40 Songs for a Reggae Dance Party
Ambient DJs’ music mixologist DJs recently held a reggae music summit in the Princeton area. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss top reggae dance floor fillers and our favorite reggae “riddims.” A “riddim” is a rhythmic pattern or groove that the emcee or vocalist sings over. The name of the riddim tends to be the name of the original song from which it derived. For example, the well-known “Murder She Wrote” by Chaka Demus & Pliers relies on the “Bam Bam” riddim from Pliers’ track “Wat a Bom.”
The list that follows primarily focuses on ‘dancehall’ reggae that features a beat or riddim, making it easy to dance to. Roots reggae is a mellower branch of reggae that has not been highlighted in this blog.
Reggae music is wonderful music, and perhaps the primary inspiration for booking my first trip to Jamaica in 2013! Special thanks to musical contributors to this playlist: DJ Greg Nice, DJ Iron Mike, DJ Spinz, DJ Allday and DJ Gregg Ambient. Play these songs loud with liberal doses of a blaring reggae horn!
Also check out two free, downloadable (or streamable) reggae mixes by DJ Gregg Ambient following the tracklist. One love!
40 Songs for a Reggae Dance Party
- Twice My Age – Krystal & Shabba Ranks
- Limb by Limb – Cutty Ranks (Fever Pitch riddim)
- Heads High – Mr. Vegas (Filthy riddim)
- Get Busy – Sean Paul (Diwali riddim)
- Murder She Wrote – Chaka Demus & Pliers (Bam Bam riddim)
- Living Dangerously – Barrington Levy (Living Dangerously riddim)
- Action – Terror Fabulous f/Nadia Sutherland (Showtime riddim)
- We Nuh Like – Spragga Benz (Showtime riddim)
- Have a Hot Gal – Shaggy (Showtime riddim)
- Jook Gal (Wine Wine) (Remix) – Elephant Man f/Twista, Young Bloodz & Kiprich (Coolie Dance riddim)
- A Who Seh Me Dun – Cutty Ranks (Bam Bam riddim)
- Here Comes the Hotstepper – Ini Kamoze (Land of 1,000 Dances riddim)
- Bruck it Down – Mr. Vegas (Satta riddim)
- Skip to Ma Luu – Serani f/Ding Dong
- You Don’t Love Me (Trojan Mix) – Dawn Penn (No No No riddim)
- No Games – Serani (Unfinished Business riddim)
- So Special – Mavado (Unfinished Business riddim)
- Ting-a-Ling – Shabba Ranks
- Rich Girl – Louchie Lou
- No Letting Go – Wayne Wonder
- Gal Yuh a Lead – T.O.K. (Wanted riddim)
- Anything Goes – C.N.N., Wayne Wonder & Lexxus
- Dat Sexy Body – Sasha
- Romie – Beenie Man
- Pass the Dutchie – Musical Youth
- Flex (Time to Have Sex) – Mad Cobra
- Girls Dem Sugar – Beenie Man f/Mya
- I’m Drinking (Rum & Redbull) – Beenie Man & Fambo
- Like Glue – Sean Paul
- Pon di Floor – Major Lazer
- Dutty Wine – Tony Matterhorn
- Welcome to Jam Rock – Damian “Gong” Marley
- Bad Boyz – Shyne f/Barrington Levy
- Dude (remix) – Beenie Man f/Ms. Thing & Shawnna
- Ganja Smuggling – Eek-a-Mouse
- Black Man Land – Prince Far I
- Turn it Up – RICHIELOOP
- It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy
- Close to You – Maxi Priest
- Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley
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