Uptown Top Ranking

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Uptown Top Ranking by Althea And Donna

About Uptown Top Ranking

"Uptown Top Ranking" is a song and single by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. It is taken from their 1977 debut album of the same title. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. The song was initially recorded as a joke. The record was played by accident by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, resulting in numerous requests for additional plays. .

Uptown Top Ranking Lyrics

[00:13.20] See mi in mi heels and ting
[00:16.22] Dem check sey we hip and ting
[00:19.39] True dem nuh know and ting
[00:22.26] We have dem going and ting
[00:25.52] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[00:31.43] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[00:36.95] See mi pon de road you nuh call out to mi
[00:39.81] True you see mi inna pants and ting - ah
[00:43.11] See mi in mi alter back
[00:45.94] Sey mi gi' yuh heart attack
[00:49.00] Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
[00:52.14] Uptown top ranking
[00:54.82] See mi in mi benz and ting - ah
[01:03.97] Dallying through Constant Spring
[01:06.71] Dem check sey we come from Cosmo Spring
[01:09.54] But a true dem nuh know and ting
[01:12.62] Dem nuh know sey we top ranking
[01:16.23] Uptown top ranking
[01:18.61] Shoulda see mi and the rankin' dread
[01:26.74] Check how we jammin' and ting
[01:30.78] Love is all I bring inna mi khaki suit and ting
[01:36.90] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[01:42.68] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[01:48.38] Watch how we chuck it and ting
[01:51.15] Inna we khaki suit and ting
[01:54.24] Love is all I bring inna mi khaki suit and ting
[02:00.79] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[02:06.54] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[02:12.21] De love inna yuh heart dis a bawl out fe mi
[02:38.79] Though you see mi inna pants and ting - ah
[02:41.35] See mi in mi alter back
[02:44.72] Sey mi gi' yuh heart attack
[02:47.82] Gimme likkle bass, make mi wine up mi waist
[02:50.94] Uptown top ranking
[02:53.98] See mi pon the road and yuh nuh call out to mi
[03:02.24] True yuh see mi in mi pants and ting - ah
[03:05.38] See mi in mi alter back
[03:08.54] Sey me gi' yuh heart attack
[03:12.04] Gimme likkle bass, make mi wine up mi waist
[03:14.59] Gimme likkle bass, make mi wine up mi waist
[03:17.29] Love is all I bring inna mi khaki suit and ting
[03:20.35] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
[03:24.04] Nah pop no style, a strictly roots...
[03:46.51]

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