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Max Alfred "Maxi" Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known as Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre and one of the most successful reggae fusion acts of all-time. His first major album was the self-titled Maxi Priest (1988) which, along with his cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World", established him as one of the top British reggae singers. He is one of only two British reggae acts (along with UB40) to have an American Billboard number one: "Close to You" in 1990. A duet with Roberta Flack, "Set the Night to Music", reached the American Top Ten in 1991. His duet with Shaggy in 1996, "That Girl", was also a hit in the United States, peaking at number twenty.

Below is a list of Maxi Priest 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: Ten Records 294 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US AC #15, US dance #12
written by: Max Elliott, Gary Benson & Winston Sela
album: Bonafide
Maxi Priest Close To You
1990 Ten Records
2 record label: Ten Records 221
chart position: UK #5, US #25, US AC #10
written by: Cat Stevens
album: Maxi Priest
comments: [Reggae]
Maxi Priest Wild World
1988 Ten Records
3 record label: Ten Records 198
chart position: UK #12
written by: Jeff Fortgang
album: Maxi Priest
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Some Guys Have All the Luck
1987 Ten Records
4 record label: Ten Records 84
chart position: UK #32
written by: Maxi Priest and Paul Robinson
album: Intentions
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Strollin' On
1986 Ten Records
5 record label: Ten Records 416
chart position: UK #33
album: Fe Real
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Just Wanna Know
1992 Ten Records
6 record label: Virgin 19338
chart position: UK #36
written by: Maxi Priest, Harry Hyams and Andrew Saidenberg
album: Man with the Fun
Maxi Priest Watching the World Go By
1996 Virgin
7 record label: Ten Records 420
chart position: RandB #77, UK #40
written by: Simon Law, Maxi Priest , Lee Hamblin and Trevor Davey
album: Fe Real
Maxi Priest One More Chance
1993 Ten Records
8 record label: Charisma 1586
chart position: RandB #30, US #62, UK #62
written by: Handel Tucker
album: Bonafide
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Just a Little Bit Longer
1990 Charisma
9 record label: Charisma 12617
chart position: RandB #26, US #63, UK #50
written by: Maxi Priest, David Morales, Handel Tucker and Mikey Bennett
album: Fe Real
comments: [house, reggae, pop]
Maxi Priest Groovin' in the Midnight
1992 Charisma
10 record label: Ten Records 156
chart position: UK #49
written by: Maxi Priest, Angus Gaye and Dennis Robinson
album: Intentions
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Let Me Know
1987 Ten Records
11 record label: Ten Records 127
chart position: UK #54
written by: P. Robinson, Maxi Priest (as Max Elliott) and C. Henry
album: You're Safe
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest In the Springtime
1986 Ten Records
12 record label: Ten Records 238
chart position: UK #57
written by: Glynne Jones
album: Maxi Priest
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Goodbye to Love Again
1988 Ten Records
13 record label: Ten Records 135
chart position: UK #67
written by: Van Morrison
album: Intentions
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Crazy Love
1986 Ten Records
14 record label: Ten Records 613 782
chart position: UK #71
written by: Mike Leeson and Peter Vale
album: Bonafide
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Human Work of Art
1990 Ten Records
15 record label: Ten Records 175
chart position: UK #83
album: Intentions
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Woman in You
1987 Ten Records
16 record label: Ten Records 92
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Dallas Austin and Maxi Priest
album: Bonafide
comments: [ballad]
Maxi Priest Space in My Heart
1991 Ten Records




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