“Sun Is Shining” by Bob Marley/Funkstar De Luxe

In 1999 Funkstar De Luxe dragged Bob Marley's "Sun Is Shining" onto the dancefloor, and the remix, billed as Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe and issued on Maroon that September, went all the way to number one on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart in the US and to number three in Britain.

The song itself goes back to 1971 and Soul Revolution Part II, the Lee Perry-produced album by Bob Marley & the Wailers; it turned up again on African Herbsman in 1973, and Marley recut it for Kaya in 1978. For all the love it gets now, it was a little-known, rarely played number while he was alive. There are records of just two live performances, both in 1978, at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts, and at the Santa Barbara Bowl, and both times it opened the show.

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