs of the mid-1990's. "Hotstepper" is a Jamaican term for a man on the run from the law.
  • Sum Sum from New Delhi, IndiaIni Kamoze Ini Kamoze was born October 9th 1957 at Port Maria in the parish of St.
    .The title track of Here Comes the Hotstepper was Ini Kamoze's big pop crossover
    hit. People came to know him from this song.
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