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One More Reggae for the Road

"One More Reggae for the Road" is a song by English musician Bill Lovelady, released in 1979 as the second single from his upcoming debut album, Cheer Up. The song was co-written by Lovelady and Aubrey Cash. It reached No. 1 in Sweden in July 1980. In Norway, it peaked at No. 2.

"One More Reggae for the Road"
Single by Bill Lovelady
from the album Cheer Up
B-side"On the Road"
Released1979
GenreReggae
Length3:51
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bill Lovelady
  • Clive Crawley
Bill Lovelady singles chronology
"Reggae for It Now"
(1979) 		"One More Reggae for the Road"
(1979) 		"She Done Me In"
(1980)
Audio
"One More Reggae for the Road" on YouTube

Ingmar Nordströms recorded the song on their 1980 studio album Saxparty 7.[1] They also recorded it with lyrics in Swedish by Olle Bergman, as "Ta din reggae en gång till", and released it as a single the same year.[2] They were in the Swedish charts Svensktoppen with the song for five weeks between 30 November 1980[3]–11 January 1981.[4] The song was also recorded in Swedish by Flamingokvintetten[5] and Schytts[6] the same year.

Charts

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Chart (1980–1981) Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 1
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 17

References

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  1. ^ "Saxparty 7" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Ta din reggae en gång till" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Swedish Radio. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Swedish Radio. 1981. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Flamingokvintetten 11" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Vi ska ha fest" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Bill Lovelady – One More Reggae for the Road". VG-lista. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Bill Lovelady – One More Reggae for the Road". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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