here comes the hotstepper came out in 1994.
when did here comes the hotstepper come out?
1994
in 1994, kamoze released the song which would become his signature, "here comes the hotstepper". adopting another nickname from the song title, kamoze would become known as the "hotstepper", from the patois for a man on the run from the law. the song was originally recorded with philip "fatis" burrell and later remixed by salaam remi, and initially featured on a reggae music compilation "stir it up", released on the epic label. "here comes the hotstepper" was not an entirely new composition, having roots in the song "land of 1000 dances", which was a number one r&b hit for wilson pickett in 1966 and was first recorded by chris kenner in 1962 and reprised in 1963 by fats domino. the remixed version of the track also incorporates the bass line from taana gardner's 1981 single "heartbeat". the song appeared on the soundtrack to the fashion-industry satire feature film "prêt-à-porter". "here comes the hotstepper" remains kamoze's only us number one hit (see hot 100 no. 1 hits of 1994).
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here comes the hotstepper is a 1995 album by jamaican reggae and dancehall artist ini kamoze. it was produced by sly dunbar and robbie shakespeare. it contains as title track the international hit "here comes the hotstepper" that charted in the united states, uk and many european charts. the remainder of the album's tracks are re-recordings of songs that had appeared on kamoze's first four albums: "ini kamoze" (1984), "statement" (also 1984), and "pirate" (1986).









































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bullet::::1. "call the police" (5:37)









































bullet::::2. "rough" (3:28)









































bullet::::3. "here comes the hotstepper (heartical mix)" (4:11)
here comes the hotstepper (album)