Nice and Lovely
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"Nice and Lovely" is the second single from Jamaican reggae
artist
Shaggy
's debut studio album, Pure Pleasure
. The single was released on June 25, 1993. The single peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart
, 45 places lower than his previous single, Oh Carolina
. The single was only released in the United Kingdom
.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
Shaggy
Shaggy (musician)
Orville Richard Burrell , better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me"...
's debut studio album, Pure Pleasure
Pure Pleasure
Pure Pleasure is the debut album released by Jamaican rapper Shaggy. The album was released on August 24, 1993. The album spawned four singles: "Oh Carolina", which was a dancehall remake of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart; "Nice and Lovely", which...
. The single was released on June 25, 1993. The single peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, 45 places lower than his previous single, Oh Carolina
Oh Carolina
"Oh Carolina" is a song made famous by Shaggy, and released as the lead single from his debut album, Pure Pleasure. Written by John Folkes, produced by Prince Buster and performed by The Folkes Brothers in 1960, "Oh Carolina" was a landmark single in the development of reggae music, especially as a...
. The single was only released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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Track listing
CD Single- "Nice and Lovely" (Radio Edit) – 3:28
- "Nice and Lovely" (Moore R&B Mix) – 4:21
- "Oh Carolina" (Konders Flatbush Mix) - 3:04
- "'Fraid to Ask" – 3:15