"Pass the Dutchie" by the Birmingham, England reggae/pop schoolboy group Musical Youth peaked at #10 on the US #Billboard #Top40 the week ending February 26, 1983. The single was their only US #Top40 hit, earning Musical Youth their US #OneHitWonder honors. #MusicalYouth #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
Pass The Dutchie ♦️
#MusicalYouth
My day started with music by #MusicalYouth, then solo material by Kelvin Grant.
Drifted into #TwinPeaks territory with the #Chromatics and other tracks from The Return.
By evening Ukrainian legends #DakhaBrakha in concert, rounded off with #Björk Vespertine Live in concert!
Bedtime: 2 am
Having a very reggae day!
I blame @nesky999.bsky.social for this 😉
I eventually got around to buying all the #MusicalYouth 7" singles in 2018. My paper round money didn't stretch far enough in the early 80's 📰
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Musical Youth:
🎵 Mash Down Babylon
#6music #MusicalYouth
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Musical Youth:
🎵 Political Dub
#6music #MusicalYouth
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass the Kouchie
#6music #MusicalYouth
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▶️ Song on #Spotify:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Musical Youth:
🎵 Political Dub
#6music #MusicalYouth
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
"Pass the Dutchie" is a song performed by the British #reggae band #MusicalYouth, taken from their debut studio album, #TheYouthOfToday (1982). It was produced by Toney Owens from #KingstonJamaica. The single peaked at the top of the #UKSinglesChart. Outside the United Kingdom.
Hannah after our ❄️ 🌨walk Sascha after our early dark 🌄 walk and play 🚶♀️ 🐕 🐕 ❤️ ❤️
🎶 This generation
Rules the nation,with version,
Music happen to be the food of love,
Sounds to make you really rub and scrub🎶
0 degrees feels like -5 degrees
#itstheweekend
#Winter2026
#MusicalYouth
🇨🇦
#MusicSky
#NowPlaying
▶️ Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie (1982)
"Now me say, listen to the drummer,
Me say listen to the bass
Give me a little music,
Make me wind up me waist"
#MusicalYouth #PassTheDutchie #80s #reggae #rock
Musical Youth did have a real post-hit run in the UK and Europe (follow-up singles with several hits, another album, tours), but the US market never gave them a second chance on the #Billboard #Top40. #MusicalYouth #OneHitWondered
The week ending January 15, 1983, Birmingham, England reggae/pop schoolboy group Musical Youth earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their rendition of "Pass the Dutchie" entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #31. The single spent 10 weeks on the chart, peaking at #10. #MusicalYouth #OneHitWondered
#norules
#teamdrugs
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Pass the Dutchie
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass the Dutchie
#MusicalYouth
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▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
@kimberjohnson.bsky.social
#passthedutchie
#musicalyouth
12/24 - Small Hands
As I pass the dreadlocks camp, I heard them say
(How does it feel when you've got no food?)
Pass the Dutchie 'pon the left hand side (I say)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsyU...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass the Dutchie
#MusicalYouth
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
Pass The Dutchie 🎟
#MusicalYouth
Pass The Dutchie 🇯🇲
#MusicalYouth
“How does it feel when you got no food?”
#MusicalYouth - Pass The Dutchie
❤️🔥💨 youtu.be/EsyUa63NM1E?...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SHERELLE
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass The Dutchie
#6music #MusicalYouth
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass the Dutchie
#MusicalYouth
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
🇺🇦 Auf #radioeins läuft...
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass The Dutchie
#NowPlaying #MusicalYouth
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https://open.spotify.com/track/1BkY0N8ChFk2mdLbAUu8ZK
Day 10 #DavidsMonthOfMusic
From The Year You Were 10
Pass The Dutchie #MusicalYouth 1982
Amusingly this is the 1st single I bought from #Woolworths & owned myself
Previously i'd pooled Paper Round money with a friend to share #ThompsonTwins & #BucksFizz singles 😆
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EsyU...
#BookSky #BlackSky #CaribbeanSky #MusicSky #boostingoneofmybabies #MusicalYouth
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"Pass the Dutchie" is a song performed by British-Jamaican band #MusicalYouth, taken from their debut studio album, #TheYouthOfToday (1982). It was produced by Toney Owens from #KingstonJamaica. The single peaked at the top of the #UKSinglesChart. Outside the United Kingdom.
Musical Youth - Never Gonna Give You Up (1983)
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Musical Youth:
🎵 Pass The Dutchie
#6music #MusicalYouth
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▶️ Song on #Bandcamp: