# The Specials — A Message to You, Rudy

The Specials’s A Message to You, Rudy (1979) is No. 3 in our Two-Tone ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1979
- **Label:** 2 Tone
- **On one list:** Two-Tone
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [The Specials](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-specials/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-specials--a-message-to-you-rudy/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Two-Tone](https://waxonia.com/genre/two-tone/)

Dandy Livingstone's rocksteady original, with Rico Rodriguez — who had played on the Jamaican sessions of the sixties — brought in on trombone. Continuity made audible.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Specials%20A%20Message%20to%20You%2C%20Rudy) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cntvEDbagAw)

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