"Jah No Partial" is a song by musical project

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from their second studio album ''

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''. The song was published worldwide on October 22, 2012, and released digitally in 2013. The song features English dubstep producer and DJ

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. "Jah No Partial" contains excerpts of the Johnny Osbourne song "Mr. Marshall" (from his 1980s reggae album ''Folly Ranking''), which the song is based on. It also contains a drum sample from

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's live cover of the

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song " Tighten Up".

Music video

The music video was uploaded to

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channel on March 11, 2013. It was filmed by Shane McCauley and Aymen Ahmed, edited by Kyle DePinna, and was shot on location at the Pukkelpop Festival in

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, the

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, UK, and the Mad Decent Block Party in

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. Johnny Osbourne, whose vocals are sampled in the track, appears in the video's introduction while the members of Major Lazer (

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, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire) are seen arriving at the festival and performing. It features Diplo zorbing on the crowd and

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. British singer

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also appears in the video standing behind the decks.

Track listing

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# "Jah No Partial" – 4:13

Chart performance

The song reached number 59 on the Flanders Ultratip chart and number 39 on Belgium Dance chart.

Release history

References

External links

Major Lazer: Making of Jah No Partial
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Major Lazer ft Flux Pavilion "Jah No Partial" - OFFICIAL HQ LYRIC VIDEO
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