Master Blaster (Jammin')

Album: Hotter Than July (1980)
Charted: 2 5
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  • Everyone's feeling pretty
    It's hotter than July
    Though the world's full of problems
    They couldn't touch us even if they tried
    From the park I hear rhythms
    Marley's hot on the box
    Tonight there will be a party
    On the corner at the end of the block

    Didn't know you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    See, nobody ever told you
    That you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    You would be jammin' and jammin' and jammin' jam oh

    They want us to join their fighting
    But our answer today
    Is to let all our worries
    Like the breeze through our fingers slip away
    Peace has come to Zimbabwe
    Third World's right on the one
    Now's the time for celebration
    'Cause we've only just begun

    Didn't know you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    See, nobody ever told you
    That you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    Bet you nobody ever told you that you
    Would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    I know nobody told you that you

    Would be jammin' until the break of dawn (we're in the middle of the makin's)
    (Of the master blaster jammin')
    But gonna jammin', jammin', jammin', jam on

    You ask me am I happy
    Well as matter of fact
    I can say that I'm ecstatic
    'Cause we all just made a pact
    We've agreed to get together
    Joined as children in Jah
    When you're moving in the positive
    Your destination is the brightest star

    You didn't know you
    (We're in the middle of the makin's)
    Would be jammin' until the break of dawn (of the master blaster jammin')
    Bet you nobody ever told you that you (We're in the middle of the makin's)
    Would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    Oh, you would be jammin' until the break of dawn
    Don't you stop the music, no no
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin')
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin')
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin')
    I bet you if someone approaches you
    Yesterday to tell you that you would be jammin' you would not believe it
    Because you never thought that you would be jammin' oh, oh, oh, oh
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin')
    Oh, oh, oh, you may as well believe what you are feeling
    Because you feel your body jammin'
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin')
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin')
    (We're in the middle of the makin's of the master blaster jammin') Writer/s: Stevie Wonder
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 10

  • Obviousguy2025 from The LaundromatTana from FILTHY?

    That's HILARIOUS!!!
  • Tana from FilthyWhat an ignorant comment. The song isn't about Mugabe - it celebrated the end of the fecking war and recognition of the Republic of Zimbabwe. He wasn't even elected until 1980...Entitled perspectives skew reality...offensive.
  • Robert from TorontoFor Amelia in London: The drummer on the original recording was Dennis Davis, a very well-known session player who did a lot of work with David Bowie, among others.
  • John from Nashville, TnThis song inspired the gospel song "You Brought The Sunshine" by the Clark Sisters. The song became a #1 gospel hit, a top 20 r&b hit, and the album of the same name went "gold", quite a feat for a gospel act. "Sunshine" has since been covered by several acts and is now considered a gospel classic.
  • Amelia from London, United KingdomAmazing song, does anyone know who it is drumming on this track?
  • Caitlin from Edinburgh, ScotlandWasn't this actually to celebrate Zimbabwean independence?
    "Peace has come to Zimbabwe
    Third world's right on the one"
    Hollow words now
    Even at the time it was obvious Mugabe was evil.
  • Jeff from Columbia, ScSuch a shame these two never got together, the music would have been so beautiful and jammin'
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesDJ Luck and MC Neat released a cover version of "Master Blaster" which made #10 in 2000, exactly 20 years after Stevie Wonder first took the song to #2 in the UK Chart
  • Flo from Toulouse, FranceGreat song, I love this reggae riddim! Bob and Stevie were friends, they played live together in Jamaica in the 70's. A big tour was planned for 1981 but... :(
    Bob we miss you.
  • Mark from Los Angeles, CaYes, a tribute to Bob Marley.
    But, an infected can not become cancerous.
    Bob Marley did injure his FOOT while playing soccer, and it was during the treatment of his foot injury that doctors discovered cancerous cells in his TOE, which later spread throughout his lungs and brain.
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