Street Tuff

"Street Tuff" is a song by British producer and toaster Rebel MC and Double Trouble. Released in 1989 as their second single from the debut album, Rebel Music (1990), it became a commercial success and the biggest hit of both performers' careers, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It is the follow-up to their first hit, "Just Keep Rockin'", which made it into the UK top 20.[1] Additionally "Street Tuff" also peaked within the top 10 in Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. A music video was produced to promote the single.

"Street Tuff"
Single by Rebel MC & Double Trouble
from the album Rebel Music
Released1989
Genre
Length3:31
LabelDesire
Songwriter(s)
  • Leigh Guest
  • Michael Menson
  • Michael West
Producer(s)
  • Double Trouble
  • Rebel MC
Rebel MC singles chronology
"Just Keep Rockin'"
(1989)		 "Street Tuff"
(1989)		 "Better World"
(1990)
Music video
"Street Tuff" on YouTube

Critical reception

David Taylor-Wilson from Bay Area Reporter said the song is "one of the most infectious grooves we've heard all year." He noted that it "mixes the rhythms of Jamaican reggae with a house music beat. Just try and sit still when this one’s playing."[2] Bill Coleman from Billboard wrote that "clever rhyming powered by insinuating club beats could generate multiformat play to follow the U.K. act's previous smash, "Just Keep Rockin'"."[3] A reviewer from The Network Forty remarked that featuring the "sultry Annie Lennox style vocals of Janet Sewall, this rap-dance record covers both musical realms with equal zeal."[4] Frank Owen from Spin felt the song "is a single masquerading as an album [...], the record is both marketing gimmick and a testament to the way the British mix and match different musical genres, unlike in the US, where the demarcation lines between house, hip hop and reggae still remain fiercely patrolled aesthetic boundaries."[5]

Charts

References
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  3. Coleman, Bill (24 February 1990). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 79. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. "Top 40: The Next 40" (PDF). The Network Forty. 11 May 1990. p. 44. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. Owen, Frank (May 1990). "Singles". Spin. p. 84. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 230.
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  9. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 45. 11 November 1989. p. IV. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  10. "Top 3 Greece" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 10. 10 March 1990. p. VII. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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  21. "Year-End Charts '89 – Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 3 March 1990. p. 16.
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