The tide is high

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The tide is high
The Paragons
publication 1967
length 2:45
Genre (s) Soul / Rocksteady
Author (s) John Holt
album On the Beach with the Paragons
Cover versions
1980 Blondie
1996 Papa Dee
1997 Angelina
2001 Seeed
2002 Atomic kitten

The Tide Is High is a 1967 song by the Jamaican band The Paragons , written by John Holt and produced by Duke Reid . As Holt later revealed, the song was originally supposed to be called The Time Is Hard , before the idea of ​​the later chosen title came to him while he was on the beach.

History of origin

The Tide Is High was released in 1968 as the Paragons single on Reid's Treasure Isle and Trojan Records and as the B-side of the single Only a Smile . On the recording, the violin was played by “White Rum” Raymond. It was also released on the album On the Beach with the Paragons (1968).

Once released, the original found little commercial resonance until U-Roy created a DJ version that became popular in Jamaica and the skinhead scene.

Cover versions

Gregory Isaacs

In 1978 a version by Gregory Isaacs followed , which was produced by "Prince" Tony Robinson. It appeared on Isaac's own label African Museum and Front Line, a sub-label of Virgin Records , which was founded that same year.

Blondie

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Tide Is High ( Blondie )
  DE 15th 11/24/1980 (19 weeks)
  AT 6th December 15, 1980 (14 weeks)
  CH 5 December 07, 1980 (9 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 11/08/1980 (12 weeks)
  US 1 11/15/1980 (26 weeks)
The Tide Is High ( Angelina )
  US 89 08/16/1997 (4 weeks)
The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling) ( Atomic Kitten )
  DE 3 09/30/2002 (13 weeks)
  AT 3 09/29/2002 (18 weeks)
  CH 4th 09/29/2002 (18 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 07.09.2002 (16 weeks)

In 1980 the new wave band Blondie re-recorded the song in a ska / reggae version. The publication took place on October 31, 1980. The B-side was Suzy & Jeffrey .

The song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK charts. It also appeared on Blondie's fifth album, Autoamerican . It was the last song by the band before they split up to top the chart in the UK. Only after their comeback at the beginning of 1999 did the band succeed again with the song Maria .

There are also two official remix versions of Blondie's recording : one by Coldcut (1988) and the other by Pete Arden / Vinny Vero (1995).

Papa Dee

The Swedish rapper Papa Dee also recorded a version of the song in 1996, which appeared on his album The Journey and as a single. His version is strongly influenced by dancehall and underlined with rap passages. His single reached number 20 in the Finnish and number 44 in the Swedish charts.

Atomic kitten

The British girl group Atomic Kitten also recorded a cover version of the song, which was released on August 26, 2002. In addition, a new bridge was played, which is why the title was given the addition Get the Feeling .

The song came from their album Feels So Good and was their tenth and most successful single. The Atomic Kitten version was also the theme song of the movie Popstar in a roundabout way and was used for a commercial for the Japanese brewery Asahi Beer .

A Spanish-language version ( Ser Tu Pasión ) was also released in Mexico and on the Spanish version of their greatest hits album , published in spring 2004 .

Cardinal Offishall

The Canadian rapper Cardinal Offishall released several cover versions with different singers under the title Numba 1 (Tide Is High) . The song appeared on the album Not 4 Sale . Rihanna can be heard as a guest singer on the album version . The first version was recorded with Nicole Scherzinger . In a third version both singers can be heard again.

In September 2008 Numba 1 (Tide Is High) was released as the fourth single on the album with Keri Hilson as the singer. In March 2010, the single was awarded a gold record by the CRIA .

There is also a mash-up version in which all three singers sing.

More cover versions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Holt: The Tide Is High on YouTube
  2. ↑ a b Roots Knotty Roots , Nighthawk Records, 2002.
  3. ↑ Chart sources for Blondie: DE AT CH UK US
  4. ↑ Chart source for Angelina: US
  5. ↑ Chart sources for Atomic Kitten: DE AT CH UK
  6. ↑ FinnishCharts.com "Tide Is High" (Papa Dee) page. Accessed: October 29, 2006.
  7. ↑ SwedishCharts.com "Tide Is High" (Papa Dee) page. Accessed: October 29, 2006.
  8. ↑ Cardinal Offishall interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2009 Accessed on October 5, 2009.
  9. ↑ The Tide Is High in Music Canada's gold / platinum database