1982) The song was a cover version of the song "Pass the Koutchie" by The Mighty Diamonds[1], which deals with the recreational use of cannabis, "koutchie" being slang for a cannabis pipe. For the cover version, the song's title was bowdlerized to "Pass the Dutchie", and all obvious drug references were removed from the lyrics; eg, when the original croons "How does it feel when you got no herb?", the cover version refers to "food" instead. (The term "dutchie" has itself become a drug reference; it refers to a blunt rolled in the wrapper from a Dutch Masters cigar.) The song was first championed by radio DJ John Peel and became an instant hit when it was picked up by MCA Records in September 1983. It debuted at #26 on the chart and rose to #1 the following week, one of a handful of records to have risen to the top spot from outside the top 20.[citation needed] In February of the following year, it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA[2]. The song also scored a top 5 success in the Norwegian Fantastik 50 chart, eventually selling over 4 million copies worldwide. The video, shot partly on the banks of the Thames River in London, across from the Palace of Westminster, was one of the first by black artists to get airplay on MTV. "Pass the Dutchie" was covered by the ska band Buck-O-Nine. The song was sampled by rap group Public Enemy for the song "Revolutionary Generation" on their album Fear of a Black Planet. Also, the song was sampled by the ...
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