Street Tuff

"Street Tuff"
Single by Rebel MC & Double Trouble
Released 1989
Format
Genre
Length 3:31
Label Desire Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Leigh Guest
  • Michael Menson
  • Michael West
Producer(s)
Rebel MC & Double Trouble singles chronology
"Just Keep Rockin'"
(1989)		 "Street Tuff"
(1989)		 "Better World"
(1990)

"Just Keep Rockin'"
(1989)		 "Street Tuff"
(1989)		 "Better World"
(1990)
Music video
"Street Tuff" on YouTube

"Street Tuff" is a 1989 single by Rebel MC and Double Trouble. It became the biggest hit of both performers' careers, peaking at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. It is the follow-up to their first hit, "Just Keep Rockin'", which made it into the UK Top 20. The two songs, plus Rebel MC's first solo single "Better World", appear on the Rebel MC album Rebel Music, released in 1990.

The song is based on the bassline to the song "54-46 That's My Number" by The Maytals.

Critical reception

Billboard wrote about the song: "Clever rhyming powered by insinuating club beats could generate multiformat play to follow the U.K. act's previous smash, "Just Keep Rockin'"."[1]

Peak positions

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 13
Belgium (Ultratop (FLA)) 7
Germany (Media Control Charts) 12
Greece (IFPI)[2] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 3
New Zealand (Official New Zealand Music Chart) 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 12
Swiss (Swiss Hitparade 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 3

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard: Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard magazine (1990-02-24, page 79). Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Top 3 Greece" (PDF). Music & Media. March 10, 1990. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Official Charts > Rebel MC". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
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