I Chase the Devil  

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I'm gonna send him to outer space, to find another race

Chase the Devil is a reggae song recorded by Max Romeo and The Upsetters, released on the 1976 album War Ina Babylon. The song was composed by Romeo and Perry.

The Lee Perry dub is called 'Disco Devil' (Trojan Records).

The track has been sampled in the song Out of Space by The Prodigy and "Lucifer" by Jay-Z.

The song was used in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the radio station K-Jah Radio.

Covers

The song has been covered by the following:

• Indios Bravos on their album, Part One.
• Madness for their cover album, The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1.
• Die Kastrierten Philosophen on their album, Where Did Our Love Go.
• Skazi on their album, Total Anarchy
• Temple of Sound
• Earl Sixteen (Ariwa single)

Samples

The song has been sampled on the following records:

• "Chased the Devil" by Guigoo (Narkotek)
• "Out of Space" by The Prodigy
• "Lucifer" by Jay-Z (on his 2003 release - The Black Album)
• "Outa Space" by Mellow Trax
• "Others" by Skazi
• "Iron Shirt" by The Qemists
• "I Chase The Devil" by Subsonica
• "Space" by Micha Moor
• "Ni de ellos ni de ellas" by Tote King (actually there is a short sample of the original Romeo's song after the end of Tote King's track, which is based on the Movie Star reggae riddim)
• "Chase Devil" by KetaKlak
• "Reggaestin" by Riki Malva
• "Iron Shirt" by Dreadzone
• "Lucifer" by Coki
• "I Chase The Devil" by Radikal Guru
• "Inna Space" by Time Bandits
• "le Petit Farfadet" by Micropoint
• "I Chase The Devil A.K.A. Ironshirt" by Madness