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".
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.
[12] The riddim also influenced hip-hop, and can be discerned on Public Enemy's hit "Don't Believe the Hype" as well as on Too Short's "Blowjob Betty".
[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.