Jamming (song)

"Jammin'"
Single by Bob Marley & The Wailers
from the album Exodus
Released	1977
Recorded	1976 – 1977
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:31
Label	Tuff Gong Island
Writer(s)	Bob Marley
Bob Marley & The Wailers singles chronology
"Waiting in Vain" (1977) "Jammin'" (1977) "Punky Reggae Party" (1977)
Exodus track listing "Exodus" (5) "Jammin'" (6) "Waiting in Vain" (7)

"Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend.

The song was re-released 10 years later as a tribute to Bob Marley and was again a hit, as in the Netherlands, where it was classified in the charts for 4 weeks.[1]

It is not certain whether jamming in the song refers to jam sessions (semi-improvised performances) or to smoking marijuana.

In popular culture

• The song was sung at the end of The Simpsons episode "The Canine Mutiny" sung by Chief Wiggum.
• The song can be heard in the film How High.
• The song is played in the movie Captain Ron, along with many other Bob Marley songs.
• The song can be heard in the Friends episode "The One Where Rachel Smokes".
• The song is sung during the honeymoon of Along Came Polly.
• The song was adapted for a Vodafone commercial called Roaming instead of Jamming, promoting the operator's roaming service.
• The song was spoofed as "Diggin'" on an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy centered on archaeology.
• The song is heard in the starting scene of the German TV movie Jenseits der Mauer (2009) as if it was coming from a car radio, even though the scene is set in 1974.

External links

• Jamming in the Dutch chats in 1987