Pressure Drop (song)

"Pressure Drop"
Single by The Maytals
from the album Monkey Man
B-side	"Smoke Screen" (by Beverley All Stars)
Released	1970 (1970)
Format	7" single
Recorded	1969
Genre	Reggae
Label	Beverly's, Trojan Records
Writer(s)	Frederick "Toots" Hibbert
Producer(s)	Leslie Kong
The Maytals singles chronology
"Sweet & Dandy/Oh Yea" "Pressure Drop" "54 46 (Was My Number)/The Man"

"Pressure Drop" is a song recorded in 1969 by The Maytals for producer Leslie Kong. The song appears on their 1970 album Monkey Man (released in Jamaica by Beverley's Records) and From the Roots (released in the UK by Trojan Records). "Pressure Drop" helped launch the band's career outside Jamaica when the song was featured in the soundtrack to the 1972 film The Harder They Come, which introduced reggae to much of the world. In 2004, Rolling Stone rated the song No. 453 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This song have been covered by many artists, like The Specials and The Clash.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics