She Loves Me Now Riddim - Heavy Beat / Wks Records

She Loves Me Now Release Details

Riddim year: 1986
Style: Reggae
Total tracks: 2
Unique artists on riddim: 2
Production credits: Wilbert ‘Willie’ Lindo Of WKS Records/Heavy Beat Records In 1986
Key artists on this riddim: Beres Hammond
Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Reggae Riddims

Wilbert “Willie” Lindo’s Heavy Beat and WKS Records kept things light on “She Loves Me Now, ” a 1986 cut led by Beres Hammond and widely linked to the “What One Dance Can Do” and “Pressure and Slide” remake family. Lindo was already a respected guitarist, producer, and arranger, and that touch is all over the record: clean, melodic, and deceptively simple, with a breezy swing that feels more like a smooth rework than a hard rebuild.

Beres Hammond is the only essential vocal cut on this version, and that is enough. The song sits in the pocket that helped make him one of reggae’s most beloved singers: warm, romantic, and instantly recognizable, with that unhurried phrasing that makes even a dance tune feel intimate. The 1986 single also climbed onto the UK chart, which says a lot about how far its reach travelled beyond the dance.

As a riddim, this one is less about density and more about glide. The tempo stays upbeat, but the arrangement leaves space for the vocal and keeps the groove easy, almost sunlit. That makes it a strong old-school dancehall record: not heavy on drama, but memorable because the hook, the rhythm, and Hammond’s voice fit together so naturally.

RiddimzKalacta seh, “I absolutely love this easy going, up-tempo riddim. The producer on this took the original and played around with it in the simplest way, and produced a really good remix. I must say, the one more dance riddim was definitely a hit reggae riddim….a spin off was inevitable – all good things come with copy cats in the Reggae Dancehall scene – and some, like me, get to love those spin offs – for instance, this riddim featuring”: