Discography and Biography of Musical Youth. Listen to all their hits.
Musical Youth Songs

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Musical Youth is a British Jamaican reggae band. They are best remembered for their successful 1982 single "Pass the Dutchie", which became a number 1 hit around the world. The band recorded two studio albums, and released a number of successful singles throughout 1982 and 1983, including a collaboration with Donna Summer. Musical Youth earned a Grammy Award nomination before disbanding in 1985 after a series of personal problems. The band returned in 2001 as a duo.

Below is a list of Musical Youth songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: MCA 52149
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #10, US dance #11
written by: Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
Musical Youth Pass the Dutchie
1982 MCA
2 record label: MCA 52203
chart position: UK #6
written by: Dennis Seaton, Kelvin Grant, Michael Grant, Patrick Waite and Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
Musical Youth Never Gonna Give You Up
1983 MCA
3 record label: MCA 2
chart position: UK #13
written by: Dennis Seaton, Kelvin Grant, Michael Grant, Patrick Waite and Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Youth of Today
1982 MCA
4 record label: MCA 31691
chart position: UK #23
written by: Frederick Waite and Lamont Dozier
album: Different Style
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Sixteen
1984 MCA
5 record label: MCA 105 919
chart position: UK #26
written by: Desmond Dekker
album: Different Style
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth 007
1983 MCA
6 record label: MCA 52364
chart position: UK #33
written by: John Holt
album: Different Style
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Tell Me Why
1983 MCA
7 record label: MCA 52216
chart position: RandB #68, UK #44
written by: Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Heartbreaker
1983 MCA
8 record label: MCA 52312
chart position: RandB #25, US #65, UK #87
written by: Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten and Billy Livsey
album: Different Style
Musical Youth She's Trouble
1984 MCA
9 record label: MCA 52364
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Different Style
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Whatcha Talking 'bout
1984 MCA




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