Smiley Culture 'Police Officer' Complete Original Version

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Smiley's second single, but first video. (Cockney Translation was re-released after this was a hit). Directed by Giblets who were: Rob MacGillivray, Mike Sumpter, Carol MacGillivray and Michael Olley. This was our first pop video made as Giblets and was filmed in the basement of Saint Martins School of Art where we were at college. We shot on 16mm reversal film, so there was no negative - we edited the only copy with tape and telecined that! The promo got shown on Ch.4's 'The Tube' and was introduced by Jools Holland with some very nice remarks.
Smiley (David Emmanuel) was a talented man with genuine charm. Sadly missed.

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@jusp187 6 ай бұрын

Still a banger in 2024💯

@LeeurmmHD 2 жыл бұрын

RIP DAD, it’s only been 2 days but I need to get all these song off my chest. I’m only 29 I shouldn’t know what this is! RIP DAD, RIP SMILEY CULTURE. My dad made me a fan early. :)

@gordonsmith7885 Жыл бұрын

Must have been a good Dad..try not to worry

@alexchance9368 Жыл бұрын

I’m 20 and I’m listening to your dad’s music ❤

@tommymoon Жыл бұрын

Your Dad is my hero , i thank you

@BRUMIE732 Жыл бұрын

Bless

@gordonsmith7885 Жыл бұрын

@@BRUMIE732 Bless..as it should be

@markwiltshire4951 7 ай бұрын

Just come back for a listen December 2023,I can’t believe I’m reading comments about his passing years ago RIP Smiley Culture God bless ya man 🙏🏻🇬🇧✌️

@dazsmith610 4 ай бұрын

AND THE POLICE MURDERD HIM AND GOT OF WITH IT A C A B

@jamesmarshall2268 27 күн бұрын

Still blasting out this massive riddim in 2024. ❤❤❤ Rest In Piece you absolute legend. ❤❤❤

@iron2.0 Жыл бұрын

Still mad at this sound from my youth to today. Big up Smiley RIP your vibes are alive Bro 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@kathleengordon5623 Жыл бұрын

They should release this today its still fantastic to hear and so appropriate for today

@dizzyrico 5 жыл бұрын

My uncle who sadly died at 50 loved this when i was about 5 he was in 20s . Smoking weed to it . I forgot about it until i came across it again and told my uncle he laughed his head off . So as we was very close we played this at his wake and the stuck up part of the family faces were a picture🤣🤣 serious. Then we went to his favourite pub and madly this was on the juke box so we kept playing it over . Their faces at....good thing i hide my ganga . True story .

@janeokeeffe5297 5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@johnforkan1492 5 жыл бұрын

Shit. Sad. I'm 49

@chippy69 4 жыл бұрын

Cool story we all have one like this to this song lol

@teresacavanagh4368 4 жыл бұрын

Such a cool story! Xx

@dannylock21 3 жыл бұрын

Wicked 🤣

@carsonking5549 8 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite tunes, sang it to cops, sang it being chased by them as well, good memories, thanks dude, RIP.

@jezzatakla 3 жыл бұрын

😊

@chrishall8705 Жыл бұрын

Of course you did.

@markharrington3775 5 жыл бұрын

Great man great loss. British reggae is a special thing, and he was one of our great toasters.

@tedbrum3221 3 жыл бұрын

Mc ninja

@jazzmonkey3106 3 жыл бұрын

Poor fella was murdered by the old bill as well, absolutely disgusting what they robbed from us. The way he combines cockney with patois sounds so authentically pure and magical, cannae help but move me body round the kitchen when I hear him. One love ❤️.

@adriantowe278 3 жыл бұрын

Was he really killed by old bill and what happened

@stephenroche5107 3 жыл бұрын

And Ranking Roger too.

@duty453 2 жыл бұрын

@@jazzmonkey3106 is that true?

@fourleafmeg 7 жыл бұрын

I love this song, reminds me of being younger. RIP Smiley

@oliver6095 5 жыл бұрын

Your 17

@NaSTYYX. 4 жыл бұрын

@@oliver6095 ? and what lol

@fourleafmeg 4 жыл бұрын

Oliver and what mate

@uv77mc85 9 ай бұрын

If you were in the habit of driving with no insurance, MOT etc in the 80s this was your song.

@DevinBoggs-qv7pj 28 күн бұрын

FR😂

@mrvertigo23 3 ай бұрын

Class tune - great artists RIP

@mackey8964 2 жыл бұрын

Just found this tune the other day searching through my mums record collection. Ran it too many times, too relatable all these years later…RIP 😁 Culture ‘POLICE OFFICER NA GIVE ME PRODUCER’ 😂 Legend

@PeterParka75 10 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Smiley, three years and two months, next week, you've been gone. Your needless death will never be forgotten and we will fight always for at least answers from the police about your death. If the police think this is over, they are completely wrong! Justice for Smiley!

@Steve20127 5 жыл бұрын

Don't be a rass all your life; have a day off.

@mattdawes7770 5 жыл бұрын

Big up! Murder by police officer!

@kiethlivingston5458 5 жыл бұрын

Peter Scholefield still fail to believe a man as lively as him would stab himself.

@bobbydazzler9482 5 жыл бұрын

never explained

@TonyG-iu4td 3 жыл бұрын

He did it to himself. Stop blaming anyone else?

@barryham1189 9 жыл бұрын

6 dislikes from 6 humorless, soulless traffic officers.

@jaycearoo 2 жыл бұрын

85 while I'm watching, still a classic... spot on... they didn't understand any laws then , just beat you up...

@jaycearoo 2 жыл бұрын

@@petem7118 Bloody shame... you out this weekend brother?

@Markcain268 Жыл бұрын

A police officer asked me if he could make a phone call on my mobile to phone a friend, feeling generous I said make 2 phone calls and phone all your friends, what a good citizen I am!

@mikehunte2087 Жыл бұрын

They might have been from Karen the filths wifeys

@dominewimbury2039 2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe he's been gone over a decade. This was in the charts when I was born, 1st February 1985. It's great

@chrischris8550 2 жыл бұрын

11 years, in the blink of an eye! R.I.P Smiley Culture.

@backtothefuture2880 11 ай бұрын

RIP Smiley¡!!!!!!!!!. This song is hilarious

@martinward9541 3 жыл бұрын

Love the way he moves seamlessly from patois to cockney. Sad to learn he passed away. Sad too to learn that he isn't on Spotify

@blake8816 3 жыл бұрын

Smiley gets barley any representation in Reggae.rly sucks he had so much talent

@stringer-ik1pc 2 жыл бұрын

@@blake8816 drug dealer who killed himself.??? That's why.

@carralumsden8853 Жыл бұрын

That's demonised over these ends in the last 10years or so! English or broken English of various forms tbh. P.E.A.C.E

@alblondie Жыл бұрын

I found some in Spotify

@alblondie Жыл бұрын

Look again

@farayichakuvinga867 2 жыл бұрын

Still listening to this classic in 2022🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@andrewbranch4918 3 жыл бұрын

I saw this man, my brother in spirit, at Gloucester music festival, on the Friday night with the fireworks in Gloucester park. I will never forget that night. Thanks Smiley for my smile and a good memory.R.I.P. and save me a place at the bar dread😁

@09jimmer 9 жыл бұрын

My 1st 12' from Our Price 1984, was 11, nice.

@sisterbob5169 5 жыл бұрын

How mych did you pay

@minekara6407 5 ай бұрын

Great memories ❤

@jonnamechange6854 3 ай бұрын

@@sisterbob5169 back then would've been 50p for 7" single £1-£1.50 12inch Actually, can't properly remember

@harrygreb75 12 жыл бұрын

RIP Smiley Culture - such a tragedy and so many unanswered questions...

@kezdepp7355 4 жыл бұрын

One word ‘tune’ it’s that simple!

@peterberry7657 8 жыл бұрын

this is and always be a great man that spoke the truth..... jah bless

@acampbell8614 2 жыл бұрын

Got a lot of airplay on Radio 1 at the time, I remember. None of the bosses at the BBC knew what ganja was, those that did kept it quiet and laughed!

@dellafenton2417 Жыл бұрын

Apparently the BBC didnt know what paedophiles were either.....

@stephenpowell5912 3 жыл бұрын

73 disliked this, BLOODY great tune 🤣, R I P Smiley Culture🙏😪🥺 Let Justice Prevail for this Great Reggae Singer, So Tragic

@DjDavito1987 9 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs EVER. Reminds me of my youth, this record was so hard to find in America.

@spatulapancakepork 9 жыл бұрын

+Davito Brigante Killers.

@montanaheaventush 5 жыл бұрын

Ive still got my vinyl :)

@Jay-Vee 8 ай бұрын

Had this tune pop in my head tonight just randomly for no reason, and was chuffed to see it on KZfaq. Didn't know he died in 2011 😪 Was curious to see what he looked like these days as well. Thanks for the upload! ~ Jay Vee, November 2023.

@MYEYESHAVEMELTED 9 жыл бұрын

*A formative moment of my youth - nice one, everyone involved!!*

@sethy_nec253 9 жыл бұрын

*HE WAS TRYING II TELL US SOMETHING THOUGH....#VIVASMILEY*

@xtc365 3 жыл бұрын

Here in 2021, Jamaican lady on my estate used to blast smiley out in the hot summer holidays and I used to proper vibe. Well as much as a ten year old white boy could

@dazmalski 9 жыл бұрын

Smiley man we need you back.

@jakedevries1455 6 жыл бұрын

we sure do but my dad has the LP so he'll always be with us.

@michaelnixson9099 10 жыл бұрын

RIP, cant replace a man like him. God Bless him.

@osip1312 10 жыл бұрын

RIP MASSIVE LOVE

@KennedyStOmer 2 ай бұрын

Still one of my favorites

@davidjacques1937 2 ай бұрын

We all love you so much, tooting boys will never stop loving you God bless you bruv, FROM DAVID AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY.

@artisansportsman8950 11 ай бұрын

Lots of really good memories from the 80's the innocence has gone things were a lot simpler then

@mariefearon627 Жыл бұрын

Been searching for this tune for long time.....thnx

@nevillebartos2813 9 жыл бұрын

R. I. P SMILEY

@AndySmallbone Жыл бұрын

I literally forgot this song from my childhood but soon as I heard it on TikTok I remembered it. great song

@jaykaria4776 7 жыл бұрын

This is a great song. I love it. Even though I was born in 1992, there are a lot of songs from the 80's that I like and this is definitely in the top 3 for me.

@rogerlautier 3 жыл бұрын

BIGUP SMILEY CULTURE.

@fretboardmaster70 Жыл бұрын

The fact that this song was about hiding his Ganja 😂😂 from the police. This charted too. Classic. Gone to soon Mr Culture

@StuartHanson-fo7iw 23 күн бұрын

Faking love this, rip smiley🇬🇧👍

@spindarella 2 жыл бұрын

Fly high Smiley Culture and bless the most high with your lyrical genius 💞🙏🏼🤍☄️🕊️

@raistrickt 5 жыл бұрын

2019 ... LOVE THIS TUNE ...

@Enpassantful Жыл бұрын

I tell you what, if you can’t smile or laugh with this, there’s something wrong with you.

@sg-sv3pe 2 жыл бұрын

Love this - was a massive hit back in the day

@WHU973 6 ай бұрын

fucking brilliant rip smiley .

@mummyd1990 3 жыл бұрын

Rip Smiley what a guy unique in every way.

@porkscratchings5428 2 жыл бұрын

This, Barrington Levy and Joseph Cotton were what I heard in the 80’s at college in South London. Funny how I know all the words and not heard in decades lol.

@TotalBollocks-ho7vz Ай бұрын

Yeah ❤❤❤ bless you smiley🎉🎉🎉 knowing the lyrics when this and cockney translation came out made you the don with your mates... and the girls lol loving it in 24

@leveller3910 Жыл бұрын

A good pal of mine told me the story of this song. Gave it a listen and I love it.

@tajjules7612 10 жыл бұрын

Love old school classics like this! Big up Smiley

@jimwantsaliens 6 жыл бұрын

20 years before 'Routine Check', there was this.

@Moonlight.Melon.Mounter 3 жыл бұрын

Real talk

@mariefearon627 Жыл бұрын

Just read in comments he died rip smiley blessings thankyou for sharing your gift with us amen brother

@RinIsArty 7 жыл бұрын

Childhood. They caught up eventually. R.I.P.

@Mad-Cat-Lady 3 жыл бұрын

I was devastated when he died. I remember dancing to this outside the Brixton academy

@akillin09 8 жыл бұрын

Great song great loss

@maryhinge5853 11 ай бұрын

Legend

@martinsadler4420 8 жыл бұрын

never forget driving listening to smiley ,only15 having a blow,good days

@christopherhanlon8792 Жыл бұрын

My favourite tune of the eighties.

@stephenroche5107 3 жыл бұрын

So so relevant today.

@theenforcersimonballs2941 Жыл бұрын

smiley will always make me smile, im 47 now and still enjoy listening. RIP smiley, thank you x

@gracesmith4046 7 ай бұрын

The story the music and the spirit is Eternal

@disuc42 7 жыл бұрын

RIP justice for Smiley

@buxvan 5 жыл бұрын

I remember driving my first car in 1984 , a triumph herald, & getting pulled over & given a 7 day wonder (which was a "producer")

@pipwaltersart9693 2 жыл бұрын

Just found my 7" vinyl of this, so needed to come listen as I don't have a turntable :D

@traceyansell6404 7 жыл бұрын

hey when I look for this song my phone tell me no tonight it came on random wicked cheeky song from the past rip smiley

@mediamonkeymovies2 5 жыл бұрын

Took me right back....

@tomasxavier9159 8 жыл бұрын

big respect to smiley u know dem days good ting mi hide mi ganja!!!!!!

@yan24to 5 жыл бұрын

Rip smiley 😔

@bgockel 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Smiley you will live on forever in our hearts and ears. Our heart's ear. Our ears' hearts.

@stephenpowell5912 3 жыл бұрын

❤️, Just Tragic 😪✝️

@rainlottsmusic3257 2 ай бұрын

He was in love with me! Miss u Smiley …. taught me, if you drink always have a two pence piece…. Cannot detect his and my favourite drink BRANDY

@jahlightinmountain1982 2 жыл бұрын

Rip 🙏🏽🦁 by the grace of Jah 🙏🏽🦁

@ianpoolton5234 Жыл бұрын

Remember it in 1984

@user-nd2uj1vg8v Ай бұрын

Bless your family

@YoungRiaz 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best uk reggae and rap artist

@suecork2112 10 ай бұрын

I actually forgot about this song until i quoted it to my mate in a WhatsApp, ran to KZfaq to find it. I first met him in the mid 80s in a shebeen in Brixton My ex went to school with him and they remained mates till he died, i thought he was a nice bloke. RIP D

@cassisbrook 3 жыл бұрын

Remembering you Smiley Culture. 🙏🏽💓

@rajakhan354 Жыл бұрын

Only those who grew up in the 80s getting chased by police really get this

@cigpapers 5 жыл бұрын

JUSTICE FOR SMILEY CULTURE

@rantadadmoanicuss8606 2 жыл бұрын

Big up, Smiley. R.I.P. Listening through Sound Blaster X G6 headphone amplifier. BOOOOM!

@mattevans7091 7 жыл бұрын

Time and time again I listen

@happygolucky7241 3 ай бұрын

Classic 💯 ❤️‍🔥 🇯🇲 🇬🇾 🇬🇧😊

@mattchew39 9 жыл бұрын

My modern studies teacher put this on in class and knew all the words😂😂😂

@mediamonkeymovies2 5 жыл бұрын

Youo mean teacher's don't live in the cupboard overnight after all ?!!?? loooool Police officer...!

@patjedub 4 жыл бұрын

say hi to your unbelievable best teacher!this is part of uk great reggae&roots&dancehall history!

@paulwort3828 2 жыл бұрын

80s were fun man

@lewis7868 6 жыл бұрын

Just watched. Cutting edge in the day.

@teejay1655 Жыл бұрын

Pull out mi Parker...Great lyrics ..RIP Smiley Culture 🙏🏾

@TravelMusicEntertainment1 5 жыл бұрын

Always puts a smile on my face, loved it on top of the pops, classic! Can't get it on Prime, what?

@gazt657 Жыл бұрын

Respect brother from Brum rip

@liay-kk5cz 5 жыл бұрын

I’m 8 years old love your song

@a2damuthafukkink 11 жыл бұрын

luv u smiley culture RIP :(

@dianeclaytondunn6304 10 жыл бұрын

love this from my youth

@potdog1000 9 жыл бұрын

loved him

@landomartini2003 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I heard about smiley culture and I already like it

@jona7lee 12 жыл бұрын

yes, great to see this!!! RIP Smiley Culture :)

@jahlion8034 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P brother man

@olivieoo 2 жыл бұрын

RIP