Best Reggae Songs of All Time

Reggae is a genre of music which largely originated in the Jamaican and was exported to the rest of the world from the Caribbean Islands. Like Rap and Hip Hop styles of music, reggae too, had localized beginnings, but its influence and popularity spread all over the world. So, if you're a newbie to reggae music, perhaps you might want to go through this list of the best songs which will introduce you to this popularizing music genre.

Reggae Music

But first, a little something to help you understand reggae music better. As was originally intended in its home island, reggae was supposed to be a genre of music based on what is known as the skank. This genre of music basically follows an offbeat sort of music and where there is a high accent on the second and fourth beat on the 4 beat bar. There is also a sort of emphasis and a carryover on the second beat, where the second rhythm guitar strum over the lasts over the 3rd beat and goes straight to the fourth. Reggae has supposedly been combines R&B, Jazz and a bit of Blues.

The most famous exponents of reggae music in the world are undoubtedly Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Shaggy and to some extent Sean Paul.

Best Reggae Songs Ever

If you're looking for a wide variety of artistes in your search for the best reggae songs to dance to, I'm afraid that there haven't been too many artistes who have successfully dabbled with the genre. Like I said, Bob Marley is undoubtedly the best of them all, but if you see the best reggae songs of the 90's, you probably won't find too many names in the artistes column. As such, not many have been able to truly master the art of reggae music. So with that in mind, here are some of the top reggae songs.

• Here Comes the Hotstepper ~ Ini Kamoze
• Wonderful World Beautiful People ~ Jimmy Cliff
• Small Axe ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Too Much Too Young ~ The Specials
• I Can See Clearly Now ~ Johnny Nash
• Amigo ~ Black Slate
• Jamaican in New York ~ Shinehead
• Redemption Song ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
• No Woman No Cry ~ Bob Marley and the Wailers
• I Shot the Sheriff ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Uptown Top Ranking ~ Althea & Donna
• Lively Up Yourself ~ Bob Marley & The Wailers
• The Harder They Come ~ Jimmy Cliff
• Hello Sunshine ~ Jimmy Cliff
• Hello Sunshine ~ Jimmy Cliff
• Vietnam ~ Jimmy Cliff
• Rat In Mi Kitchen ~ UB40
• I'm Yours ~ Jason Mraz
• It Wasn't Me ~ Shaggy
• Angel ~ Shaggy
• Temperature ~ Sean Paul
• Get Busy ~ Sean Paul
• Beautiful Girls ~ Sean Kingston
• 007 (Shanty Town) ~ Desmond Dekker & The Aces

That concludes most of the famous Reggae songs to date. Enjoy the music with some of these classics.