Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff - Festival du Bout du Monde 2012 - 022
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About the artist

Jimmy Cliff OM (Jamaican Order of Merit) (born James Chambers in St. Catherine, Jamaica, on 1 April 1948; died 24 November 2025) was a Jamaican reggae musician remembered for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross" and the title track from "The Harder They Come", a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world. At the time of his death, he was the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit

Top songs

  1. I Can See Clearly Now
  2. You Can Get It If You Really Want
  3. The Harder They Come
  4. Many Rivers to Cross
  5. Wonderful World, Beautiful People - Single Version
  6. Reggae Night
  7. Sitting In Limbo
  8. Wonderful World, Beautiful People
  9. Vietnam
  10. Hard Road To Travel
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  1. Guns Of Brixton
  2. Miss Jamaica
  3. Wild World
  4. The Harder They Come - From "The Harder They Come" Soundtrack
  5. Come Into My Life
  6. Struggling Man
  7. Sufferin' In The Land
  8. One More
  9. Many Rivers To Cross - Harder They Come/Soundtrack Version
  10. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
  11. Sooner Or Later
  12. Ruby Soho
  13. Hello Sunshine
  14. Sunshine In The Music
  15. We All Are One
  16. World Upside Down
  17. King Of Kings
  18. Time Will Tell
  19. Vietnam - Single Version
  20. Rebel In Me
  21. Bongo Man
  22. Treat The Youths Right
  23. The Harder They Come - Short Version
  24. Journey
  25. Roots Radical
  26. Special
  27. Use What I Got
  28. Reggae Music
  29. Cry No More
  30. Ship Is Sailing
  31. Peace Officer
  32. Children's Bread
  33. Better Days Are Coming
  34. Reggae Nights
  35. Roots Woman
  36. Music Maker
  37. Born to Win
  38. Bang
  39. Johnny Too Bad
  40. My Ancestors
  41. Rebel Rebel
  42. Viet Nam
  43. Goodbye Yesterday
  44. Let's Dance
  45. Oh Jamaica
  46. Under The Sun, Moon And Stars
  47. Outsider
  48. Fundamental Reggay
  49. Samba Reggae
  50. Love Is All
  51. No Justice
  52. On My Life
  53. Hurricane Hattie
  54. Blessed Love
  55. Pressure Drop
  56. Give The People What They Want
  57. Rivers Of Babylon
  58. Give A Little, Take A Little
  59. That's The Way Life Goes
  60. Waterfall
  61. Synthetic World
  62. Hakuna Matata
  63. Peace
  64. She Does It Right
  65. Going Back West
  66. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Alternate Version
  67. You Can Get It If You Really Want It
  68. Now And Forever
  69. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
  70. House Of Exile
  71. My Love Is Solid as a Rock
  72. Hanging Fire
  73. I've Been Dead 400 Years
  74. Love I Need
  75. Don't Let It Die
  76. Every Tub
  77. Wonderful World Beautiful People
  78. Trapped
  79. Reggae Street
  80. Those Good Good Old Days
  81. Hitting With Music
  82. I Want to Know
  83. Hot Shot
  84. Ska All Over The World
  85. I Can See Clearly Now [1994]
  86. My People
  87. Guns Of Brixton - Live At KCRW / 2012
  88. Come Into My Life - Single Version
  89. The Harder They Come - Single Version
  90. Bongo Man (A Come)

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