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Musical Youth
Shazam Global Chart Top 50 AppearancesAll songs and collaborations from Musical Youth that have reached the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart
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Musical Youth peaked at No. 5 on the Shazam Global Chart with "Pass The Dutchie (12" Version)", spending 51 days in the Top 50.
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The highest position a song reached on the Shazam Global Chart.
The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
The date a song first entered the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart.
Musical Youth
#551May 31, 2022
"Pass The Dutchie (12" Version)" by Musical Youth achieved a peak position of No. 5 on the Shazam Global Chart and remained in the Top 50 for 51 day(s).
Released
1982Total Shazams
6M
Days in Top 50
51The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
May 31, 2022"Pass The Dutchie (12" Version)" by Musical Youth achieved a peak position of No. 5 on the Shazam Global Chart and remained in the Top 50 for 51 day(s).
Released
1982Total Shazams
6M
Days in Top 50
51The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
May 31, 2022
About Musical Youth
The success that was predicted for teenaged ska and reggae band Musical Youth when their pro-marijuana single "Pass the Dutchie" sold more than four million copies in 1982 failed to come to fruition. Within three years, the band, who featured vocalist Dennis Seaton, keyboardist Michael Grant, guitarist Kelvin Grant, and the Waite brothers -- Patrick, who played bass and Freddie Junior, who played drums -- had gone their separate ways. Although a reunion was conceived in 1993, the premature death of Patrick Waite at the age of 30 while in police custody put an end to these plans.
The members of Musical Youth were attending Duddleston Manor School in Birmingham, England, when the group was formed by the Waite brothers and their father, Frederick Waite, a former member of Jamaican vocal group the Techniques, who initially handled lead vocals. After the band signed with MCA in 1981, Dennis Seaton was recruited to sing lead. The following year, they hit gold with their single "Pass the Dutchie," based on the Mighty Diamonds' hit "Pass the Kouchie." Although Musical Youth released several subsequent singles, including "Unconditional Love" with Donna Summer and "Sixteen," they were unable to match the success of "Pass the Dutchie." The group splintered after the departure of Seaton in 1985. However, Michael Grant and Seaton re-formed Musical Youth as a duo in 2001, and the band frequently performed at festivals and as part of nostalgia tours. A long-delayed full-length, When Reggae Was King, appeared in 2020. ~ Craig Harris
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