Oh Carolina

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“Oh Carolina”
Single by Shaggy from the album Pure Pleasure
B-side	"Bow Wow Wow"
Released	March 22, 1993
Format	CD single CD maxi
Recorded	1993
Genre	R&B
Length	3:10
Label	Virgin Greensleeves Records
Writer(s)	Henry Mancini John Folkes
Producer	Shaun Pizzonia
Shaggy singles chronology
"Oh Carolina" (1993) "Soon Be Done" (1993)

"Oh Carolina" is a song made famous by Shaggy.

Originally written by John Folkes, produced by Prince Buster and performed by The Folkes Brothers in 1960, "Oh Carolina" was a landmark single in the development of Reggae music.^{[citation needed]}

The song was revived in 1993 by Shaggy and produced by Sting International, becoming an international hit. "Oh Carolina" was the first of Shaggy's four UK number one singles spending two weeks at the top in March 1993.^[1] The song fared less well in the U.S. peaking at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Following the success of the song, John Folkes was involved in a legal dispute with Prince Buster over the authorship. It was eventually settled in 1994 with Folkes being ruled as the copyright holder.

[edit] Track listings

CD maxi

1. "Oh Carolina" (radio version) (3:12)
2. "Oh Carolina" (Raas Bumba claat version) (3:50)
3. "Oh Carolina" (uptown 10001 version) (3:18)
4. "Bow Wow Wow" (3:41)

7" single

1. "Oh Carolina" (radio version) (3:10)
2. "Oh Carolina" (Raas Bumba claat version) (3:48)

12" maxi - UK

1. "Oh Carolina" (radio version)
2. "Oh Carolina" (Raas Bumba claat version)
3. "Rivers of Babylon"

12" maxi - US

1. "Oh Carolina" (Raas Bumba claat mix) (3:15)
2. "Oh Carolina" (12" flatbush mix) (3:06)
3. "Oh Carolina" (radio mix) (3:53)
4. "Love Me Up" (dance hall mix) (3:51)
5. "Love Me Up" (hip hot mix) (3:51)
6. "Love Me Up" (version up) (3:51)

[edit] Chart

Chart (1993)[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	5
Austrian Singles Chart	2
Dutch Singles Chart	6
French Singles Chart	33
German Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	4
Swedish Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	1
US Billboard Hot 100	59
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles	43
US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	14
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	7

Preceded by "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited

UK number one single (Shaggy version) March 14, 1993 for 2 weeks

Succeeded by "Young at Heart" by The Bluebells

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