2. Musical Youth, “Pass The Dutchie”
Yes. Musical Youth made a coupled great albums with tons of great songs (take it from me, I am the one cat who probably has their entire recorded output in vinyl, cassette and digital formats). But “Pass The Dutchie” is one of those chartbusting phenoms that justify “One Hit Wonder” countdowns in the largest spheres of pop music, let alone reggae. The youths had a very narrow window to follow up with another freakily successful smash before their voices changed and their universal little-kids-playing-instruments appeal faded. A cover of Desmond Dekker’s “007 (Shanty Town)” did it for me. But not for them.