THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

311-Sean Paul-Get Busy.

2003-Number 4 single.

Best Bit-At 0.01. This guy has more words than the Oxford Dictionary of English.

Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born on January 9th, 1973, in Kingston, Jamaica, he is Jamaica’s most successful musical export of the 21st Century, and this was recognised in 2019 when he received the Jamaican ‘Order of Distinction’, Commander class, for his contribution to the global popularity and promotion of Reggae music. Sean Paul had been recommended to the manager and music producer Jeremy Harding after being seen singing at an open mic night in Kingston. Harding took Paul under his wing, which led to an association between the two of them from 1997-2011.

Sean Paul has to date released seven studio Albums between 2000-2021, and 53 singles as the lead artist. He has also appeared on a further 37 singles as a featured artist, and appeared on 51 tracks as a guest artist on several different artists Albums. He has appeared on 19 UK top singles, four of which have reached Number 1. In America on Billboard he has appeared on 13 top 40 hits, with four of them making the top spot.

‘Get Busy’ was co-written by Sean Paul, and Steven ‘Lenky’ Marsden who was also the songs producer. The song was taken from Paul’s second studio Album ‘Dutty Rock’ from 2002, which also included Paul’s duet with Beyonce ‘Baby Boy,’ both that song and ‘Get Busy’ reached the Number 1 spot on Billboard. The music, or ‘riddim’ as it is called in Jamaica was written by Marsden who produced an Album with 17 various artists in 2002 using the same riddim, with the songs appearing on the ‘Greensleeves Rhythm Album #27.’ Other well known songs that have used the same riddim include ‘Pon de Replay,’ by Rihanna, and ‘No Letting Go,’ from Wayne Wonder.

‘Get Busy’ became the first song of the ‘Dancehall’ genre to become a Billboard Number 1 single. Dancehall takes it’s name from the Jamaican dance halls which first became popular in the 1940’s, they were places where people would go to listen to music on sound systems. ‘Dancehall’ is a sub genre of Reggae, incorporating new digital instrumentation and electronic instruments developed in the 1980’s. The lyrics are often spoken in ‘Jamaican Patois,’ which is spoken by the majority of Jamaican’s as a native language.

The lyrics to ‘Get Busy’ don’t appear to break any new ground. Basically Sean Paul get the ladies excited with his riddim, and the ladies get Sean Paul excited with their dance moves.

‘Yo sexy ladies want par wid us inna di car wid us. Inna di club dem wah flex wid us, to get next to us.’