Legendary International Singer White Mice Still Feels True Love
Hardcore dancehall fans never tire of hearing White Mice’s True Love. It’s one of those songs that gets the revered gun salute.
Released in 1987 on the ubiquitous Far East rhythm, True Love remains White Mice’s signature. It’s what fans want to hear whenever he performs.
The singer, who will turn 48 in October, still records and performs in Europe and the Caribbean. Because he has a club/sound system base in Europe, many of White Mice’s current songs are done for independent companies on that continent.
Teenage Star
But the Rastafarian artiste admits wherever he goes, fans want to hear songs that made him a teenaged star.
“Wi do some great works as a youth, yuh nuh, so people out dey still love hear dem. Sound system inna Europe still want dub plate wid song like True Love an’ Youths of Today,” he said. Liveth and We A Blood are among White Mice’s recent songs. Released in Europe, they are produced by Swedish and French companies, respectively, and geared towards a particular market. “There’s a big vinyl market inna Europe, dem call it black gold. Is like everybody over dey have a turntable,” he explained.
Early Beginning
White Mice was born Alan Crichton in Montego Bay. He first recorded at age 14 for hometown producer Neville Thomas but his debut song, Dolly Stylee, did little and he moved to Kingston. There, he became a member of Sugar Minott’s Youthman Promotions camp where his colleagues included Yami Bolo, another teenage singer.
Brother and Brother Connection
White Mice had only one released song (No Competition) for Minott, which failed to make a mark. He had a change in fortunes with his brother, producer Blemo Crichton, who assembled an outstanding cast of musicians at King Jammy’s studio in Waterhouse to record True Love. The song was an instant hit and is still requested today.
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Released in 1988, the song went to number 1 on the Jamaican and UK Charts where it remained for 23 weeks. 31 years later, “True Love” is a song that whenever it is played in the dancehall it gets request to pull up and come again.
On True Love, wi have people like Steely an’ Clevie, (guitarist) China Smith, (bassist) Chris Meredith an’ (drummer) Squiddly Cole work pon dem song dey. Yuh can si why people still love dem.
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Entertainer
The Blog Blue Moon recently wrote of the album “White Mice is Allan Crichton (or Cricaton, according to the rear album sleeve) from Jamaica. His young voice can take a while to get used to, but once assimilated, it’s what gives this album its quirky appeal. His vocals are juxtaposed to a sparse backing to just the right degree, and thanks to the addition of a light reverb, the voice and its accompaniment remain in perfect balance.”
“The material here is consistently good, though in my view it’s closer to rocksteady than its online categorisation as dancehall, being medium-paced and laid-back. And the mellow beats combined with Crichton’s rhythmic chanting become quite mesmerising if played on shuffle / repeat in the dark in a cosy spot, over say a half-bottle of red wine.”
“The standout track is the bouncy 5½ star title track, a chirpy paean to Jah. The remaining tracks all sit comfortably around 3½ to 4½ stars … in other words, an album worth checking out.”
“True Love” Is distributed by Asani Ali Music through Believe Digital Worldwide and is available on all major Digital Platforms.
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