Memories! One of the Best decades/era for calypso/soca was in the 1990s! Growing up in Crown heights/Flatbush/Brooklyn in my early teenage years going to the "Labor Day"(1991) parade on Eastern Pkwy; dancing, having fun following the "Hawks", "Sesame Flyers" floats/trucks to this song was an incredible and amazing experience! Dam! I miss the 1990s, especially in Brooklyn, N.Y. Respect and Salute to the "Soca Boys" and all of the veteran calypsoian/soca singers, performers, bands "Traffik", "Xtactic", "Square one", and so many other entertainers, "Steel Pan" bands from "Trinidad and Tobago", "Guyana", "Barbados", "St. Vincent", "Belize", "Jamaica", "Haiti", and the entire Caribbean & West Indies!
Literally here so I can get a artist name for my wedding playlist. Not tryin to have my Jamaican family accuse me of not knowing where I came from hahaahha
I was reminiscing about backyard BBQs growing up back in NY. All my parents friends would go nuts for this tune. Jamaican, Haitian, Trini, Bajan and Dominican.
No disrespect, but I didn't know any white people until I got to college. The only Caucasian people that were familiars at family functions were Jamaican.
A very white 19 yr old kid from Denmark got to love this song and reggae at the '91 Notting Hill Carnival - just f.ing brilliant feel-good music! And yes, the ear for reggae has broadened since.
I luv this song! It reminds me of when I used to live w/my friend who is from Guayana and she used to play this everyday!!! I never forgot this song & I'm puerto rican & enjoy this type of music.
St. Croix family bloodline grew up to this song and was at every West Indian Parade in NYC as a kid and heard this every year watching my family turn up to this.....
I remember this song when we took a cruise several years ago. I love it! Everytime I think about this song, I remember the Island we were on when they played the song, We had a wonderful Time(smiling)!
Bought a cassette tape while on Holiday in Roattan Island ( 1991) compilation included: Byron lee,Crazy, 17 plus, and this song, I was Transformed immediately to the party sound brings good memories. Long Live Soca!!!!!!!
Letterly nobody: this song is a original from Trafassie, a Dutch latin group (from Surinam) which excists since the end 1970’s and till this day they play live gigs. The original song called: Stuivers, Dubbeltjes, Kwartjes, Guldens. This is a good cover in English (original is in Dutch language) from Marcel and co and indeed well known.
I'm black American but I know about this..back in the 80s in the back yard of my trini friends family house..Cortelyou Rd in the back by the cemetery...lol
Had this song stuck in my head for a long time and had no clue what it was. I finally found it when I posted a status on Facebook trying to explain what this was. A friend of mine finally lead me to this song. So happy I found it! What a gem this is!
Man i love this song, when i lived in the islands you really have an appreciation for this music and especially this song. cent,five cent,ten cent dollar dollar...... ( :
5'th or 20'th search for this song since my 91' Notting Hill carnival - DOLLAR DOLLAR DOLLAR DOLLAR DOLLAR! Brilliant, and to my shame shows my ignorance of reggae.
Wife and I got back from the Bahamas last month and this song is played non-stop down there. Still have dreams of, dollar,dollar,dollar running through my head.
This song was on the radio constantly during our 5-day honeymoon in the Bahamas in 1991. We bought the cassette tape. My wife will divorce me if I make her listen to it again. Currently balancing the pros and cons.
Jeez.. remember this from Notting Hill in the 90's, recently visited St Lucia... still going strong,Off to find " follow the leader" now ..Holiday tunes.
Collin Lucas composed and performed song in 1991. It won road March Titles in England, Canada and South Florida that year. He also recorded it with the Trinidad Band called Taxi in 1994. Byron Lee covers music and plays mostly Calypso and later Soca music already made popular by original artists for each year that the song he plays came out since the 1960's. Easy to check original recordings. Please refer to Album credits on CDS and records if you have them .
