Althea & Donna 'Uptown Top Ranking' original UK hit version (official audio)

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The UK hit version of Althea & Donna's 1978 chart-topper.

Written and performed by teenage duo, Althea Forrest and Donna Reid for noted Jamaican producer Joe Gibbs in 1977, this eminently catchy reggae side first entered the British Top 50 on Christmas Eve of that year, making its way up to the top spot six weeks later.

The pair had previously recorded the song for Ian and Roger Lewis's Top Ranking label, but after it failed to garner much interest, they recut the number for Gibbs over a rhythm track originally created for Marcia Aitken's popular version of the Alton Ellis rock steady favourite, I'm So In Love With You'.

The rhythm was also utilised by DJ Trinity for his popular 'Three Piece Suit And Thing'; but it was Althea & Donna's version that primarily caught the attention of British listeners, with the duo's single spending a total of 11 weeks in the upper echelons of the UK chart.

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Uptown Top Ranking
(Althea Forrest, Donna Marie Reid, Errol Thompson)

See me in me heels and t’ing
Dem check say we hip and t’ing
True them no know anyt’ing
We have them going and t’ing
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

See me ‘pon the road and you no call out to me
Do you see mi in my pants and t’ing
See me in a 'alter back
Semi gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Uptown Top Ranking

See me in me Benz and t’ing
Dally through Constant Spring
Them check sey me come from Cosmo Spring
But a true dem no know an’t’ing
Dem no know sey we top ranking
Uptown Top Ranking

Should a see me and the ranking dread
Check how we jamming and t’ing
Love is all I bring in a me khaki suit and t’ing
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

Watch how we chuck it and t’ing
In a we khaki suit and t’ing
Love is all I bring in a ma khaki suit and t’ing
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

Love in I a heart dis a bawl out fe me
When you see me in a pants and t’ing
See me in a 'alter back
Semi gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Uptown Top Ranking

See mi ‘pon the road and you no call out to me
Do you see me in me pants and t’ing
See me in a 'alter back
Semi gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Gimme litle bass, make me wine up me waist
Love is all I bring in a me khaki suit and t’ing

Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Should’a see me and the ranking dread,
Check how we jamming and t’ing
Love is all I bring in a me khaki suit and t’ing
Me nah pop, no style, I strictly roots

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