| Soldering | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford |
| Album: | Soldering |
| Genre: | Reggae |
| Length: | 3:03 |
| Label: | Heartbeat |
"Soldering" is a song written by Ewart Beckford & Alvin Ranglin,[1] and originally released by the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford in 1975. Other artists who recorded it include Desmond Dekker, the Specials, and Hall & Oates. About a woman's choosiness, the title is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.
Originally a big hit in early 1975 for Jamaican Stanley Beckford under the name the Starlights (or the Starlights featuring Stanley Beckford),[2] he is often not credited due to the lack of copyright in Jamaica at the time.
AMG's Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Hall & Oates' cover, from the album Daryl Hall & John Oates released in late 1975, as, "fall[ing] flat," and, "reggae tinged."[3]