The debut single of YG Marley “Praise Jah in The Moonlight” has become a great success, accumulating millions of views in a few months on various platforms and the past 20 April its official video was released.
On YouTube the song reached almost 50 million views, while on Spotify it adds more than 238 million views, making this song one of the most listened to in reggae in recent times..
The video was directed by acclaimed American director Cole Bennett, known for his work with Drake, Eminem and J. Cole, to capture the essence of the song.
“I hoped this was the exact and perfect way to receive it. (The video) It had to be the right way and I could only find one Superman to film it”, Marley's grandson said about the production.
“I feel like we adequately capture the culture., the union of all, the feeling of the song and so many layers of texture, that was the theme and objective of the video”, Bennett said in turn..
“Praise Jah In The Moonlight” starts with a sample of the song “Crisis” by Bob Marley from his album So of 1978 and has YG's mother, the great Lauryn Hill, as co-writer and co-producer.
The video shows Marley exploring rural Jamaica and giving colorful flowers to residents, a women's choir at Hope Gardens and a touching finale with Marley dancing with her mother.
Several artists also appear in it., among them Kabaka Pyramid y Jesse Royal, The latter stated that this it is “possibly” the most important reggae song of the last decade, according to slogan Dancehall Mag.
The success of the song can be seen in that reached the position 34 an el Billboard Hot 100, the place 20 on Billboard Canadian Hot 100, the fifth place on the UK Singles Chart, the number 1 on the Billboard New Zealand Songs chart and the 11 on Billboard Global 200.
While on the TikTok Billboard Top chart 50 of the 20 of April, Praise Jah In The Moonlight reached a new peak in the number 2.
While, In March it obtained Silver certification in the United Kingdom after overcoming the 200.000 units sold in the country.
The last reggae songs to achieve similar numbers on the charts were Jay-Z and Damian Marley with their collaboration “BAM”, who reached the position 47 in the hot 100 and the 92 on the UK Singles Chart, and the song of 2005 of “Jr. Gong”, “Welcome To Jamrock”, who reached the position 55 an el Billboard Hot 100 and the 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
