Uptown Top Ranking

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"Uptown Top Ranking" is a song by Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively.[1] Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson.[1][2] It was produced by Joe Gibbs,[1] using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 Alton Ellis song "I'm Still in Love", which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken's cover "I'm Still in Love With You Boy", and "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity, to which "Uptown" was an "answer record".[3]

The record was initially recorded as a joke. It was accidentally played by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel resulting in numerous requests for additional plays.[4] With early championing by Peel and a performance on Top of the Pops, it soon became a surprise hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in February 1978.[1] The track spent a total of 11 weeks in the chart. Althea & Donna became the youngest female duo to reach the number-one spot on the UK chart.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–1978) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 23
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 25
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 44

Certifications

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Sampling

The song was sampled in Abs Breen's 2002 UK top 10[11] hit single, "What You Got".[12]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Colin Larkin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, Template:ISBN, p.10-11
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  5. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Althia & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Up Town Top Ranking". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 9, 1978" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Althia & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Template:Digits/7501/ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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