One More Reggae for the Road

"One More Reggae for the Road"
Single by Bill Lovelady
Released 1979
Format grammophone record
Genre reggae
Writer(s) Bill Lovelady, Aubrey Cash
Producer(s) Bill Lovelady, Clive Crawley

"One More Reggae for the Road" is a song written by Bill Lovelady and Aubrey Cash, and performed by Bill Lovelady himself, scoring major successes in Sweden and Norway.

Ingmar Nordströms recorded the song on their 1980 studio album Saxparty 7.[1] They also recorded it with lyrics in Swedish by Olle Bergman, as "Ta din reggae en gång till", and released it as a single the same year.[2] They charted with the song at Svensktoppen four five weeks between 30 November 1980[3]–11 January 1981.[4] The song was also recorded in Swedish by Flamingokvintetten[5] and Schytts[6] the same year.

Chart trajectory

Chart (1979–1981) Peak position
Norway 2[7]
Sweden 1[8]

Chart successions

Preceded by
What's Another Year? by Johnny Logan		 Number-one single in Sweden
11 July-19 September 1980 		Succeeded by
Upside Down by Diana Ross

References

  1. ↑ "Saxparty 7" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ta din reggae en gång till" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). 1981. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Flamingokvintetten 11" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Vi ska ha fest" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "One More Reggae for the Road". Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "One More Reggae for the Road". Retrieved 21 May 2011.
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