He's Gonna Step on You Again
| "He's Gonna Step on You Again" | ||||
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| Single by John Kongos | ||||
| from the album Kongos | ||||
| B-side | "Sometimes It's Not Enough" | |||
| Released | 30 April 1971 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
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| Producer | Gus Dudgeon | |||
| John Kongos singles chronology | ||||
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| "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (French TV, 1971) on YouTube | ||||
"He's Gonna Step on You Again" (also known as "Step On") is a song originally performed by South African singer John Kongos, co-written by Kongos and Christos Demetriou, and first released in 1971 by Fly Records and featued on his second studio album Kongos. It was a hit in Kongos' native South Africa, Australia and Europe and a minor hit in North America that year, entering the UK Singles Chart on 22 May 1971 and spending 14 weeks there, peaking at No. 4. Covers of the song have been chart successes several times, including for the Happy Mondays in 1990.
It was cited in the Guinness Book of Records as being the first song to have used a sample, utilising a tape loop of African drumming.