Bam Bam – a 1982 hit from legendary Dancehall singer Sister Nancy – soared to number one on the Reggae song charts after being featured in an episode of Netflix’s popular crime drama, ozark, which was released over the weekend.

The track, which was certified silver in the UK earlier this month, continues to earn places in popular culture – most recently as one of 47 tracks from another Netflix series called Maid, and in the James Bond film, no time to die.

In his last screen feature on Season 4 of ozark, with Sister Nancy Bam Bam stars in a scene near the end of Episode 1 – titled “The beginning of the end– when Sheriff Nix visits one of the series’ antagonists, Helen, but is instead greeted by the new character, Javi, at the door. When asked where Helen is, Javi will “turn his music” as Nix enters the house. However, Bam Bam, with his signature horns and heavy bassline are instead cranked up to maximum volume to deliberately drown out the ensuing gunfire, as Javi immediately turns around and shoots the sheriff in the chest and head.

After this use on ozark, which Variety said was Netflix’s most-streamed original of 2020, it didn’t take long for the 40-year-old hit single to return to the music charts. Bam Bam reached No. 1 on the iTunes Top Reggae Song chart and Amazon’s Best Seller list in the Reggae category after Season 4, Part 1 of the show became available on Friday, January 21.

It is currently No. 2 on Amazon’s Best Sellers list and remains No. 1 on iTunes for the third day in a row.

It previously topped the iTunes Reggae chart after being featured in the Sony movie The interview in 2015.

First recorded in 1982, Sister Nancy’s Bam Bam drew inspiration for its chorus from the 1966 Toots And The Maytals song of the same name, while its instrumental sample from the 1974 song by Ansell Collins Stalag 17. The song was produced by Winston Riley and appeared on Nancy’s One. Two album.

Billboard Magazine once noted that Nancy “Bam Bam is a strong contender for the title of ‘most sampled reggae song of all time’, while Rolling Stone cited the song’s extensive sample list when the publication listed it at No. 454 on their list. 2021 “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” update.

According to WhoSampled, there are 128 songs that sampled the Sister Nancy tune, including Famous by Kanye West and Rihanna, BAM by Jay-Z and Damian Marley, The missing by Lauryn Hill, Bomb by Chris Brown with Wiz Khalifa, and Make me by she

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On Saturday, Sister Nancy, 60, real name Ophlin Russell, shared the song’s return to the charts on her Instagram page, where several fans offered the Dancehall veteran her flowers. But unbeknownst to some, she hadn’t collected any royalties for the use of the song in over 34 years.

It wasn’t until 2014, when she saw the song in a Reebok ad, that she decided to seek legal advice about her music rights.

According to her, she then received 50% of her property One. Two album and ten years of past earnings. “Yeah, I’m getting the royalties now,” Nancy told NME in 2018. “Now I own 50% of the ‘One, Two’ album. At least I’m getting something now, I never had anything received.

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Meanwhile, weeks before his death, Toots Hibbert and his manager told The Jamaica Observer newspaper that they had commissioned a team of intellectual property rights managers to launch a thorough forensic audit to find out which musicians had covered up. or sampled on 1966 Bam Bam and which entities and individuals have collected editions and royalties, without giving it due credit. Toots, who was the songwriter, composer, singer and producer of the 1966 song, said he never received royalties for it.

Toots Hibbert died on September 11, 2020, at the age of 77.