Uncle John from Jamaica
| "Uncle John from Jamaica" | ||||
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| Single by Vengaboys | ||||
| from the album The Platinum Album | ||||
| Released | 29 May 2000 | |||
| Studio | Violent (Studio 4045) (Hilversum, Netherlands) | |||
| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | Breakin', Positiva | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Danski & DJ Delmundo | |||
| Producer(s) | Danski & DJ Delmundo | |||
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"Uncle John from Jamaica" is a song by Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys. It was released in May 2000 as the third single from their third album, The Platinum Album (2000), and became a top-10 hit in Austria, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It has been certified gold in New Zealand for sales exceeding 5,000 copies.
The original title of the song was "Uncle Tom from Jamaica", but it was changed when the group found out there was a negative meaning to the term "uncle Tom".