I Chase the Devil

"I Chase the Devil"
Song by Max Romeo and the Upsetters from the album War Ina Babylon
Released	1976
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:30
Label	Island
Writer	Lee Perry, Max Romeo
Producer	Perry, Romeo

"I Chase the Devil" is a reggae song, recorded in 1976 by Max Romeo, with the backing of Lee "Scratch" Perry's house band, The Upsetters. Composed by Perry and Romeo, it was released on the album War Ina Babylon.^[1]

Also in 1976, The Upsetters recorded a version with different lyrics. The track, called "Croaking Lizard" and credited solely to Lee "Scratch" Perry, was included in their album Super Ape. Later, Perry made a dub remix of both versions, called "Disco Devil".

"I Chase the Devil" was used in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the radio station K-Jah West, as well as in the 2011 film Paul.

Covers

The song has been covered by the following:

• Madness for their cover album, The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1.
• Skazi on their album, Total Anarchy
• Earl Sixteen (Ariwa single)
• "Chase the Devil" by N.A.S.A.
• Peter Tosh - Out Of Space
• Cocoon - Covers

Samples

The song has been sampled on the following records:

• "Chased the Devil" by Guigoo (Narkotek)
• "Out of Space", by The Prodigy
• "Lucifer", by Jay-Z (on The Black Album)
• "Outa Space", by Mellow Trax
• "Others", by Skazi
• "Iron Shirt", by The Qemists
• "I Chase the Devil", by Subsonica
• "Space", by Micha Moor
• "Ni de ellos ni de ellas", by Tote King (actually there is a short sample of the original Romeo's song after the end of Tote King's track, which is based on the Movie Star reggae riddim.)
• "Chase Devil", by KetaKlak
• "Reggaestin", by Riki Malva
• "Iron Shirt", by Dreadzone
• "Lucifer", by Coki
• "Lucifer", by erb N dub
• "I Chase the Devil", by Radikal Guru
• "Inna Space", by Time Bandits
• "Out Of Space", by Levon Atayan
• "Le petit farfadet", by Micropoint
• "I Chase the Devil A.K.A. Ironshirt", by Madness
• "Send Him", by The Prototype
• "Chase U", by The Game
• "Chase the Devil", by Y370
• "Iron Devil", by Dubblestandart
• "До свиданья, дьявол (Good by devil)", by Zakhar May

References

1. ^ "I Chase the Devil", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-01-01