| "007 (Shanty Town)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Desmond Dekker and the Aces | ||||
| from the album 007 (Shanty Town) | ||||
| A-side | "007 (Shanty Town)" | |||
| B-side | "El Torro" (Roland Alphonso) | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Rocksteady | |||
| Label | Pyramid | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Desmond Dekker | |||
| Producer(s) | Leslie Kong | |||
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"007 (Shanty Town)" is a 1967 rocksteady song by Jamaican band Desmond Dekker and the Aces, released as a single from their debut album of the same name. It was also a hit for Musical Youth in 1983. "007 (Shanty Town)" has been called "the most enduring and archetypal" rude boy song. Its title and lyrics refer to the cool imagery of films such as the James Bond series and Ocean's 11, admired by "rudies".[1]
- ^ Barrow, Steve; Dalton, Peter (2004). The Rough Guide to Reggae (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 61. ISBN 1843533294.