Smoke Two Joints - wikipedia Smoke Two Joints This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2010 ) `` Smoke Two Joints '' Song by The Toyes from the album TaTard Released Genre Reggae Label CD Tunes Records Songwriter ( s ) Chris Kay, Michael Kay `` Smoke Two Joints '' is a song originally written by The Toyes, who performed it in traditional Reggae style and released it in 1983. According to The Toyes, `` one fine fall day on a small island '' of Oahu in Hawaii, two of the band members, Jim and Sandy, were sitting under a large banyan tree on Kuhio Beach, `` tokin ' on some sweet bud & jammin ' on a rootsy reggae funky town '' when they conceived the song `` Smoke Two Joints. '' It was featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 American comedy - thriller film Homegrown. The Toyes version was featured in the 2005 video game NARC. The song is often mistakenly attributed to Bob Marley on the internet and file sharing websites. Marley had been dead two years when this song was written. Contents 1 Nardini cover version 2 Sublime cover version 3 Other cover versions 4 References 5 External links Nardini cover version Norman Nardini, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, created two or more cover versions of this song in the 1980s. One was a studio LP, and another was a version featured on his live CD from 1994, both produced by Circumstantial Records, based in New York City. Norman first came across the song in 1983 when his friend Stush brought home the 45 as part of the music he had bought during a vacation in Hawaii. Nardini had his band learn it at once and has been performing the song for over twenty years. He wanted to air a cover version on CBS in the 1980s, but the label could not track down the original writers. Sublime cover version The punk / ska band Sublime performed a cover version on their 1992 debut album 40oz. to Freedom. `` Smoke Two Joints '' was one of the first Sublime songs to be played on the radio after `` Date Rape ''. This cover includes samples taken from the film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ( though this intro is typically removed when the song is played on the radio ), of a bong being used, and of the artists Eazy - E and Just Ice. Bert Susanka, the lead singer of The Ziggens ( a major influence on Sublime ), is also sampled saying, `` Smoked cigarettes ' til the day she died ! '' The track is also featured on the 2003 film Grind and is on the Grind motion picture soundtrack as a somewhat shorter version. The track is also used in the film Mallrats when the contestants for a game show are passed out on the floor. `` Smoke Two Joints '' was released in 1994. Sublime 's version is featured in the Rocksmith 2014 video game as a DLC track. Other cover versions Richard Cheese performs a cover on his album Tuxicity. The ska punk band The Rudiments perform a cover of this song on the album Psychoska which is preceded by a clip from a Cheech and Chong movie. German band Ohrbooten covered it in German. German rapper Timi Hendrix covered it in German. South Park Mexican created a cover version which can be found on The Purity Album. Afroman did a parody of the song called Smoke 2 Blunts Macy Gray released a cover of this song on her 2012 album Covered. References Jump up ^ `` The SoundtrackInfoProject : Homegrown ( 1998 ) ''. Jump up ^ Grim, Ryan ( 2009 ). ' ' This Is Your Country on Drugs : The Secret History of Getting High in America ' ', p. 99. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 01. Jump up ^ Partridge, Kenneth. `` Macy Gray ' Smoke Two Joints ' Video : Singer Throws Reggae Dance Party ''. AOL. Retrieved 2 April 2012. Jump up ^ Video on YouTube External links The Toyes ' page about the song Letter from Brad Nowell to Mawg of the Toyes Scene from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls sampled by Sublime on YouTube Grind ( soundtrack ) hide Sublime Bradley Nowell Eric Wilson Bud Gaugh Studio albums 40oz. to Freedom Robbin ' the Hood Sublime Live albums Stand by Your Van 3 Ring Circus - Live at The Palace Compilation albums Second - hand Smoke Sublime Acoustic : Bradley Nowell & Friends Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Sublime Gold Everything Under the Sun Songs `` Date Rape '' `` Badfish '' `` Smoke Two Joints '' `` Scarlet Begonias '' `` We 're Only Gonna Die '' `` Rivers of Babylon '' `` 5446 - That 's My Number '' `` What I Got '' `` Wrong Way '' `` Doin ' Time '' `` Santeria '' `` April 29, 1992 ( Miami ) '' `` Caress Me Down '' Tributes and legacy Look at All the Love We Found Long Beach Dub Allstars Long Beach Shortbus Badfish See also Discography Sublime with Rome Skunk Records Miguel Happoldt Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smoke_Two_Joints&oldid=798900280 '' Categories : 1983 songs Reggae songs Sublime ( band ) songs Songs about cannabis Cannabis music 1983 in cannabis Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2010 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2007 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 September 2017, at 13 : 21 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote i smoke two joints in the morning
Answer: Chris Kay