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"Pressure Drop" is a song written by Toots Hibbert and first recorded in 1969 by The Maytals for record 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 on the soundtrack to the 1972 film The Harder They Come, which introduced reggae to much of the world.
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine rated the song No. 453 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song has been covered often, most notably by The Specials, Keith Richards, Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds, the Oppressed and English punk band The Clash. The song was featured in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the radio station K-Jah West.
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