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Stiff Little Fingers

The Message

1997 · via Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Stiff Little Fingers’ earliest release of “The Message” on file came out in 1997. Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s, from 1982. Also recorded by Grandmaster Flash (released 1983), Mike Peters (released 1994) and Down Low (released 2006), among 110 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Stiff Little Fingers – The Message
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Everybody hears Melle Mel on "The Message," but the first recording bills Duke Bootee right beside him, and he shares the writing credit too. Play the Stiff Little Fingers take afterward and see how well the song holds up in strange hands.

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Credited writers: Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson.

Earliest release on file: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, 1982.

Other recordings on file · first release year

110 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Melle Mel shares the writing credit on Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message." Which co-writer also got featured billing on its first recording?Duke Bootee
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