Need assistance locating an original version of this song.

[Flipadelphia26]

6. "Gimme a Light"

From Mr. Vegas "Sweet Jamaica" Album.

I am 99% sure this is a cover correct? Who did the original?

[cinnni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MmW_GOFS8I This song?

oh Nope..just googled the Mr Vegas song and they are not even close lol

[rocknrollfarmer]

Hey Flip....that particular song is a spin off {or rip-off} of the song called Israelites by Desmond Dekker. Hope that helps. Peace. RnR Farmer

[Mike_D]

Hey Flip....that particular song is a spin off {or rip-off} of the song called Israelites by Desmond Dekker. Hope that helps. Peace. RnR Farmer

Good Call! Israelites is a great song. This is the first I heard of the Mr. Vegas version. Pretty cool!

There are a lot of these "spin-offs" in Reggae music. The melody for "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng" by Yellowman was ripped-off/sampled dozens of times, an was itself taken from a song originally released in the '60s.

[Flipadelphia26]

hey flip....that particular song is a spin off {or rip-off} of the song called israelites by desmond dekker. Hope that helps. Peace. Rnr farmer

thank you!!!!!

[MissBlue]

it's not a rip-off - it's a well-known and long-accepted style. the entire genre of sampling (aka "biting") a snippet of music, combined with rapping on top of the riddim, is a Jamaican music creation, (also called 'toasting') that originated in the dancehall. another interesting thing related to this ... every year there are popular riddims played in many different versions, with different raps on top - they put out whole albums of just one riddim with various toasters doing different raps on top of the same basic riddim. What we now call rap music, itself came from this -

[541lion]

That's Jamaica for you, personally I like the spin offs.. Especially songs that aren't reggae or jamaican in the first place.. Always makes the song better lol