"The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt and performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. Although originally released as an A-side in Jamaica on the Treasure Isle label it was relegated to the B-side of the "Only a Smile" single for UK release a few months later. The song features the violin of "White Rum" Raymond and was popular in Jamaica and became popular amongst West Indians and skinheads in the UK when a deejay version by U-Roy was released in 1971.

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  • "The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt and performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. Although originally released as an A-side in Jamaica on the Treasure Isle label it was relegated to the B-side of the "Only a Smile" single for UK release a few months later. The song features the violin of "White Rum" Raymond and was popular in Jamaica and became popular amongst West Indians and skinheads in the UK when a deejay version by U-Roy was released in 1971. The song went mainly unnoticed in the rest of the world until it was rediscovered in 1980 when it became a US/UK no.1 hit for the band Blondie. The British girl group Atomic Kitten also had a no.1 with their version of the song in 2002.
  • The Tide Is High on jamaikalaisen John Holtin vuonna 1967 kirjoittama ja Holtin ja The Paragonsin esittämä reggae-laulu. Pari kuukautta Jamaikan-julkaisunsa jälkeen se julkaistiin Yhdistyneessä kuningaskunnassa "Only a Smile" -singlen b-puolena. The Tide Is Highista on tehty useita covereita, mm. Blondie, Papa Dee, Seeed ja Atomic Kitten. Blondien versio pääsi heti brittilistan kärkeen ja myi platinaa. Myöhemmin Atomic Kittenin laulu vietti brittilistan kärjessä kolme viikkoa myyden kultaa. Alkuperäinen julkaisija oli Treasure Isle -levy-yhtiö. Blondien versio julkaistiin Chrysalis Recordsin ja Atomic Kittenin versio Virgin Recordsin kautta.
  • The Tide is High är en sång skriven av John Holt och framförd av The Paragons med John Holt som leadsinger. Även om den i Jamaica släpptes som A-sida på skivbolaget Treasure Isle 1967 blev den senare B-sida då singeln "Only a Smile" släpptes i Storbritannien några månader senare. På inspelningen spelar "White Rum" Raymond violin, och melodin blev populär i Jamaica och blev populär bland västindier och skinnskallar i Storbritannienefter att en DJ-version släppts av U-Roy 1971. Sången var länge relativt okänd i andra delar av världen, tills den "återupptäcktes" 1980 och 2002.
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  • "The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt and performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. Although originally released as an A-side in Jamaica on the Treasure Isle label it was relegated to the B-side of the "Only a Smile" single for UK release a few months later. The song features the violin of "White Rum" Raymond and was popular in Jamaica and became popular amongst West Indians and skinheads in the UK when a deejay version by U-Roy was released in 1971.
  • The Tide Is High on jamaikalaisen John Holtin vuonna 1967 kirjoittama ja Holtin ja The Paragonsin esittämä reggae-laulu. Pari kuukautta Jamaikan-julkaisunsa jälkeen se julkaistiin Yhdistyneessä kuningaskunnassa "Only a Smile" -singlen b-puolena. The Tide Is Highista on tehty useita covereita, mm. Blondie, Papa Dee, Seeed ja Atomic Kitten. Blondien versio pääsi heti brittilistan kärkeen ja myi platinaa.
  • The Tide is High är en sång skriven av John Holt och framförd av The Paragons med John Holt som leadsinger. Även om den i Jamaica släpptes som A-sida på skivbolaget Treasure Isle 1967 blev den senare B-sida då singeln "Only a Smile" släpptes i Storbritannien några månader senare. På inspelningen spelar "White Rum" Raymond violin, och melodin blev populär i Jamaica och blev populär bland västindier och skinnskallar i Storbritannienefter att en DJ-version släppts av U-Roy 1971.
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