and the US. In Australia, it received a 2× platinum record. Music video Directed by George Seminara, the accompanying music video for the song shows Snow entering a jail cell. His producer and friend, MC Shan, is also featured in the video; he explains how he got into prison by not turning informer. DJ Marvin Prince is seen enjoying a sauna with a couple of women. There are bikini clad women throughout and Snow is accompanied by female dancers glossed in black and white. When first shown, the video had no subtitles, but they were added because few people could comprehend what Snow was saying. "Informer" was later published on YouTube in September 2019. As of December 2022, the video had generated more than 36 million views. One of the dancers is Mona Scott, who would later go into music management, starting Violator Management. She would go on to become owner of Monami Entertainment. Awards and recognition "Informer" won a Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording in 1994. In 2007, the song was ranked number 84 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. In 2020, Cleveland.com ranked it at number 127 in their list of the best Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song of the 1990s. Legacy Many reggae purists viewed the song, along with the works of Ini Kamoze, Diana King, Shaggy and Shabba Ranks, as another example of "watered down" commercial reggae that rose to international popularity in the 1990s. This song was later re-imagined into Daddy Yankee's hit single Con Calma released in 2019. The sketch comedy show In Living Color, in a mock video featuring Jim Carrey as Snow, parodied the song. Track listings CD maxi "Informer" (radio mix) – 4:11 "Informer" (album mix Rick the Mexican remix edit) – 4:28 "Informer" (drum mix) – 4:12 "Informer" (Clark's fat bass mix) – 4:39 "Informer" (Clark's super mix) – 4:51 7-inch single "Informer" (radio edit) – 4:05 "Informer" (album mix Rick the Mexican remix edit) – 4:28 12-inch maxi "Informer" (LP version Rick the Mexican remix edit) – 4:28 "Informer" (drum mix) – 4:12 "Informer" (dub) – 4:12 "Informer" (Clark's fat bass mix) – 4:39 "Informer" (Clark's super radio mix) – 4:11 "Informer" (super dub) – 4:50 Cassette "Informer" (LP version Rick the Mexican remix edit) – 4:30 "Informer" (drum mix) – 4:13 Personnel Text: Darrin O'Brien, Edmund Leary, Shawn Moltke Producer: MC Shan Executive producer: