Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby

[IBumpg]

.. ahn ahn, oh yeah. I'm greater than Cassius Clay, I'm sweeter than Sugar Ray, yeah yeah ...

[empressdoinalot]

This was played at Lucian Independence the other day! Big tune!!!

[deiamorais1]

PERFECT



[Harryhoodz]

Chune

[CaptainCroak]

Rolling Stones version is good. UB40'S version is better. The original is just sublime.

[junkman19571]

what a classic,never heard this version before.only the ub40 version which is ok...but this is alive with emotion.....love it.....a new fave......thanks....10/10

[benfrom95140]

@junkman19571 Me too same way, love it

[BSAADC10]

This is still the most popular Festival Song in Jamaica.

[TrinDigital]

GOOD OLD DAY'S

[MrJommycross]

Covered also by the Stones in 1976, and included in their album Black and blue .

[trevinhafsa]

das antigas!

[nikkin424]

My mom use to Blast this song also! ;-)

[enteralif]

@nikkin424 LMAO My madda Wah jus Blastin Dis Bad Bwaii Lass Nite!!

[habibdione]

Thats tune its so bad jah bless all good cherry

[CRAYOLACHICABCXYZ]

THIS WAS MY SONG WHEN I WAS 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD!!!!!  I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ON YOUTUBE!

[Roberto33131]

lovely

[Yellowfowl2]

Jamaican Cherry Babies

[zanzibar79]

I listen to this. Cos I'm cooler than you.

[boliverful1]

The Rolling Stones also do a fine cover of this one on Black and Blue.

[kingojugo]

Ho my God my dad thought me this hit when i was much younger, i remember then when the old man was driving in his pick up to Warri myseif and my younger brother Tega

[herbelist27]

ub40 is pirates sang over ppl songs

[mattlfc1984]

love this!

[jade21342]

ooohhhhohoohohoohoohoh YEAAAAHHAHAHAHe! yeahahahaa! lol

[darkchocolate1589]

Brap brap! 1971- still tune inna 2011 and forever more.

[slingstone1]

mi a yawd man a dem tune mi grow up pon unno always wah theif poor people sintin an seh a unno invent it ,,,,,,,so a wah unnu feel like unnu wah theif wi patois to  ..seeeth ya seeth ya

[1raimundosantos]

esi era uma lenda

[Danceallnightbabe]

i'm 21 ..... grew up on oldies and it can never die!!!!! wheel n come again selecta, the tune baddd!!!!! just pass me a red stripe ya now and the mood set

[phelpskenneth4]

HI!I AM 59!!REGGAE MUSIC AS BEEN MY LIFE SINCE I WAS A BOY. YOU WILL NEVER BEAT THE ORIGINALS!!!BUT AT LEAST GIVE BANDS LIKE UB40,CREDIT FOR KEEPING THOSE PARTICULAR REGGAE CLASSICS GOING!!!!!!

[NaturalProd007]

BIG TUNE!!

[ndom1000]

OH MA BRADA F U STL ALIVE HTUMBS UP FOR THIS SONGS. OLL THE BEST ERIC DONALDSON

[tjbwhitehea1]

people suprised that ub40 ruined this? they ruin them all: red red wine, kingston town...

[Dolorousness]

UB40 fckng butchered this classic. Yeah--is anyone surprised?

E. DONALDSON--FUH REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!!

[cami4u2]

Love this song...

Makes me want 2 do the bogle and wine.

[cami4u2]

Love this song...

[joehiggs100]

UB 40 paid tribute and kept the tradition going ion had years in the UK,they grew up with these sounds and made sure the original artists got paid when possible. I play music and ''UB 40" tunes are requested many many times. Always good to go back to the roots where possible. We are so lucky to have such a legacy of recorded music and folk traditions.

[Vivianebcouto]

amo todas dele obrigada quem postou!

[IBumpg]

This was the festival song of Jamaica in 1971. There was never another festival song as good as this one. It literally rocked the place. I lost a cricket match while batting and dancing to this music. Sorry boys. I will never forget it!

[Waboche]

FUCK ! They stole it to this man !!!

Forgive me DONALDSON



[deregiment]

man y people getting so pissed at UB40 for???am a jamaican and i think both versions are super and UB40 did a great job

[x1panther1x]

great tune

[shannon4889]

Ub40 tried to create reggae... but it aint never gunna be as good as the old school real stuff. This is proper music! UB40 are a dissapointment.

[Spliffyjay972]

This is a classic it remind when i was a young bwoy i listen it on 105.3 HOT FM ST lucia!! BIG UP!!!!

[MsClaudia74]

I love UB40! and I agree wiith sepulmattica. I grew up with UB40.

[drwhatson]

RUBBISH adamtzsch!! This was a MASSIVE dancehall hit at the time, even in pop discos. I'm betting everyone of my generation remembers hearing it very well.

...and UB40 cover versions are ALL utter shit, without exception, IMO.

[MrNaturalsex]

THESE TYPE OF VOICE AINT HERE NO MORE... NO WONDER THEY DONT MAKE TIMELESSS BEAUTIFUL SONGS LIKE THIS NO MORE !

[chibe33]

I love music to die!

[sidewickx]

who does this songs belongs to,,coz even neil diamonds claims its his and Ub40 stole it

[CoolPhyaMusic]

@sidewickx If that's the case Bruce Springsteen would be claiming "Trapped" as his, when it's Jimmy Cliff Jamaican singer songwriter who wrote & did it originally. Even though Bruce (and i love bruce to the death) made it popular in america and other places, Jimmy wrote that song, so give props to all who made it and make it popular. We can all co-exist and be successful.

[horsestache1]

Brill

[elvisjamaikan]

eric ..............................­...........

[rozzellmedina]

Yeah; fuck UB40!



[highCLASSloser71]

this 1 sucks 

[yardybestQueen]

BOOM!

[fielda1]

ub doesnt suk like u do

[edsongasparpmdf]

um classico

[buttacudawey]

JAMAICA FOREVER....

[ALLAINE35]

musica linda hein

[jw5y66]

I still think UB40 is better!

[pzgdr]

@jw5y66 Ubfuckery tun dis tune fi shit..dem heart might be inna right place but dem do reggae no favours mit dem sluggy covers..

[MrPipo479]

I also never heard the original version and only thing to say: wwwwwwwoooooooooowwwwwwwwww

[leeperryismerry]

UB40 SUCK.

[ysimbaya]

Hello this makes me remeber my brother Mule Simbaya who introduced me to Erick Donald son 's beautiful music he passed n to live with the Lord. I still remeber Mule for the music he introduced me to which lives on

Jec Simbaya

[rosaranthya]

maravilhosa de ouvir essa cançao e tudo de bom

[AcerbusDulcis]

The original is beautiful. No imitation has yet done this justice.

[Tezzindomigo]

@AcerbusDulcis I think The Rolling Stones have done it really good :)

[asahkofi1]

great music

[paulomaya]

Great song! Nice cover by the Stones

[macaylamondragon]

oh yeah very good song Honduras

[siasabora]

Wooooo didn't know of this as the Original! respect...

[notrac321]

best song ever!

[nuhpoch]

It's difficul to "beat" anything ORIGINAL! LOVE it!!!

[Bruce5747]

boom boom

[MrJohnngym]

from mexico god song jamaica buen reagee

[25weloveyou]

@MrJohnngym :)

[MrJohnngym]

from mexico is god song

[MrJohnngym]

mexico buen reagge is god

[MrJohnngym]

buen reagge is god

[MrJohnngym]

un buen reagge is god

[69sneakypete]

proper skinhead music

[edsudario10]

linda musica. nunca tinha ouvido esta versão, estou arrepiado!!!!!!!!!!!

[bunniksidetom]

i'm a tru dutchie from 1992 but all these oldskool reagge jamz are the best music there's made.. if i'm in jamaica i'll go and visit this man at his cherry oh go-go bar in Kent Village. this is simply the best! hail to the six time winner of the jamaican song festival. started with this number in 1971, tru love

[anniemorhan]

Eric Donaldson - The Best Sing...

[TheBeatMerchant]

I quite like the UB40 cover version, but, yes, it's not a patch on this Jamaican original. But if the UB guys turn just a handful of people onto the original stuff it's a job well done in my opinion.

[gigglegigggle]

This song makes me wanna light a fucking bowl and just chill out. :)

[wavesvolta]

@gigglegigggle if you light up a bowl and listen to this, and i do the same, and everyone joins in, we can all be smoking at the same time enjoying this together. fuck yes

[montero11550]

hell yeah dude... big ups to my friend mark aka jamaica phillips...haha...live life mon!!!!!!!!!

[dakarlion1]

The Rolling Stones taught me the song but this is even better.

[masambulla]

this was my first ever record,my mother bought it for me when i was only four ,what taste i had.

[kaishdennis]

waoo

its remainds me of dem deis

[innertuberr]

This song is badass!

[margaret1353]

Wow, mennn,I didn't know this song is here in youtube, wow, youtube is the best.

[MisterOneLove]

His body may be old,

his music will be forever young.

One Love

[mysashab]

best festival song of all time

[mysashab]

best Jamaican festival song of all time

[MrPoopybum]

The two dinks who voted this song down can kiss my ass

[222herty]

this is an amazing song by an amazing singer. Eric is the best

[robfromdublin11]

big tune bullet bullet bullet!!

[machobani]

hmmm yea man this will remain among the classical songs, i have been listening to this song since i was twelve, but blv me the flavour just keeps on going i just cant stop listening to this song, shu!

[RuuDii33]

i think those 2 ppl r just blind nd missed the like button

[bunkle]

sitting in the backyard drinking lemonade and listening to this song on repeat for hours

[RicketyRockit]

Big Song, I wish festival songs were like this today

[lowryder6666]

what year did this come out and what other songs were hits for him. igrew up with the rolling stones version and didn't even know it was a cover. WHAT A GREAT TUNE!

[blakbeltjonez]

@lowryder6666

it came out in 1971, it was a massive hit in Jamaica at the time - Eric Donaldson has had many hits, most of them from '71-'78. best to find them on 7" single, or on one of his "best of" CD's if you're not a record nerd (i was lucky enough to get my mom's collection, she was a huge fan of his). several of his earlier tunes are in this same "John Crow" style that was popular in '71-72, backed by a very young Inner Circle.

whoever thumbs downed this tune is a jackass.

[blakbeltjonez]

@lowryder6666

for other Eric Donaldson songs, i would check out:

"Love Of The Common People" (1972, Jaguar)

"Just Can't Happen This Way" (1973, Jaguar)

"Blue Boot" (1972, Jaguar)

"Maybe" (1978, Weed Beat)

"All We Need Is Love" (1982, Weed Beat)

"Sweet Jamaica" (1977, Weed Beat)

"Land Of My Birth" (1978, Weed Beat)

i list them by year and Jamaican label because most of his tunes have been redone at one time or another, not always for the better. you can probably find them on YouTube.

[adamtzsch]

@blakbeltjonez nice. thanks.

[adamtzsch]

I never realised what a shit job UB40 made of this until I heard the original. Funky as fuck!

[zapwatt]

@adamtzsch

I was about to flame you just because I am a UB40 enthusiast but I waited long enough to listen to both versions back to back and goddamnit if you aren't right. I am so glad I checked me self, I might have wrecked me self.

[adamtzsch]

@zapwatt Your comment demonstrates the height of magnanimity. Thank you. I'm from Birmingham; I don't denigrate UB40 lightly.

[Ripley1156]

@adamtzsch I think the UB40 one is good as well!

[sepulmattica1]

@adamtzsch Oh come on! if it wasnt for Ub40 youd never even know anything about this song. Give them some credit, they didnt do to bad and they bring knowledge of this to people whod normally know nothing about it.

[haitipi]

@sepulmattica1

Maybe you. But there are some of us who are a bit older, who remember a bigger hit than UB40

[balughetto]

@sepulmattica1

I know this song and don't know it from UB40 by any means.

Actually i just discovered UB40's version, and didn't like it that much. It's pretty poor compared to the original IMHO.

[honeybeey2kjm]

@sepulmattica1

I never knew ub40 even touched this song. I grew up hearing this (the original) version.

[dublinbruno]

@sepulmattica1 i know it from the 70s in brixton

[dublinbruno]

@dublinbruno it was a inport form usa not bad 4 a paddy dublin

[sepulmattica1]

@dublinbruno Ok, I didnt mean everyone, I was more referring to people in the U.S. Especially someone like me who lives way up in Minnesota.

[imagodtoya]

@sepulmattica1 UB40 covered this song too!!! News to me, never listen to UB40 or the radio, listen to the roots my dad listen to....radio don't play them no more...UB40, they'r a cover band ain't they!?!

[imagodtoya]

@imagodtoya to be honest, notice UB40 did a version when searching for Eric, never heard their version, I'll check it out now...was their version a chart topper?

[imagodtoya]

@imagodtoya So fond of this song, dad use to blast this in his car all time...I named my daughter cherry.

[MrECC83]

@imagodtoya It's a bit silly to call UB40 simply a "cover band", they aren't some local bar gig mate. And radio doesn't exactly play UB40 either.

[imagodtoya]

@MrECC83 I didn't know, haven't really heard them...just what I've been told...have now...they'r good

[MrECC83]

@imagodtoya They are a good band yes, I like both versions of this song a lot.

[vintondadon]

@adamtzsch lol

[adamtzsch]

@adamtzsch You told me 'Cherry Oh Baby' by UB40 got you through the 80's. Fucking hypocrite.

[adamtzsch]

@adamtzsch Who d'you think you're talking to? You know as well as I do you always preferred 'Don't Break My Heart', fuck-head.

[Kay11190]

@adamtzsch maaadddddddddddddddddddddddddd­dddd



[ckent87]

@adamtzsch your right :)

[juniordynyx]

eu sou paraense sou regueiro geova jha chico de icoaraci belem pa br

´...

[jupdm]

I don't usually listen to reggae, but I don't know what does this song have that i love it so much!

[crbxlondon]

UB40 came to fame on by covering popular old Jamaican songs.

What's the meaning of cover?

A recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else.

[crbxlondon]

I left Jamaica 18MAR1972, it was my long time favourive before I left. This is the Original.

[MopyceDjusticeEx]

Just give the brotha a chance...

[MopyceDjusticeEx]

Evergreen! Timeless! Ths sounds of time...

[amiciopera]

I am Jamaican but have beeing living in Italy for almost 13 years, and have been away since i was 7, I have lived and studied in Paris, Sidney, USA , Canada and London. and each time i listen to my country folkes. wata cum a mi eye. why do we become so Americanize????.. I am truely Jamaican from the core, and would never, and never want to change i speak Patois with a British accent but I am still the real thing. God Bless Jam Dung!!!! big up Jamaican people from all over the globe

[Lordnorfolk]

this song won the Jamaican song festival in 1973 and NO it was not copied from UB40.

[bunniksidetom]

@Lordnorfolk 1971

[debozieux1]

simply the best

[ieatlotsoftoast]

he copied this off ub40

[6Feb1945]

@ieatlotsoftoast

STOP MUGGING YOURSELF OFF ON SUCH A GLOBAL WINDOW! THIS WAS RELEASED IN 1973 - LONG BEFORE YOUR 'COVER KINGS UB40 COVERED IT! TELL ME TWO REGGAE HIT SONGS DONE BY UB40 THAT THEY ACTUALLY WROTE. GO EAT MORE TOAST YOU MUSICAL DUNCE!

[kiara7755]

@6Feb1945 ......dwl........couldnt av said it better than u...... that damn musical dunce!!!!!

[rajsamb]

@ieatlotsoftoast don't make a comment without doing enough research.

[crxmassive]

oh man That the Jam man I grew up with this song

[gigimc]

ha! this was my JAM when I was 4!! hahaaa!

[StormyTheSpook1]

Without a doubt the best reggae song ever made. Perfect!

[emekacharles1]

i give props to my dad for making me know this song and youtube for making it available Jamaican music rocks but am from Nigeria thou.

[idewatchuna]

pure classic



[berylola1]

you play this at any party and the room come alive

[cooliegal4u2]

CLASSIC!!!!

[MrKosmo72]

Kosmo Club, Broad Street in Bath circa 70 to 72.

[poosungee]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[andrew1a14]

sick sumtn

[chrissytuggle]

Memories of my mom, uncles and aunts having fun back in the day, selecting music from my aunt's jukebox......

[chrissytuggle]

Memories of my mom, uncles and aunts having fun back in the day, selecting music from my aunt's jukebox......

[TheJonah73]

This takes me back the memory lane. i could still remember when i was young.

[fallonharr]

LOL!!!! BIG TUNE FI REAL!!!!

[ohbradky]

Yeah that was the days at Ksi in the land of sunshine. Memorable indeed. What a festival it was?

[fallout3videosI]

my one and only fav song

[PIPS1ROGERS]

The Originator.. Mr. Eric Donaldson is a MAROON..ORIGINAL AFRICAN ROOTS..

Wa a say ..? UB 40 did ..What? Is like saying Eric Clampton did the Original of "I shot The sherriff" . We all know it is Bob Marley/Peter Tosh/Bunny Wailer/Wailers's original song.. Guys, don't change history by lying.. simply give credit where it belongs... The TRUTH ALWAYS RESURFACES.YOU CANNOT HIDE IT OR FROM IT..Words of wisdom.. What you don't know, you don't know..."..ARROGANCE IS THE SHADOW OF A FOOL.." Dr. "D"

[chunkyhugo2]

Just makes me realise that UB40 were just a very good covers band. They can't have had many hits that were actually written by themselves.

[hajkitayo06]

this is great

[TheSimi71]

1971: the year when I was born. almost 40 years gone. and now I listen this tune 1st time.

at last :)

but not he last time.

[nahorecnerwal]

@TheSimi71 I agree...the year before i was born, these music brings

tears to my eyes..thank GOD for you tube for making these OUR music

available for us to listen and remember, JAMAICA THE LAND OF MY

BIRTH..

[casebian]

reminds me of the west indian club good times good people good food to

[ieatlotsoftoast]

HE copied this off ub40