Here’s a tune from the early days of reggae by Nora Dean, who earned herself a place in the niche genre of “naughty” reggae, best known for her saucy hit Barbwire (In His Underpants).

This was recorded in 1971, a year after the aforementioned Barbwire, her ribald adaptation of The Techniques’ rocksteady hit You Don’t Care.

Dean started out in a vocal group called The Soulettes alongside Rita Marley, and another called The Ebony Sisters, before recording a song called The Same Thing You Gave To Daddy for Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.

She followed Barbwire, produced by Byron Smith, with another suggestive tune called Night Food Reggae before hooking up with Bunny Lee for a cover of Doris Day’s Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be), retitled Kay Sarah.

She also sang backing vocals on a Jimmy Cliff album before moving to New York and getting married. By the early ’80s she had mellowed into a lovers rock style and a decade later became a gospel singer.

She died in 2016, leaving a handful of tunes to remember – seemingly one with every top producer in Jamaica – including this gem recorded in 1971 with pioneering rocksteady and reggae producer Syd Bucknor.

Originally written by Christian rock pioneer Mylon Lefevre, Dean seems to have taken her arrangement from Louisiana soul man Bobby Powell’s steamy swamp-rock version – a bit of a classic too.