Money In My Pocket (1978 Version)

Dennis Brown re-cut the song in 1978 for Joe Gibbs in Kingston, working with Joe Gibbs and Errol Thompson and the Gibbs studio team. The version was cut as part of Brown’s late-1970s run of recordings for Gibbs and became the hit version heard internationally. The 1978 version turned an earlier Dennis Brown favourite into a major UK pop hit and helped push reggae further into the British singles chart. It became one of Brown’s signature records and a key title in the late-1970s Joe Gibbs catalogue. The song remained one of Dennis Brown’s best-known recordings and continued to circulate through compilations, reissues, and later covers. Its status as a reggae standard was reinforced by later mainstream use and reinterpretations, including Simply Red’s cover.