# The Skatalites — Guns of Navarone

The Skatalites’s Guns of Navarone (1965) is No. 3 in our Ska ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1965
- **Label:** Island
- **On one list:** Ska
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [The Skatalites](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-skatalites/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-skatalites--guns-of-navarone/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Ska](https://waxonia.com/genre/ska/)

A film theme turned into a horn workout, and the record that carried ska to British dancefloors. The house band of Jamaican music at full stretch.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Skatalites%20Guns%20of%20Navarone) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wtESlTKBa4s)

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