Recording

Bam Bam
Sister Nancy

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1982

Label

Techniques

On

Dancehall and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 01

   Ranked No. 1 in Dancehall

   The most sampled record in this list by an enormous margin, and its author was paid nothing for decades. Effortless, funny, endlessly quotable, and it never once raises its voice.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

   The most sampled record in this list by a distance, and its author was paid nothing for decades. Effortless in a way that cannot be manufactured.