Song · Ini Kamoze
“Here Comes The Hot Stepper” by Ini Kamoze
Released 1995
“Here Comes The Hot Stepper” by Ini Kamoze appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1994 and 2025. It was first released in 1995. Its best result is #97 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #291 alternative song of 1994.
Jamaican dancehall man Ini Kamoze co-wrote "Here Comes the Hotstepper", and Columbia put it out in 1994 to pull double shifts: it fronted his album of the same name, which followed in 1995, and it sat on the soundtrack to the film Prêt-à-Porter. Salaam Remi produced it, and the hook is a wordless chant of a chorus that takes its cue from Cannibal and the Headhunters' version of "Land of 1000 Dances", the kind of thing a whole room can sing before anyone knows the words.
It went all the way: number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 17 December 1994, where it stayed for two weeks, and the only song of his ever to crack the top 40 there. It topped the charts in Denmark, New Zealand and Zimbabwe too, made the top 10 in 13 more countries, and its video was all over European music television.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 97 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 672 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2025 | 238 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
Also listed as: (Here Comes The) Hot Stepper.
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