# Looking for a Ska song from the '90s
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [December 8, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188 "2022-12-08T04:02:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/1 "2022-12-08T04:02:50Z")
Probably somewhere around the mid 90s. American Ska band with the usual horns and unmistakable ska beat. The only line I can recall is “Everybody knows I’m the king” by the male singer. It is repeated several times in the song. But try googling that phrase and all you get is hundreds of rappers. Any dopers know the song?
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### Author:  [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/2 "2022-12-08T04:16:26Z")
Mighty Mighty Bosstone’s had a song “Haji” that had the line “I"m the King of the Genies”.
It’s almost more punk than Ska (like a lot of Bosstone songs). It’s also from 1989, not mid 90’s.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z52eSMP077M)
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### Author:  [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/3 "2022-12-08T04:20:34Z")
Definitely not the Bosstones. It was a much smoother sound and smoother voice. Think more like Bim Skala Bim or the Slackers
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### Author:  [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/4 "2022-12-08T04:23:14Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#):
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> Everybody knows I’m the king
I can’t find a recording or lyrics, but apparently “The Insteps” had a song called “I’m the King”
[https://www.discogs.com/release/1262983-The-Insteps-Im-The-King](https://www.discogs.com/release/1262983-The-Insteps-Im-The-King)
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### Author:  [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/5 "2022-12-08T04:27:50Z")
> [@Folly](#):
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> [https://www.discogs.com/release/1262983-The-Insteps-Im-The-King](https://www.discogs.com/release/1262983-The-Insteps-Im-The-King)
Sounds promising. Gonna check into this.
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### Author:  [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/6 "2022-12-08T09:58:54Z")
Not a cover of Desmond Dekker’s _King of Ska_ correct?
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngm1dgpJ2oM)
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### Author:  [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/7 "2022-12-08T16:26:40Z")
No. But that’s a cool song!
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188/8 "2022-12-08T19:45:13Z")
Desmond Dekker is awesome!