Tony Matterhorn - Dutty Wine ｜ Official Music Video

What this video is

Released on March 22, 2006 via Greensleeves/VP Records, 'Dutty Wine' crystallized a specific moment in Jamaican dancehall history when dance-driven anthems commanded both local and global attention. Built on Stephen 'Supa Hype' Davis's Smash Riddim, the track immortalized a neck-twirling dance that had emerged from Montego Bay's 'Skin Out' party circuit. The song topped charts in Jamaica, reached No. 24 on…

Why it matters

A landmark document of mid-2000s dancehall at its most kinetically focused: the video functions as both a promotional vehicle and an archival record of the Dutty Wine dance in its original context. It represents the genre's capacity to generate globally resonant dance crazes from grassroots…