[4] For the cover version, the song's title was bowdlerised to "Pass the Dutchie", the new word being a patois term for a Dutch oven, a type of cooking pot.

The song was commissioned by the record company to turn "Pass the Kouchie" into a radio friendly hit for a wider audience.

[6] Despite the lyrics being changed to specifically remove drug references, the word "dutchie" later became a slang term for cannabis as a result of the song.

[3][9] After the song was featured in the Netflix series Stranger Things in 2022, it experienced a resurgence of popularity, re-entering a number of international charts.

[10] The video, directed by Don Letts,[11] was shot partly on the southern banks of the River Thames in London, by Lambeth Bridge.