[2] The song has been labeled as a "well-known reggae anthem" by BBC and a "classic" by The Observer.
"[1] When asked her opinion of the many songs that have used her voice over the years, she responded: "I don’t know if I hear all of them.
"[1] In 2014, Sister Nancy's daughter pointed out that the song was playing on the TV in a Reebok commercial and, thus, she finally decided to seek legal advice and guidance on properly obtaining rights to her own music.
[6] The Jamaican sampling culture repurposes one sound over and over again in a sort of “Call and Response” practice rooted in African oral traditions.
The catchy hypnotic phrase, bam bam, led to its longevity that surpassed the popularity of roots reggae and was incorporated into the resurging dancehall genre, where many dancehall vocalists (or deejays) would use the lyrics and/or the popular phrase.
Mike Steyels states that Sister Nancy's immediate inspiration to sing the popular phrase was “hearing Yellowman and Fathead record their own version of ‘Bam Bam’ over the ‘Taxi Riddim’ in another studio just weeks before her own recording”.
R. Henry Gordon, N. N. McCarthy and Frederick "Toots" Hibbert hold the copyright to the original version of the song, but were never compensated royalties for use of the song by Sister Nancy or any artist who sampled her cover.
After Sister Nancy released her One, Two album, she recalls never hearing "'Bam Bam' play one time in Jamaica".
[10] Once Sister Nancy heard her song in the 1998 film Belly, she realized its impact and popularity.