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Jamming (song)

1977 song by Bob Marley & The Wailers

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"Jamming"
SinglebyBob Marley and The Wailers
from the album Exodus
B-side	"Punky Reggae Party"
Released	June 3, 1977
Recorded	1976–1977
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:31
Label	Tuff Gong/Island
Songwriter(s)	Bob Marley
Bob Marley and The Wailers singles chronology
"Waiting in Vain" (1977) "Jamming" / "Punky Reggae Party" (1977) "Is This Love" (1978)
Music video
"Jamming"onYouTube

"Jammin'"
SinglebyBob Marley featuring MC Lyte
from the album Chant Down Babylon
Released	March 2000
Recorded	1999
Studio	Marley Music Studios Kingston, Jamaica
Genre	R&B reggae fusion
Length	4:08
Label	Tuff Gong Island
Songwriter(s)	Bob Marley
Producer(s)	Stephen Marley
Bob Marley singles chronology
"Rainbow Country" (2000) "Jammin'" (2000) "I Know a Place" (2001)
MC Lyte singles chronology
"Party Going On" (1998) "Jammin" (2000) "Time For A Change" (2000)

"Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend. The song was re-released 10 years later as a tribute to Bob Marley and was again a hit, as in the Netherlands, where it was classified in the charts for 4 weeks.^[1] In Jamaican patois the word jamming refers to a getting together or celebration.^[2] It is still receiving moderate airplay from adult alternative stations.

Bob Marley's wife Rita Marley has performed the song during the tribute concert "Marley Magic: Live In Central Park At Summerstage". Marley's children Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers have performed the song during their concerts. Their live version of the song appears on the concert CD/DVDs Live Vol. 1 and Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Live. Notably, the song contains the line, "No bullet can stop us now". On December 3, 1976, Marley was shot by unknown gunmen who had broken into his home. He recovered shortly afterward.

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Original version[edit]

with MC Lyte[edit]

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In popular culture[edit]

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• The song was sung by Chief Wiggum at the end of The Simpsons episode "The Canine Mutiny".
• The song was used in the Season 8 episode of The Middle titled "Roadkill."
• The song is played in the movie Captain Ron, along with many other Bob Marley songs.
• The song is sung during the honeymoon in Along Came Polly.
• The song was adapted for a Vodafone commercial called Roaming instead of Jamming, promoting the operator's roaming service.
• The song was spoofed as "Diggin'" on an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy centered on archaeology.
• The song is played live in a nightclub in the Miami Vice episode titled Cool Runnin' (1984).
• Sometimes used by ABC during coverage of NBA games.

See also[edit]

• Master Blaster (Jammin'), a Stevie Wonder song intended as an ode to Bob Marley (particularly inspired by "Jamming").

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Bob Marley - JammingonYouTube

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