Ansel Collins and Santa Davis both recalled in separate interviews that Winston Riley's brother Buster was the one who organized the recording session that produced "Stalag 17".
[8] Over Collins' track, she sang original lyrics with a chorus that quoted a 1966 song by The Maytals with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires called "Bam-Bam".
Original Stalag 17–18 and 19 featured artwork by Wilfred Limonious and recordings by Yami Bolo, Michael Prophet, and other artists.
It became the biggest song of Tenor Saw's career and his chorus became a touchstone in pop music, used by artists as diverse as Mos Def and Fugazi.
[13][3] Stalag Riddim is so widely known that even a brief quote of it can be used to signify a connection to Jamaican culture, like the sample of the horns in the Blackout Remix of "This Is Why I'm Hot" by Mims.
[14] Steely & Clevie used Stalag Riddim in their production for Reggie Stepper called "Drum Pan Sound", which has been sampled by Run-DMC, Nas, and Lords of the Underground.