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. Originally released in 1999 on Rat Records, the song became a major underground club hit and was rereleased on 22 May 2000 as a

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on EastWest the following year. It peaked at No. 11 on the

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and No. 2 on the

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. The song features a sample of comedian

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, taken from the sketch show ''

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''. The sample in the song features Brigstocke repeating the lines, "Do you smoke Paul? No I don't. Me neither. I don't smoke cigarettes, I don't smoke cigars, I don't smoke a pipe, pipe, pipe, pipe, pipe...", followed by "I don't smoke the reefer" in a faux Rasta accent. He talked about it on ''

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'' in 2010, where he explained that he was impersonating

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's character Chalkie White for a sketch show, and that it was sampled into the track. Brigstocke said he was "delighted and mortified at the same time" when he heard the sample. "I Don't Smoke" also samples the guitar riff from the 1997

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track "The Thin Line". A rework was released in 2014 in collaboration with Specimen A and Majestic MC, titled "Don't Smoke 2014".

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included the song in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".

Track listing

;UK CD single # "I Don't Smoke" (Radio Edit) - 2:57 # "I Don't Smoke" (Nu Skool Rave Mix) - 5:53 # "I Don't Smoke" (Rhythm Masters Remix Edit) - 5:10 # "I Don't Smoke" (Original Mix Edit) - 5:48

References

1999 songs 2000 singles Songs about tobacco Songs about cannabis UK garage songs East West Records singles {{2000s-single-stub