Song · Toots and the Maytals
“54-46 (Thats My Number)” by Toots and the Maytals
From the album Sweet and Dandy (1968)
“54-46 (Thats My Number)” by Toots and the Maytals appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1968 on the album Sweet and Dandy. Its best result is #1783 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,626 indie & aaa song of all time.
"54-46 (That's My Number)" is Toots Hibbert writing from experience: the song describes his time in prison after he was arrested for possession of marijuana. Toots and the Maytals cut it in 1968 with Leslie Kong producing, it came out on Beverley's in Jamaica and on Pyramid in the UK, and it sits on the album Sweet and Dandy.
It's ska with its sleeves rolled up, riding a riddim close kin to "Train to Skaville" by the group's contemporaries the Ethiopians. A year later Toots and the Maytals came back with a follow-up version, "54-46 Was My Number", and several reggae compilations have since put "54-46" in their own titles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1783 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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