Tom browne funkin' for jamaica album

single by Tom Browne

"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" is a song by jazz trumpeter Tom Browne. The single—a memoir of the Jamaica neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens where Browne was born and raised—is from his second solo album, Love Approach.

Browne got the idea for the song while he was at his parents' home.^[2] The vocals for the single were performed by Toni Smith (Thomassina Carrollyne Smith), who also helped compose the song. The song hit number one on the US BillboardR&Bchart for a month.^[3] "Funkin' for Jamaica" peaked at number nine on the dance chart^[4] and made the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart,^[5] but it never charted on the BillboardHot

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Covers and samples

• The UK funk/disco novelty "The Wikka Rap" by The Evasions featured heavy sampling of "Funkin' for Jamaica'", from which in turn a vocal sample was included on