Uptown Top Ranking

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"Uptown Top Ranking"
Single by Althea & Donna
B-side"Calico Suit"
Released1977
GenreReggae
Length3:53
LabelLightning
Songwriter(s)
Joe Gibbs
Althea & Donna singles chronology
"Uptown Top Ranking"
(1977) 		"Puppy Dog Song"
(1978)
Official audio
"Uptown Top Ranking" on YouTube

"Uptown Top Ranking" is a song by Jamaican teenage

Joe Gibbs,[1] using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 Alton Ellis song "I'm Still in Love", which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken's cover "I'm Still in Love With You Boy", and "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity, to which "Uptown" was an "answer record".[3]

The record was initially recorded as a joke. It was accidentally played by

UK Singles Chart in February 1978.[1] The track spent a total of 11 weeks in the charts. Althea & Donna became the youngest female duo to reach the number-one spot on the UK chart.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–1978) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 23
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 25
UK Singles (OCC)[9]
 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 44

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Sampling

The song was

Abs Breen's 2002 UK top 10[citation needed] hit single, "What You Got".[12]

See also

  • List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s
  • List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-250-7
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-85156-156-X
    .
  3. ISBN 0-7535-0242-9
    , p.10-11
  4. ^ "One-Hit Wonders at the BBC". ... at the BBC. 17 April 2015. BBC. BBC Four.
  5. ^ "Althia & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Up Town Top Ranking". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 9, 1978" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Althia & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  10. ISBN 0-906154-02-2
    .
  11. ^ "British single certifications – Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Abs — What You Got". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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