# Songs like "Pon de Replay"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-like-pon-de-replay/477336>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-like-pon-de-replay/477336 "2008-12-16T02:01:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-like-pon-de-replay/477336/21 "2008-12-21T14:27:50Z")

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Besides soca, try some reggaeton perhaps, it seems to fit the criteria you are looking for. Daddy Yankee is a good ‘safe’ artist to start with and you can also find variouis artist compilation albums fairly cheaply if you want to pick up a couple.

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-like-pon-de-replay/477336/22 "2008-12-22T03:53:30Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Give [Shaggy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)) a [listen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfdqrs4ate0).

I admit some of Shaggy’s radio stuff is really close to the Rihanna sound. I am obsessed with this, for some reason. ( I don’t like Rihanna at all).

I have to bump this back to the front page, and I have to PM meara to ask her to come back and judge these picks. I have no idea what my deal is about this. Sigh.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-like-pon-de-replay/477336/23 "2008-12-22T04:05:45Z")

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Along similar lines too is Dublin band, Republic of Loose, although they’re an actual full live band:

[Break](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpSxsJsCgd8)

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