This is one of the classic reggae songs. And like so many classic reggae songs, it’s been covered many times in many different versions. And, for that matter, several different titles.

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When it comes to Filipino funk, you could write what I know on the back of a postage stamp. I didn’t know it existed, and I didn’t know it was called Pinoy Funk.

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RIP Andy Rourke – The Smiths – 1964-2023

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I never much liked Blur. In the Britpop wars I was Team Oasis. I still am, at least where their first album is concerned.

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Here are The Hives again, returning to the fray in their forties with a new song that shows they’ve lost none of their spark after 26 years together.

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Sarabeth Tucek returns from a decade-long hiatus with a new abbreviated name – SBT – and a new album, Joan Of All.

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Country veteran Rodney Crowell teams up with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on a collaborative album called The Chicago Sessions.

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The Drums, now the solo project of Jonny Pierce, return from a five-year hiaitus with an anthemic electro-ballad, I Want It All.

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It seems like only the other day that The Hives burst into our consciousness with their matching black-and-white outfits and their revved-up 1960s garage rock. In fact it was 23 years ago, at the start of the century.

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I’ve always hated Supertramp… except this song. Which is ironic. Because it’s illogical.

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