By Howard Campbell—
Worl-A-Girl
In the 1990s major record labels were heavily into artistes from the Caribbean, or those with roots from that region. Worl-A-Girl had the perfect resume.
The quartet, which had several well-received songs during that decade, recently reunited for recording sessions with musician/producer Sidney Mills. Their comeback effort is La La, a song released in November, and is now climbing The Foundation Radio Network Top 30 Chart.
Sensi, one of the quartet’s three original members, told the Jamaica Observer recently that raising families became priority after Worl-A-Girl disbanded 20 years ago. But the door was always open for a reunion.
“From time to time, we discussed a reunion and it was all about timing to make it happen — as our fans would always ask us for new music. Our approach was to be from fun, love and inspiration,” she said. “Our first serious brainstorming session was in April, resulting in recording sessions beginning in May 2022.”
Sabrina, Juliet and Linda are Sensi’s colleagues in Worl-A-Girl. Linda, Sabrina, and Sensi along with Charmaine DaCosta were the original members in 1991.
Worl-A-Girl came to international prominence in 1993 when their Jamaican bobsledding chant made the soundtrack of Cool Runnings, the hit movie inspired by the exploits of Jamaica’s bobsled team to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
Their self-titled debut album was released the following year by Chaos Recordings, a subsidiary of Sony Music International. Worl-A-Girl also earned strong response in dancehall and hip hop circles with the singles No Gunshot and No Woman No Cry.
The group officially split shortly after the 2000 release of Party, their second album.
Sensi said she and her colleagues maintained ties to the music business by recording singles or focusing on its business aspect. When they decided to relaunch Worl-A-Girl, Mills was the popular choice to work with.
“We started as a two-song session which morphed into one great song after another. Sidney has always been family, so being back in the studio with him has been smooth, fun and productive,” she explained. “He produced one of our projects on Sony/Japan called Time. It is a blessing for his support as our producer and manager. His talent, guidance and expertise have been a blessing to our vision.”
Worl-A-Girl formed 31 years ago with Charmaine from Jamaica; Sabrina from Trinidad and Tobago; Sensi from England and Linda, who was born in New York. When Charmaine left for a gospel career in 1995, she was replaced by Juliet, another Jamaican.
At the height of their popularity in the 1990s the group performed throughout the United States, in Africa, and on the top-rated David Letterman and Arsenio Hall television shows.
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