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“Sweat (a la la la long)” by Inner Circle
“Sweat (a la la la long)” by Inner Circle appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1993. Its best result is #94 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #285 alternative song of 1993.
By 1992 Inner Circle were twelve albums deep, and "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" was the lead single from the twelfth, Bad to the Bone, put out by Warner Records that July. The Jamaican band kept the whole job in-house: Ian and Roger Lewis wrote it and produced it with bandmate Touter Harvey, and Calton Coffie takes the lead vocal.
It's reggae fusion engineered for maximum bounce, and critics went straight for the chorus, a sing-along so simple it barely needs words. The rest of the world bit hard: number one in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland and Zimbabwe, and 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the States. Mathias Julien's video parks the band on a beach, which is where this thing was always headed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 94 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
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