Reggae Song Name Generator

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Generate reggae song titles for bands, producers and fictional sound systems: roots anthems, lovers rock, ska and rocksteady dance tunes, dub versions and riddim names, such as Roots and Rain, Lantern Dub and Breadfruit Riddim.

About reggae song names

Reggae titles are plain-spoken and rhythmic. They sound like something a singer could say to a neighbor over the fence: Carry the Load Lightly, Share the Shade, Steady Like the Tide. The music grew out of ska and rocksteady in 1960s Jamaica, and each era left its own title habits. Ska and rocksteady name the dance and the band (Trombone Says Go, Rocksteady Heart), roots reggae of the 1970s speaks about justice, hardship and unity, and lovers rock, the romantic style that took shape in 1970s London, stays tender and domestic (Honey in My Morning Tea).

Two reggae customs shape the rest of the list. A version is the instrumental or dub mix that traditionally sat on the B-side of a single, so many titles end in Dub or Version: Lantern Dub, Market Road Version. A riddim is a backing track that many different singers and deejays voice, and it carries a name of its own, usually short and often borrowed from the first hit voiced on it: Breadfruit Riddim, Tamarind Riddim.

The 1,000 titles run through sixteen styles, from dancehall party tracks and call-and-response chorus lines to praise songs, island days, proverbs and letters home from colder cities. Use them for your own tracks, a fictional band's discography or a sound system in a story.

How to choose reggae song names

  • Say the title over the beat. The one drop puts the weight on the third beat of the bar, so short, stressed words sit best: Roots and Rain, Tin Roof Testimony.
  • Name the dub after the vocal. A title such as Market Road Version tells the listener it is the flip side of a song called Market Road; a new image such as Dub of the Evening Tide suits a mix that travels far from the original.
  • Give a riddim a short, concrete name that people can shout to a selector: one or two words, a fruit, a tool, a corner of the yard. Pimento Riddim travels better than a full sentence.
  • Use Patois only where you would say it yourself. A simple, common phrase such as Walk Good, My Friend or Likkle More, See You Sunday sounds warm; spelling out an accent you do not speak sounds like a costume.
  • Search the exact title with the word reggae before you release. The genre has decades of records behind it, and a title shared with a classic will bury your song in search results.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a song title sound like reggae?

Plain words, a steady rhythm and an image from everyday life. Titles such as Carry the Load Lightly, One Pot Feeds the Lane and Steady Like the Tide read like advice from a neighbor, which is how much roots reggae speaks. Love songs keep the same directness with a softer subject, as in Your Laugh on the Veranda.

What is the difference between a dub, a version and a riddim?

A version is an alternate mix of a song, traditionally the instrumental on the B-side of the single. A dub is a version remixed further, with most of the vocal taken out and the drum and bass pushed forward under echo and reverb. A riddim is the backing track itself, which many artists record their own songs over, and it gets a name of its own, like Sea Grape Riddim.

Can I use these titles for my own songs?

Yes. Song titles are generally not protected by copyright, so you are free to use any of them. The list has not been compared with any catalog of released records, though, so search a title before you release under it. A name shared with a famous song is hard to find on streaming services.

How are the 1,000 titles organized?

They are mixed together from sixteen styles: roots, lovers rock, heartbreak, ska and rocksteady, dancehall party tracks, dub versions, riddim names, praise songs, island days, rebel songs, chorus lines, story songs about working people, proverbs, letters home, songs about the music itself and hill-country weather. Every batch draws from the whole list, so reroll until one fits your track.

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A: 17 names

  • A Fool Learns Slowly
  • A Letter Folded Twice
  • A Song to Sweep the Yard By
  • A Thousand Small Refusals
  • Abeng at Daybreak
  • After the Flood, the Garden
  • Afternoon Rain, Then Rainbow
  • All Dancers to the Middle

A, continued

  • All Together on the Three
  • Almond Tree Shade
  • Ancient Road, New Sandals
  • Answer Me, Hillside
  • Are You With Me, Sister?
  • Aunt Pearl's Sunday Hat
  • Auntie Sends a Barrel
  • Aunties in the Arrivals Hall
  • Ay Ay Ay, the Sun Is Up

B: 60 names

  • Babylon Can't Buy My Morning
  • Back Room Blues Dance
  • Back Seat of the Country Bus
  • Backing Band From Up the Road
  • Bamboo Creaks Like a Door
  • Bamboo Fence
  • Banana Leaf Umbrella
  • Bandstand Bounce
  • Barber Shop Bounce
  • Barefoot to the Jetty
  • Barefoot Verdict
  • Basement Dance on a Frozen Night
  • Bass Heavy Benediction
  • Bass in My Breastbone
  • Bassline for Bricklayers

B, continued

  • Bassline Knocking at the Gate
  • Beach Cricket Champion
  • Bend the Tree While It Is Young
  • Bicycle Bell Boy
  • Big Tune, Small Hours
  • Big Up the Small Farmer
  • Bitter Cup, Sweet Morning
  • Bless Up the Morning Crew
  • Blessed Is the Giver
  • Blessed Rain on the Zinc
  • Blessings on the Doorpost
  • Blue Like the Evening Lane
  • Blue Mountain Mist Riddim
  • Blush Like Hibiscus
  • Boat Train to a New Town

B, continued

  • Bom Bom Goes the Bass
  • Born Here, Rooted There
  • Borrowed Drum Plays Short
  • Borrowed Land, Honest Sweat
  • Borrowed Shoes, Honest Road
  • Bounce With the Kick Drum
  • Bow to No Idol
  • Braces and Brogues
  • Brass Before Breakfast
  • Brave Enough to Be Gentle
  • Bread for Every Table
  • Bread Van Morning
  • Breadfruit in My Hand Luggage
  • Breadfruit Riddim
  • Breadfruit Tree in Blossom

B, continued

  • Break the Padlock, Keep the Gate
  • Breeze Blow Easy
  • Breeze in the Bamboo Grove
  • Brick by Borrowed Brick
  • Bridge Over Bad Blood
  • Bring Back the Chorus
  • Bring Your Cousin Too
  • Broken Cup, Still Mine
  • Bubble Till the Speakers Smile
  • Bubble Up, Cool Down
  • Bullfrog Bass Chorus
  • Burn Envy, Plant Kindness
  • Bus Late Again
  • Bus Stop Sweetheart
  • Butterflies at the Bus Depot

C: 73 names

  • Calabash Riddim
  • Call Me and I'll Answer
  • Call Me When the Hurt Is Gone
  • Callaloo in a Cold Kitchen
  • Calloused Hands Remember
  • Came for a Year, Stayed for Thirty
  • Can You Hear the Drum? (We Hear)
  • Candle for a Gone Love
  • Cane Field Version
  • Cane Truck Convoy
  • Canoe for Two
  • Carpenter's Pencil Behind His Ear
  • Carry the Load Lightly
  • Carry the Torch Downhill

C, continued

  • Carry Your Own Water
  • Cashew Blossom Time
  • Catch of the Day Chorus
  • Cedar Smoke at Dusk
  • Chant for a Peaceful House
  • Checkerboard Stomp
  • Children Born in the Cold
  • Children of the Zinc Fence
  • Chorus Belongs to the Crowd
  • Chorus Like an Open Door
  • Christmas Breeze Back Home
  • Church Bell Version
  • Clap on the Two and Four
  • Clay Pot Riddim
  • Clean Fun, Loud Bass

C, continued

  • Clean Heart, Clear Road
  • Cliff Jump Courage
  • Clock In, Sing Out
  • Closer Than the Chorus
  • Cloud Shadow on the Pasture
  • Clouds Like Sheep Over the Ridge
  • Coal Pot Cooking
  • Cocoa Pods Turning Gold
  • Coconut Grove Dub
  • Coconut Husk Riddim
  • Coconut Water Afternoon
  • Cold City, Warm Record
  • Cold Supper for Two
  • Come Home Before the Rain

C, continued

  • Coming Home on the Morning Flight
  • Community Hall Wedding
  • Conscious Mind, Dancing Feet
  • Cool Breeze After Quarrel
  • Cool Head, Warm Heart
  • Cool Shade Version
  • Cool Spring in the Hills
  • Cool Water From the Spring
  • Copper Kettle Riddim
  • Coral Reef Riddim
  • Coral Sand Between My Toes
  • Corner Shop on Credit
  • Count It In: One, Two
  • Count Me With the Humble
  • Count the Blessings Twice

C, continued

  • Country Bus on the Hairpin Bend
  • Cousin Leroy Came Back Rich
  • Cousin Sends the New Tunes
  • Cow Bells at Twilight
  • Crab Race at Noon
  • Crackle Before the Intro
  • Crate of Cola, Stack of Records
  • Cricket Pitch Riddim
  • Crickets Keep the Offbeat
  • Crooked Path, Straight Mind
  • Crossing Guard Shuffle
  • Crying Over the Sink Again
  • Cup of Cold Water Justice
  • Cup Running Over on Monday
  • Cut the Puppet Strings

D: 59 names

  • Dance Card Full of Offbeats
  • Dance Close, Talk Later
  • Dance Hall Clock Runs Slow
  • Dance Machine From Down the Lane
  • Dance Till the Rooster Calls
  • Dance Without Me Then
  • Dancing in a Borrowed Shirt
  • Dancing With Your Memory
  • Darling, Mind the Step
  • Daughters of the Uprising
  • Dawn on the Coffee Walk
  • Deep Water Echo Dub
  • Dew on the Pumpkin Vine
  • Do the Lamppost Lean

D, continued

  • Do You Love the Music? (Yes We Do)
  • Do You Remember? (I Remember)
  • Dockside Dance Craze
  • Doctor Bird at the Window
  • Dolphin Off the Point
  • Dominoes Slap the Table
  • Don't Hang Your Basket Too High
  • Don't Play Our Record
  • Don't Sell the Family Land
  • Donkey Knows the Way Home
  • Doo Wah for the Dishwasher
  • Doorstep of the Old House
  • Dozing by the Sea Wall
  • Driftwood Fire Singalong
  • Driftwood Riddim

D, continued

  • Drum Roll Into Daylight
  • Drummer Leaves a Space
  • Drums Across the Valley
  • Dry Eyes Tomorrow
  • Dry Gully Waiting
  • Dry Leaf, Green Shoot
  • Dub Across the Gully
  • Dub Among the Fishing Nets
  • Dub at the Bottom of the Well
  • Dub for a Slow Ferry
  • Dub for the Morning Shift
  • Dub for Tired Feet
  • Dub From a Distant Veranda
  • Dub From the Back Room
  • Dub in a Zinc Shed

D, continued

  • Dub in the Key of Rain
  • Dub of Seven Echoes
  • Dub of the Borrowed Bicycle
  • Dub of the Closed Shop Door
  • Dub of the Evening Tide
  • Dub of the Last Bus Home
  • Dub of the Open Window
  • Dub of the Patient Fisherman
  • Dub of the Sleeping Village
  • Dub Plate for the Faithful
  • Dub Under a Mango Tree
  • Dub With No Hurry
  • Dust Off the Family Records
  • Dust on the Courthouse Steps
  • Dusty Needle

E: 23 names

  • Easy Chair Riddim
  • Easy Does the Journey
  • Easy Like the Shoreline
  • Echo Me, Children
  • Echo of the Old Dance
  • Echo of Your Laugh
  • Emancipation Morning Bell
  • Empty Barrel Makes the Noise
  • Empty Hook by the Door
  • Empty Pot, Full Heart
  • Encore for the Corner Shop

E, continued

  • Evening Class After Work
  • Evening Swim Skank
  • Every Breath a Thanksgiving
  • Every Door Deserves a Key
  • Every Little Makes a Lot
  • Every Slow Song Is Yours
  • Everybody Get a Rewind
  • Everybody Hold a Corner
  • Everybody Hum the Bassline
  • Everybody Knee Bend
  • Everybody Say Easy
  • Everybody Whistle the Verse

F: 40 names

  • Fair Measure at the Shop
  • Faith Like a Yam Hill
  • Fall for Me Gently
  • Fare Is Fifty, Smile Is Free
  • Fare Thee Well, Sweet Trouble
  • Feed the Youth Wisdom
  • Feedback and Fireflies
  • Filter Sweep at Dawn
  • Finger Never Says Look Here
  • Fireflies in the Guinea Grass
  • First Rain of May
  • First Winter Skank
  • Fisherman's Dawn Riddim

F, continued

  • Fisherman's Wife Counts the Boats
  • Fishing Boat Painted Yellow
  • Fist Full of Seeds
  • Flash Your Phone Light
  • Flat Above the Laundromat
  • Flip Flops by the Door
  • Flying Cymbal Version
  • Fog on the Factory Window
  • Fool at the Garden Gate
  • Foot Tap Testimony
  • Footsteps on the Freedom Trail
  • Foreign Pavement, Familiar Bass
  • Forever Starts on Friday

F, continued

  • Forward and Pull Up Again
  • Four Track Dub
  • Four Walls and a Hope
  • Free as the Doctor Bird
  • Free Paper in My Pocket
  • Free Up the Airwaves
  • Freedom Has a Drumbeat
  • Freedom Is a Second Helping
  • Fresh Trim, Clean Sneakers
  • Friday Night Zinc Fence Session
  • Front Porch Riddim
  • Front Room With the Good Glasses
  • Fruit Stall Philosopher
  • Full Moon on the Cane Piece

G: 32 names

  • Gate Fee Is a Smile
  • Ginger Lily by the Stream
  • Ginger Root Riddim
  • Girl From the Top Flat
  • Give Me Back My Sunday
  • Give Praise Before the Coffee
  • Give Thanks for Likkle
  • Give Thanks for the Yam and the Fish
  • Give the Bassist Some Room
  • Give the Laborer a Chair

G, continued

  • Give Them Love, Not Stones
  • Glass Bottom Boat Daydream
  • Goat on the Cricket Pitch
  • Goat Path to the Waterfall
  • Golden Light on the Cays
  • Good Friend Better Than Pocket Money
  • Good Name Over Gold
  • Goodbye at the Ferry Dock
  • Goodbye Has a Bassline
  • Grandfather Hummed It First
  • Grandfather's Land Is Waiting

G, continued

  • Grandmother's Field Hymn
  • Grandpa's Domino Table
  • Granny's Remedy Bottle
  • Granny's Yard in My Sleep
  • Grateful for Small Mercies
  • Gray Sky, Yellow Song
  • Green Banana
  • Green Lizard on the Gatepost
  • Guava Scent in the Lane
  • Guide My Steps Through Town
  • Guitar Scratch Gospel

H: 43 names

  • Hallelujah From the Cheap Seats
  • Hands High, Voices Higher
  • Hands Up From the Back Wall
  • Harbor Fog Version
  • Hard Ground, Soft Seed
  • Harmonies Over the Fence
  • Harmony Trio at the Standpipe
  • Harvest Before the Storm
  • Harvest Belongs to the Sower
  • He Promised by the Sea Wall
  • Heart of the Drummer Is Clean
  • Heart on the Clothesline
  • Heartache on the Offbeat
  • Heavy Basket, High Head

H, continued

  • Heavyweight Version
  • Heel and Toe on Harbor Street
  • Her Shadow on the Curtain
  • Heron in the Rice Field
  • Hey Mister Drummer
  • Hibiscus Behind Her Ear
  • Higgler With the Loudest Laugh
  • Higher Heights at Daybreak
  • Higher Than the Worry
  • Hillside Dub
  • Hillside Garden Song
  • Hold My Hand Past Midnight
  • Hold Your Head Like a Mountain
  • Homesick for the Hot Road

H, continued

  • Honey in My Morning Tea
  • Honor the Mother, Honor the Land
  • Hop the Last Carriage
  • Horn Section Holiday
  • Horns Answer the Hill
  • Hot Bread at Half Past Five
  • Hot Stepping in New Shoes
  • How Do You Feel? Irie
  • Hum It on the Way to Work
  • Hummingbird Riddim
  • Hungry Belly Parliament
  • Hungry Fowl Wakes Early
  • Hurricane Lamp Evening
  • Hush, the Record Is Playing
  • Hymn for the Fruit Seller

I: 8 names

  • I Kept the Ticket Stub
  • I Walk the Seafront Alone
  • I Will Come Back for Mango Time
  • Ice in the Cooler, Bass in the Chest
  • Irie Feeling in the Morning
  • Is It Sweet? (So Sweet)
  • Island Bus, Windows Down
  • Island Time Is Honest Time

J: 5 names

  • Jackfruit Riddim
  • Jah Bless the Midwife
  • Jah Know the Farmer's Name
  • Jah Light in the Kitchen Window
  • Jah Rain on Thirsty Ground

K: 12 names

  • Keep My Mind From Envy
  • Keep My Side of the Blanket
  • Keep the Fete Friendly
  • Keep the Fire, Lose the Fear
  • Keep the Vibes Level
  • Kerosene Lamp Dub
  • Kerosene Lamp Prayer
  • Keys Player's Left Hand
  • Kick Drum on the Three
  • Kick Up the Sawdust
  • Kiss Me at the Crossroads
  • Kite Over the Lagoon

L: 54 names

  • La La for the Lonely
  • Ladies Take the Floor
  • Lamp Oil for the Wise
  • Land of My Grandmother
  • Landlord at the Gate Again
  • Lantern Dub
  • Lantern Light Riddim
  • Late Bus Love Affair
  • Laundry Line Gossip
  • Lawn Full by Ten
  • Lay the Bass Down Easy
  • Lazy Parish Afternoon
  • Lead Me, I Will Follow

L, continued

  • Lean on My Shoulder, Darling
  • Lean Years, Loud Drums
  • Left Foot Leads the Shuffle
  • Left Me at the Dance Hall Door
  • Left Side, Right Side, Middle
  • Lemongrass Riddim
  • Let Me Hear You, Front Row
  • Let the Drum Give Thanks
  • Let the Rhythm Section Talk
  • Let the Small Ones Eat First
  • Letter From My Uncle Abroad
  • Letter Home in Winter
  • Liberation Bus Fare
  • Lift Up Your Brother's Corner

L, continued

  • Light a Candle for the Lane
  • Light Up the Dance With Laughter
  • Lighthouse Keeper's Version
  • Lighthouse Riddim
  • Lightning Shows the Road
  • Lignum Vitae in Flower
  • Likkle More, See You Sunday
  • Lime Tree by the Gate
  • Limestone Riddim
  • Line Up at the Standpipe
  • Livity in Simple Things
  • Loafers on the Linoleum
  • Lonely Is a Long Road

L, continued

  • Lonely Without Your Radio
  • Lonesome Side of the Bed
  • Long Way From the Sea
  • Long Weekend on the Cove
  • Loose Them, Let Them Go
  • Loud Enough for the Back Row
  • Loud Radio, Open Window
  • Loud Shirt, Louder Speaker
  • Love Letter in the Lunch Tin
  • Low End Lullaby
  • Low Fence, Good Neighbor
  • Low Notes Tell No Lies
  • Low Tide Version
  • Low Tide, Slow Mind

M: 50 names

  • Mama's Voice Long Distance
  • Mango Blossom Riddim
  • Mango Season Every Year
  • Many Hands, Light Burden
  • March of the Quiet Ones
  • March Slow, Arrive Together
  • Marching Song for Market Women
  • Market Bell Riddim
  • Market Road Version
  • Market Woman's Basket
  • Maroon Hills Still Singing
  • Mason Sings at Noon

M, continued

  • Meditation at First Light
  • Melodica on the Midnight Air
  • Melody From the Mango Walk
  • Mend the Net Together
  • Mending My Own Heart
  • Mercy Follows the Humble
  • Mercy for the Yard
  • Messenger Boy With a Song
  • Midnight and No Footsteps
  • Midnight Jerk Pan Jam
  • Midnight Kettle Version
  • Mind the Gap Stomp
  • Mind Your Own Garden

M, continued

  • Miss Ivy's Sewing Machine
  • Mist Lifts Off the Coffee Hills
  • Mister Clarence and the Trombone Case
  • Mister Fitz Plays Checkers
  • Mixing Desk Meditation
  • Moon Over the Yam Ground
  • Moonlight on Your Shoulders
  • Moonrise Over the Mixing Board
  • Morning Glory on the Fence
  • Morning Mercy on the Doorstep
  • Morning Mist Rocker
  • Morning Psalm on the Hillside

M, continued

  • Morning Train Ska
  • Mother Tongue in a Strange Town
  • Mountain Road to the Beach
  • Mouth Open, Story Jump Out
  • Move Your Waist, Mind Your Manners
  • Music in the Rafters
  • My Accent Kept Me Warm
  • My Coat Around You
  • My Father's Trunk
  • My Heart Keeps Your Tempo
  • My Heart Missed the Last Bus
  • My Pride Paid the Price
  • My Speaker Has a Heartbeat

N: 22 names

  • Na Na Na Till Morning
  • Needle Finds the Groove
  • Neighbors Before Nations
  • Never Again, Maybe Friday
  • New Broom, Old Corner
  • Night Ferry Riddim
  • Night Heron Riddim
  • Night Jasmine
  • Night Shift Abroad
  • Night Watchman's Transistor
  • Nightingale on the Wire

N, continued

  • Nine Nights of Rain
  • No Chain Fits This Ankle
  • No More Borrowed Chains
  • No Passport for the Wind
  • No Shoes on the Long Mile
  • Nobody Owns the River
  • Nobody Sways Like You
  • Nobody Warned My Heart
  • Not for Sale at Any Price
  • Nurse on the Night Road
  • Nutmeg Riddim

O: 30 names

  • Oh Driver, Don't Stop
  • Oh Oh, Here Comes the Bridge
  • Old Bicycle Riddim
  • Old Fire Stick Easy to Light
  • Old Forty-Five, New Needle
  • Old Man and the Mongoose
  • One Chord, Whole Story
  • One Day at a Time, Driver
  • One Day I'll Build on the Hill
  • One Drop Morning
  • One Earring on the Dresser
  • One Hand Can't Clap
  • One Kiss Past Curfew
  • One More Time for the Balcony
  • One Pot Feeds the Lane

O, continued

  • One Roof Is Not Enough
  • One Voice, Then a Hundred
  • Only Fools Rush a Slow Song
  • Open the Cage Door Slowly
  • Orange Blossom Hour
  • Orange Sky Over the Harbor
  • Organ Bubbling in the Corner
  • Organ Grinder Ska
  • Organ Shadow Version
  • Our Grandmothers Would Not Kneel
  • Our Song Came On Again
  • Over the Fence at Dawn
  • Overseas Call at Six
  • Overstanding Comes Slowly
  • Owl in the Cotton Tree

P: 47 names

  • Paddle Out at Dawn
  • Palm Shadow on the Wall
  • Papa's Machete and Radio
  • Paper Kite Riddim
  • Paraffin Heater Lovers Tune
  • Parcel With Bun and Spice
  • Parrot Fish
  • Parrots Over the Plantain Walk
  • Party Bus to the Coast
  • Party Like Payday
  • Passport Stamped With Rain

P, continued

  • Pasture Gate Left Open
  • Patience Has a Backbone
  • Patient Man Rides the Donkey
  • Patty Shop After Party
  • Pay Me on Friday
  • Pay the Reaper Fairly
  • Peace Be on This Dwelling
  • Peanut Cart Whistle
  • Peeny Wally Night
  • Pelican on the Piling
  • Pension Day Parade
  • Pepper Pot Riddim

P, continued

  • Percussion Like Rainfall
  • Petition Signed in Song
  • Photograph in My Wallet
  • Piano Bubble Bounce
  • Pimento Leaves in the Wind
  • Pimento Riddim
  • Plane Lands, Heart Lifts
  • Plant Corn, Don't Expect Peas
  • Plant Where They Paved
  • Play It Till the Batteries Die
  • Play It Twice, Selector
  • Play the Flip Side

P, continued

  • Polish Your Dancing Shoes
  • Pork Pie Promenade
  • Postcard From the Shallows
  • Postman on the Steep Hill
  • Praise Him With the Bass Drum
  • Praise in the Dry Season
  • Pray for the Bus Driver
  • Pressed My Suit for the Dance
  • Pressed on Red Wax
  • Pressed Trousers Parade
  • Promise by the Standpipe
  • Proverb for a Stubborn Boy

Q: 4 names

  • Quick Feet, Slow Smile
  • Quickstep Through the Market
  • Quiet After the Thunder
  • Quiet Yard, Wise Dog

R: 55 names

  • Radiator and Radio
  • Rain Barrel Riddim
  • Rain Coat Rocksteady
  • Rain Keeps Time on the Zinc
  • Rain Never Falls on One Roof
  • Rain on a Lonely Veranda
  • Rain on the Banana Leaf
  • Rainwater and Regret
  • Rainy Season Version
  • Raise the Banner Gently
  • Ration Day Chorus
  • Rattle the Window Dub
  • Ready or Not, Sing

R, continued

  • Rebel in a Sunday Dress
  • Rebel Lullaby for the Newborn
  • Rebel With a Lunch Pail
  • Record Crackle Lullaby
  • Record Shop on the High Street
  • Red Dirt After Rain
  • Refuse the Crooked Bargain
  • Remittance Friday
  • Repeat After the Horns
  • Respect Due to the Elders
  • Return Ticket Daydream
  • Rewind Before the Chorus
  • Ribbon in Your Hair Tonight
  • Riddim Carries the Weight

R, continued

  • Ripe Mango Falls at Midnight
  • Rise Like Bread
  • Rise With a Humble Mind
  • River Rising After Church
  • River Stone Dub
  • Rivers of Thanksgiving
  • Roadside Corn in the Rain
  • Roadside Jelly Coconut
  • Rock Stone at River Bottom
  • Rock Your Shoulders, Roll Your Wrist
  • Rocking Chair Romance
  • Rocksteady Heart
  • Rocksteady in the Schoolyard
  • Rocksteady Lullaby for Dancers

R, continued

  • Rocksteady on the Rooftop
  • Rocksteady Postcard
  • Rocksteady Rainy Day
  • Rocksteady Sweetheart Sway
  • Rocksteady Wallflower
  • Roll the Tape, Brother
  • Rooster Crows at Four
  • Rooster on the Neighbor's Fence
  • Root Deep, Bend Easy
  • Roots and Rain
  • Rudie Learns to Waltz
  • Rum Cake and Regatta
  • Runaway Trolley Ska
  • Runaway's Hymn to the Mountains

S: 135 names

  • Sabbath Morning Rocker
  • Salt on My Eyelashes
  • Saltfish Sunday Morning
  • Saltwater Cure
  • Same Moon Over Two Countries
  • Same Sky Over Everyone
  • Sand in the Record Sleeve
  • Sandalwood Riddim
  • Sandbar Siesta
  • Saturday Stomp Special
  • Saxophone Sweet Talk
  • Schoolteacher's Chalk Dust
  • Schoolyard Riddim
  • Scooter to the Dance Hall
  • Sea Breeze Through the Louvres

S, continued

  • Sea Grape Riddim
  • Sea Grapes and Sandy Feet
  • Seamstress Working Late
  • Second Chance Serenade
  • Seed Time and Singing Time
  • Selah at Sunset
  • Selector, Run It Back
  • Send Me a Photograph of the Yard
  • Settle the Quarrel Before Dark
  • Sha La La, Sweet Rain
  • Shake the Soda Crate
  • Share the Shade
  • She Smiles for Someone New
  • She Took the Good Records
  • Shell in My Shirt Pocket

S, continued

  • Shepherd on the Mountain Path
  • Shopkeeper's Daughter Keeps the Books
  • Shortwave From the Island
  • Shoulder to Shoulder in the Yard
  • Shuffle Down the Pier
  • Signal Fire on the Ridge
  • Sing for Your Supper Skank
  • Sing If You're Hungry
  • Sing It Sweet When the Week Is Hard
  • Sing the Low Part
  • Sister Dell and the Choir Robe
  • Ska for the Shoeshine Boy
  • Ska Train Leaving Platform Two
  • Skank Around the Fountain
  • Skank for the Sleepless

S, continued

  • Skank Guitar Morning
  • Skank Like the Rent Is Paid
  • Skip the Bus, Skank Home
  • Skip the Line, Join the Dance
  • Sleep in the Fishing Net Shade
  • Slide Trombone Sunday
  • Slow Boat Around the Point
  • Slow Burner Riddim
  • Slow Bus, Sing Me Home
  • Slow Dance in the Kitchen Light
  • Slow Fader Version
  • Slow Fire Cooks the Sweetest
  • Slow It Down to Rocksteady
  • Slow Leak in My Heart
  • Slow Mule Reaches Market

S, continued

  • Slow River Runs Deep
  • Slow Song for a Fast World
  • Slow Sun on Cool Stones
  • Small Garden, Bitter Weed
  • Small Up Yourself on the Bench
  • Small Voice, Tall Shadow
  • Snare in the Stairwell
  • Snare Roll Sunrise
  • Snow on a Sound Check
  • Soft Answer, Hard Lesson
  • Soft Like Sunday Linen
  • Soft Words After the Quarrel
  • Somebody Else's Sweetheart Now
  • Somebody Say Harmony
  • Songbird in the Session

S, continued

  • Songs of Ascent on Foot
  • Soon Come, Says the Bus
  • Sorrel in December Sun
  • Sorry Came Too Late
  • Sound Check at Sundown
  • Sound the Horn for the Runaways
  • Soursop Riddim
  • Sow in Tears, Reap in Song
  • Speak Plain to Power
  • Speaker Box Sunrise
  • Spring Reverb Sunrise
  • Stand Beside the Stranger
  • Stand Tall in the Cane Row
  • Standpipe Riddim
  • Star Apple Evening

S, continued

  • Stars Don't Care Tonight
  • Stay for One More Side
  • Stay on the Line Till I Sleep
  • Stay Till the Kettle Sings
  • Steady Arms, Steady Heart
  • Steady Hand Stirs the Pot
  • Steady Like the Tide
  • Stepper's Cut
  • Stew Peas for the Homesick
  • Still Small Voice in the Bass
  • Still Sweet on You
  • Stone Bridge Riddim
  • Stone in the Rich Man's Shoe
  • Stood Up at the Pictures
  • Storm Passed, Sing Again

S, continued

  • Stubborn as the Sea Rock
  • Studio Lights at Three A.M.
  • Sufferer's Lullaby
  • Sugar Cane Riddim
  • Sugar Loaf Sunrise
  • Sugar on the Doorstep
  • Suitcase Full of Seasoning
  • Sun Comes Back to the Valley
  • Sun Hot, Juice Cold
  • Sun on the Breakfast Table
  • Sunburn and Sweet Lime
  • Sunday Beach Bashment
  • Sunday Dinner Far From Home
  • Sunday Drive to the Lighthouse
  • Sunday Shoes on a Dirt Road

S, continued

  • Sunday Suit Riddim
  • Sunrise Nyabinghi
  • Sunset Painted the Zinc Gold
  • Sway Low, Rocksteady
  • Sweat on the Tile Floor
  • Sweet Chorus, Rough Week
  • Sweet Mouth, Sour Deed
  • Sweet Potato Pudding Lady
  • Sweet Smell of Wet Earth
  • Sweet Sop
  • Sweet Talk, Sour Ending
  • Sweeter Than Guinep Season
  • Sweetheart, Turn It Up
  • Swim Out Past the Reef
  • Swing Your Partner Sideways

T: 144 names

  • Tailor With the Tape Measure
  • Take Time, Mount the Hill
  • Tall Speakers, Short Night
  • Tallawah Heart
  • Tamarind Riddim
  • Tambourine in the Back Pew
  • Tangerine Dusk
  • Tap Your Neighbor and Dance
  • Tape Runs Out, Bass Stays
  • Taxi Man Tells It Better
  • Tea Gone Cold Waiting
  • Teach the Children the Old Chant
  • Tear Up the Old Contract
  • Teardrop Tempo

T, continued

  • Tears in the Rum Punch
  • Tell Me, Are You Ready?
  • Tell the Hills I'm Coming
  • Tell the Judge to Listen
  • Tell the Tower We Are Coming
  • Tender Is the Bassline
  • Thankful for the Breath
  • Thanks for the Rain and the Shelter
  • The Ackee Tree
  • The Airport Hug
  • The Almighty Knows My Street
  • The Baker's Four A.M.
  • The Band Knows Where One Is
  • The Barber's Opinion

T, continued

  • The Barricade Has a Choir
  • The Bass Walked In First
  • The Bay Is a Mirror Today
  • The Brass Is Getting Bold
  • The Bubble and the Chop
  • The Chair Where You Sat
  • The Cobbler Knows Everybody
  • The Curfew Don't Reach My Mind
  • The Donkey Cart
  • The Drummer's Cut
  • The Echo Says Yes
  • The Elders Sang It First
  • The Fence Can't Hold the Song
  • The Ferryman Owes Me Change
  • The Good Seed Never Wasted

T, continued

  • The Guitar Chops Wood
  • The Gully Knows My Name
  • The Higher the Hill, the Cooler the Breeze
  • The Hill Wears a Cloud
  • The Horns Drop Out
  • The Ice Truck Is Coming
  • The Kettle and the Pot Agree
  • The Key Still Fits the Gate
  • The Lamp Post
  • The Landlady's Parrot
  • The Last Dance Was a Lie
  • The Longest Road Has a Turning
  • The Lunch Hour Shuffle
  • The Mango Tree Remembers Me

T, continued

  • The Mechanic's Greasy Rag
  • The Meek Are Marching
  • The Melodica Cut
  • The Milk Train
  • The Minibus Conductor's Song
  • The Moon Runs Till Day Catches It
  • The Night Bus Bop
  • The Night the Lights Came Back
  • The Offbeat Is On Time
  • The Old Cotton Tree
  • The Old House Still Stands
  • The Overseer's Clock Is Broken
  • The People's Loudspeaker
  • The Pond Holds the Sky
  • The Poor Man's Almanac

T, continued

  • The Rim Shot Says Amen
  • The Ring in the Sugar Bowl
  • The Same Hands That Plant
  • The Scales Must Balance
  • The Shoeshine Shuffle
  • The Singer Closes His Eyes
  • The Slowest Dance Is Ours
  • The Song You Used to Hum
  • The Stream Behind the School
  • The Ticket Collector Twist
  • The Tide Brought My Hat Back
  • The Tinsmith's Hammer
  • The Tower Block Choir
  • The Truth Wears Sandals

T, continued

  • The Tune My Mother Whistled
  • The Upbeat Express
  • The Valley Echoes Back
  • The Wall Has a Crack
  • The Way You Fold My Collar
  • The Welder's Blue Light
  • The Well Belongs to All
  • The Wheelbarrow
  • The Whistle Blew, We Stayed
  • The Whole Lane Singing
  • The Yard Is Jumping
  • They Built It, We Outgrew It
  • They Can't Tax the Sunrise
  • Thimble Riddim

T, continued

  • Thin Walls, Thick Bass
  • Third Beat Believer
  • This Tune Mends Fences
  • Three Days of Rain and No Letter
  • Three Goats on the Road
  • Three Horns and a Dream
  • Thunder Over the Parish Line
  • Thunder Roll Riddim
  • Ticket in My Bible
  • Tide Pool Lullaby
  • Tide Waits for Nobody
  • Tie My Heart With Thread
  • Tin Mug Riddim
  • Tin Roof Testimony
  • Tin Roof Version

T, continued

  • Tip Your Hat and Twirl
  • Tired Feet Keep Time
  • Today for Me, Tomorrow for You
  • Tomorrow Has No Master
  • Tomorrow I Will Whistle
  • Tomorrow Owes Us Something
  • Too Proud to Phone
  • Trade Wind Riddim
  • Trade Winds Know the Tune
  • Trombone Says Go
  • Trouble Don't Set Like Rain
  • Trumpet in the Alleyway
  • Truth Is a Lamp
  • Truth Walks Slow but Arrives

T, continued

  • Tune for a Tired Town
  • Tune With a Limp and a Grin
  • Turn the Lawn Into a Dance
  • Turntable Testimony
  • Tweeters in the Tree
  • Twist Until the Tea Is Cold
  • Two Brothers, One Bicycle
  • Two Chords and the Truth About Rain
  • Two Coats and a Memory
  • Two Coins for the Jukebox, Darling
  • Two Cups, One Saucer
  • Two Hands on the Fence
  • Two Jobs and a Prayer
  • Two Rainbows Over the Gully
  • Two Step at the Tram Stop

U: 6 names

  • Unbowed on the Hill Road
  • Unity Is a Verb
  • Unlearn the Master's Lesson
  • Until Every Yard Is Free
  • Up Till the Bread Van Comes
  • Uprising in Three Chords

V: 6 names

  • Velvet Voice on the Telephone
  • Version for Empty Streets
  • Version for the Night Watchman
  • Version From the Hills
  • Version With Extra Thunder
  • Vinyl Dust and Daylight

W: 56 names

  • Wages of the Cane Cutter
  • Wait Makes the Pot Sweeter
  • Walk Good, My Friend
  • Walk Me to the Corner Shop
  • Walk Past the Checkpoint Singing
  • Walk Upright, Speak Soft
  • Warm Rain on Warm Sand
  • Washday at the River Bend
  • Water for the Thirsty Hills
  • Wave Your Rag in the Air
  • Waves Keep the One Drop
  • Wax and Wisdom
  • We Brought the Bass With Us
  • We Outlast the Overseer

W, continued

  • Weeping Willow Skank
  • Wet Season Rocker
  • What Did the Old Man Say?
  • What Goes Up? (The Volume)
  • What the Ant Told the Mountain
  • What Time Is It? Dance Time
  • Wheel the Tune and Come Again
  • When I Say Roots, You Say Rain
  • When the Hi-Hat Opens
  • When the Poinciana Blooms
  • When the Rent Collector Sleeps
  • When We Sing, They Listen
  • When You Hum Along
  • Where Are We Going? Higher

W, continued

  • Where the Road Turns Red
  • Whine Slow, Smile Wide
  • Whisper It Again
  • Whistling Frog Evening
  • Who Counts the Poor
  • Who Got the Rhythm? (You Got It)
  • Who Holds the Key? Not Them
  • Who Is Tired? Nobody
  • Who Planted It? We Planted It
  • Who Stole the Tambourine?
  • Whoa Now, Easy Now
  • Whole Street Come Out
  • Whole Street Learned the Step
  • Whose Hands Built the Tower

W, continued

  • Whose Tune? Our Tune
  • Wild Thyme on the Hill Path
  • Wind Off the Gray River
  • Windowpane Blues in Reggae Time
  • Windward Side Morning
  • Winter Coat, Summer Heart
  • Wisdom Sits by the Fire
  • Wise Monkey Knows Which Tree
  • Wise Words From the Old Man
  • Wooden Radio Riddim
  • Woodsmoke and Starlight
  • Woy Oh, Carry Me Home
  • Write Me From the Next Town
  • Wrong Bus, Wrong Girl

Y: 17 names

  • Yam Seller's Arithmetic
  • Yard Broom
  • Yes My Friend, Yes
  • Yesterday's Bread, Today's Lesson
  • You and the Evening Breeze
  • You Kept the Umbrella
  • You Left Your Scarf and the Silence
  • You Make the Weekdays Shorter

Y, continued

  • You Said Soon
  • You Sing, I Answer
  • You Wear the Evening Well
  • Your Laugh on the Veranda
  • Your Name in My Humming
  • Your Number Still in My Head
  • Your Perfume in the Stairwell
  • Your Smile Pays My Fare
  • Your Train, My Platform

Z: 2 names

  • Zion in My Mother's Garden
  • Zion Is a State of Heart