Tony Matterhorn - Dutty Wine ｜ Official Music Video

2006

Tony Matterhorn - Dutty Wine ｜ Official Music Video (2006) Era: Mid-2000s Dancehall Golden Wave (2006) - Peak era of Jamaican dancehall crossover into global pop consciousness, characterized by dance-driven anthems and riddim-based production distributed by major reggae labels such as VP Records/Greensleeves. High. The video is the primary audiovisual document of one of the defining dance crazes of the mid-2000s, originating from Jamaica and spreading globally. With over 36 million YouTube views and a 2025 UK Silver certification, it retains active cultural relevance nearly two decades after release. Its sober, performance-realist aesthetic makes it an unusually clean archival record of the Dutty Wine dance idiom, free of heavy post-production that might obscure ethnographic detail. Context: 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 Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100, spent 11 weeks atop the BBC 1Xtra Dancehall chart, and sparked international medical debate about the safety of its extreme movements. In 2025 it was certified Silver in the UK, and a new viral TikTok dance to the track confirmed its multi-generational cultural durability. Director notes: The video was released in 2006 in conjunction with the single on VP Records/Greensleeves (originally Greensleeves, later acquired by VP Records in 2008). The YouTube upload carrying the ID cg0qluaxpOo is associated with VP Records' official channel and links to the Reggae Gold 2006 compilation. No production company, director, or cinematographer credits have surfaced in any indexed source.