I first heard it on 4ZZZ when I was at the Moorooka Servo and the completely crazy bloke who used to be behind the counter had it cranked. Couldn't get the tune out of my head so I went home and googled the lyrics, only to find it was a pommy bloke who released the song in Australia back in the late 70s. There's a bit of a write up which starts out "If you told me blind we'd be championing a white reggae single where the singer actually attempts a Jamaican accent, and there's a proggy guitar solo, I'd cock my eye and suggest you were mistaken. Nevertheless, here we are in that exact situation." which pretty much sums up the track.

The dude is still around, some 45 years later! Mostly doing spoken word stuff now by the looks...
ex1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmAgF1tTldA
ex2: https://soundcloud.com/nigellawrence/the-canberra-bubble

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