Third World – “Try Jah Love” (1982)
One of two tunes from 1982’s You’ve Got the Power co-written with Stevie Wonder (the other being the slept on “You’re Playing Us Too Close”—watch Bunny and Stevie jamming on that one in the studio here), “Try Jah Love” was a massive hit for Third World that even landed the group a performance on SCTV, the Canadian sketch series starring John Candy, among other comedic luminaries. Undoubtedly, the tune’s musical forays into soul and pop couldn’t have been complete with the versatile vocals of Rugs at the helm.