What Movie is Pass the Dutchie in

For the EP by Buck-O-Nine, see Pass the Dutchie (EP).

Template:Infobox single "Pass the Dutchie" is a song produced by Toney Owens from Kingston and the British Jamaican reggae band Musical Youth, taken from their debut studio album, The Youth of Today (1982). The reggae song was a major hit, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United States and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

Background[]

Template:Refimprove section The song was the band's first release on a major label. It was a cover version of two songs: "Gimme the Music" by U Brown, and "Pass the Kouchie" by Mighty Diamonds, which deals with the recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being slang for a cannabis pipe).[1] For the cover version, the song's title was bowdlerised to "Pass the Dutchie", and all obvious drug references were removed from the lyrics; e.g., when the original croons "How does it feel when you got no herb?", the cover version refers to "food" instead. Dutchie is used as a patois term to refer to a food cooking pot such as a Dutch oven in Jamaica and the Caribbean. It has since become a drug reference, denoting a blunt stuffed with marijuana and rolled in a wrapper from a Dutch Masters cigar, since American and British listeners assumed that the term was a drug reference.

The song was first championed by radio DJ Zach Diezel and became an instant hit when it was picked up by MCA Records in September 1982. It debuted at #26 on the UK chart and rose to #1 the following week.[1] In February 1983, it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA.[2] The song also scored the #1 position in five other countries, eventually selling more than five million copies worldwide.[3][4]

Music video[]

The video, directed by Don Letts,[5] was shot partly on the southern banks of the River Thames in London, by Lambeth Bridge. It depicts the band performing the song and playing instruments, until an official appears to arrest them.[6] Courtroom scenes are interspersed with the exterior ones. Musical Youth became the first black artists to appear in a studio segment on MTV.[7]

Track listing[]

  • 7" single[8][9]
A. "Pass the Dutchie" – 3:25B. "Please Give Love a Chance" – 3:36
  • 12" single[10]
A. "Pass the Dutchie" – 6:05B. "Pass the Dutchie" (Special Dub Mix) – 4:40

Charts and certifications[]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1982–83) Peak
position
Australia 1
Austrian Singles Chart[11] 2
Belgium Singles Chart[12] 1
Canadian Singles Chart[13] 1
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German Singles Chart[14] 2
Irish Singles Chart[15] 1
Netherlands[16] 1
New Zealand[17] 1
Sweden[18] 15
Swiss Music Charts[19] 1
UK Singles Chart[20] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 10
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[21] 8
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[21] 11

Sales and certifications[]

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Cover versions and references in other songs[]

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  • The song was sampled by rap group Public Enemy for the song "Revolutionary Generation" on their 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet.
  • The song is referenced lyrically on The Vandals' 1990 album Fear of a Punk Planet in the song "Join us for Pong"
  • There is also a reference to "Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side" in the song "Typical American" on the album Tricks of the Shade, the debut album by alternative hip-hop group The Goats from 1992.
  • The song is referenced lyrically on Ice Cube's 1994 single "Bop Gun (One Nation)" (featuring George Clinton), the fourth single from Ice Cube's fifth album, Lethal Injection.
  • The song is referenced lyrically on Beck's 1996 album Odelay in the song "Where It's At".
  • The song is referenced lyrically in underground rap on the track entitled "Bianchi" by Ruthless Reality and J B Hype on the Darkroom Familia album Playaz 4 Life: Major Game.
  • The song is partly referenced and covered on Missy Elliott's 1997 album Supa Dupa Fly in the song "Pass Da Blunt" (feat. Timbaland).
  • "Pass the Dutchie" was covered by the ska band Buck-O-Nine in 1998.
  • "Pass That Dutch" was released by Missy Elliott in 2003.
  • "Pass the Dutchie" was re-made by the Kumbia Kings on their 2004 album Fuego.
  • The song was sampled in Superfunk song "The Young MC", which was released in 2000.
  • The song was sampled in The Black Eyed Peas song "Dum Diddly" from their 2005 album Monkey Business.
  • The song was parodied by a band from the Seychelles Islands Dezil' under the title "Laisse tomber les filles (qui se maquillent)", and peaked at #13 in France and #47 in Switzerland in 2006.[22]
  • In May 2009, Los Angeles based music duo LOONER released "Dutchie", their laid back version of the song which lyrically references the main chorus of the original.[23]
  • UK-based electronic hip-hop artist Star Slinger remixed the song for his first volume of music. The remix is called "Dutchie Courage".
  • Manix sampled the song in their track "Living in the Past" from the album of the same name, which was released in 2013.[24]
  • The song was sampled by rap group A Tribe Called Quest for the song "Dis Generation" on their 2016 album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service.
  • The song was used in the soundtrack of the 1998 movie The Wedding Singer.[25]
  • In The Simpsons 1999 episode "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo", Homer states that instead of going to Japan he would rather be going to Jamaica, so that he could "pass the dutchie on the left hand side".
  • The song was used in the soundtrack of the 2002 movie Scooby-Doo.
  • The song was used in the soundtrack of the 2010 movie Boy.[26]
  • An excerpt was used in Episode 8 of the second season (2017) of the Netflix series, "Master of None."
  • A part of the song was used in Episode 4 of the fourth season (2022) of the Netflix series, "Stranger Things"

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Is Pass the Dutchie on Scooby

After Mystery Inc's split at the start of Scooby-Doo (2002), the movie flashes forward two years and clues the audience into how Shaggy and Scooby have spent their spare time. "Pass the Dutchie" plays over an establishing shot of the Mystery Machine sitting beachside while smoke pours out from the skylight.

What Scooby

The song was used in the soundtrack of the 2002 movie Scooby-Doo. The song was used in the soundtrack of the 2010 movie Boy.

Was the song Pass the Dutchie in Stranger things?

“We are pleased to know that Pass the Dutchie is featured in Stranger Things as it was a bit of a shock,” Seaton said. “This along with passing of two of the Mighty Diamonds has a bitter sweet feeling for us, as they are reggae legends who [we] will hear no more. Our deepest sympathies go out to both families.”

Where does Pass the Dutchie come from?

"Pass the Dutchie" is a 1982 song performed by British-Jamaican band Musical Youth, taken from their debut studio album, The Youth of Today. It was produced by Toney Owens from Kingston, Jamaica. The song was a major hit, hitting number one on the UK Singles Chart, and at least five other international charts.