Chase the Devil

" Chase the Devil" is a reggae song, recorded in 1976 by  Max Romeo, with the backing of  Lee "Scratch" Perry's  house band,  The Upsetters.

Background
Composed by Perry and Romeo, "Chase the Devil" was released on the album War ina Babylon in 1976. Also in 1976, The Upsetters recorded a version with different lyrics. The track, called "Croaking Lizard" and credited to The Upsetters and Prince Jazzbo, was included in their album Super Ape. Later, Perry made a dub remix of both versions, called "Disco Devil".

Use in popular culture
Uzi Mon, A Bermudian Faux Raggae Artist uses a sample of Chase the Devil in his song, Heaven.
 * "Out of Space" by The Prodigy (1992) sampled the song.
 * Kanye West has used samples from "I Chase the Devil" to produce Jay-Z's hit song "Lucifer", which appeared on Jay-Z's 2003 release, The Black Album.
 * The song was featured on the reggae radio station K-Jah West in a popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, released in October 2004.
 * Madness covered the song for their cover album, The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1, released in 2005.
 * Skazi recorded a cover on their album Total Anarchy (2006).
 * "Iron Shirt" by The Qemists (2006) sampled "Chase the Devil".
 * Earl Sixteen released his version of the song in 2008.
 * "Chase the Devil" was also used in the 2011 film Paul.
 * In 2010, Dr. Martens included the song as performed by N.A.S.A. in 50 Years of Dr. Martens covers album.
 * A sample from the song was used on "Lucifer", a track by Coki, in 2011.
 * Azealia Banks samples the song on the track "Out Of Space" from the Fantasea mixtape.