Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam (1970)

Artist:  Jimmy Cliff
Song:  Vietnam (3:53)
Year:  1970
Genre:  Reggae
Producer:  Larry Fallon, Leslie Kong
Written-By:  Jimmy Cliff





Jimmy Cliff is a Jamaican musician, singer and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sitting in Limbo," "You Can Get It If You Really Want," and "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae across the world; and his covers of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. The song "Vietnam" in 1970, according to Bob Dylan is the best protest song he had ever heard.