Artist
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff appears once in our Reggae list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Reggae
- Year
- 1972
- Highest placing
- No. 3 in Reggae
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
The Harder They Come
1972 · Island
Ranked No. 3 in Reggae
The song that carried the film that carried reggae out of Jamaica. Defiant without being aggressive, which is a harder register than it sounds and one Cliff owned completely.