Twenty-five years ago, deejay Chaka Demus and singer Pliers made history in the United Kingdom (UK) after six songs from their album Tease Me entered the British national chart. The duo are scheduled to perform there in late July.

Pliers told the Jamaica Observer that the region holds a special place in their hearts.

“ Tease Me went two times platinum there, maybe even more too. We got two plaques for it but only collected one. Di UK and Europe has been very good with us, they love di music. America does too, but at di time they didn’t put out effort England did,” he said.

The 1993, Taxi Gang-produced album was dubbed Tease Me in the UK, but released as All She Wrote in the United States. Twist and Shout (a cover of the Isley Brothers hit), Tease Me, She Don’t Let Nobody, Murder She Wrote, I Wanna Be Your Man and Gal Wine were the songs that made the British pop chart.

Pliers said the UK audience still looks forward to hearing these songs.

“They love to hear Tease Me, She Don’t Let Nobody, Twist and Shout…we used to go to di UK every year, quite often, but it has slowed down due to management problems. We used to go to colleges and do one-off shows, and then we were requested again to return to do more shows,” he explained.

Chaka Demus and Pliers had successful solo careers before joining forces in 1991. According to Pliers, they still play to packed venues even when they do not release new music.

“We see a lot of young fans at shows. When me and Chaka used to go out, we did a lot of morning shows for kids. Those kids have grown up and introduced their kids to our music. Sometimes we do shows an’ di stage an’ venue are so packed that we can barely move on stage. After all these years, I don’t know how we do it, maybe Murder She Wrote is still standing,” he said.

Despite their younger following, Pliers noted that not a lot of young people know that he and Chaka Demus originally did Murder She Wrote. The song has been sampled in El Taxi by rapper Pitbull and by Chris Brown in Post to Be.

“Dem nuh know ’bout di history of di song. We go places like Australia where we even toured in di ’90s and dem think a Pitbull originate di song. But we still bring out di young crowds, all big people, everybody come. We don’t talk bad in our lyrics, our music is really for every audience,” he said.