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The reggae group Inner Circle was formed in 1968 by the brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. At first they covered soul and R&B hits from the United States, and then also a few reggae songs, predominantly from Bob Marley.
The band released two albums as The Inner Circle in 1974 for jamaican label “Starapple”(and they were distributed by “Trojan” in UK), and resigned to Capitol Records in 1976, and Island Records(where the internationally successful album “Everything Is Great” originated. This album reached top 20 in the UK and preceded their other chart success by some years) in 1979.
Inner Circle was decidedly influenced through the original member Jacob Miller, the frontman and lead singer who was killed in a car crash on March 23, 1980. At the end of the 1970s Inner Circle with Jacob “Killer” Miller was more popular in Jamaica than Bob Marley. The band also appeared in the reggae cult film Rockers in 1978.
After the loss of Jacob Miller, Inner Circle broke up, but in 1982 another album called Something So Good was released. In 1986 Ian and Roger Lewis reestablished Inner Circle with the singer Carlton Coffie, and the band experienced a comeback with the album Black Roses.
In 1989, Inner Circle released the song “Bad Boys.” Since then, the band calls itself “The Bad Boys of Reggae”. They had another big hit with the 1993 song “Sweat (A La La La La Long).”
The lead singer Carlton Coffie was ill for a long period in 1995 and decided after his recuperation to start a solo career. The current singer Kris Bentley took his place.
The band released two albums as The Inner Circle in 1974 for jamaican label “Starapple”(and they were distributed by “Trojan” in UK), and resigned to Capitol Records in 1976, and Island Records(where the internationally successful album “Everything Is Great” originated. This album reached top 20 in the UK and preceded their other chart success by some years) in 1979.
Inner Circle was decidedly influenced through the original member Jacob Miller, the frontman and lead singer who was killed in a car crash on March 23, 1980. At the end of the 1970s Inner Circle with Jacob “Killer” Miller was more popular in Jamaica than Bob Marley. The band also appeared in the reggae cult film Rockers in 1978.
After the loss of Jacob Miller, Inner Circle broke up, but in 1982 another album called Something So Good was released. In 1986 Ian and Roger Lewis reestablished Inner Circle with the singer Carlton Coffie, and the band experienced a comeback with the album Black Roses.
In 1989, Inner Circle released the song “Bad Boys.” Since then, the band calls itself “The Bad Boys of Reggae”. They had another big hit with the 1993 song “Sweat (A La La La La Long).”
The lead singer Carlton Coffie was ill for a long period in 1995 and decided after his recuperation to start a solo career. The current singer Kris Bentley took his place.
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Chimino wrote:
Not really the same band after Jacob Miller's passing.
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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
BAD BOYS IS NOT BY THIS BAND IT'S BY UB40 GET YOUR TAGS RIGHT!
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Goon_ wrote:
Really, I didnt know this many people listened to inner circle....I've been listening to the "bad boys" album as long as I can remember...my dad bought it because he was obsessed with "COPS" back in the day....
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Azzagunner wrote:
new album is pretty sweet
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ShinySandra wrote:
I really love this group :33 Bad Boys<33
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secretpassage wrote:
see jah light
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Bullet4MyHead wrote:
Loveee it ;DD ^^
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mewsic156 wrote:
A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long
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Sh0ck3 wrote:
bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do when they come for you? [2]
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davelieser wrote:
bad boys ,what you want to do-what you want to do when they come for you
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emapia wrote:
Boom! Shaka lakka boom boom boom ....
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1111222334 wrote:
i'm so glad i just thought to add "bad boys" to my white trash bash music playlist.
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z3r0man wrote:
LOVE YOU GUYS!!
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xMisterXx wrote:
watcha gon do?
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Pietro64 wrote:
(Marijuana Liberation March in Poland!! Warsaw Palace of Culture 23 May start 3:00 pm!! ) Greetings!
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angela-angel wrote:
superrrrrrrrrrrr song!
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karamzin wrote:
sweat 'til u can't sweat no more♥
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woody1984 wrote:
shithot bin lookin for this track for years great stuff!!!!
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rukiren wrote:
Lol, I refer to this band as "the band who make the song that they use in the theme of Cops".
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HeartlessBoy wrote:
Hey, Watcha Gonna Do? When the com for you!)))
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Drachenauge, Tripp_Z and Minute_Waltz added Inner Circle to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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PhillipWOgle tagged Inner Circle with ‘soul’. yesterday morning
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