Bass and Trouble

Bass and Trouble
Featured in Episodes	"Bought and Paid For" "Payback"
Artist(s)	Sly and Robbie
Top Chart Position (Hot 100)	Did Not Chart
Year Released	1985
Album	Language Barrier
Writer(s)	Manu Dibango
RIAA Certification	NONE
Sequence song appears	"Bought and Paid For": Gina confronts Arroyo at her house "Payback": Crockett, Tubbs & Cates in bar
Previous Song	Bushido: "Hello Earth" Payback: "The Water's Too Deep"
Next Song	Bought and Paid For: "You Wear It Well" Payback: "Soul Kitchen"

"Bass and Trouble" is a song by Sly and Robbie, featured on the album Language Barrier in 1985 and released as a single that year. It appeared in the Miami Vice episodes "Bought and Paid For" and "Payback".

Notes

• "Bass and Trouble" is one of 11 songs that were reused in more than one episode of Miami Vice. In fact, it was the first song to appear in two different episodes of the show.
• The album Bass and Trouble includes guest appearances (mainly playing instruments) from Miami Vice musical performers Miles Davis and Afrika Bambaataa, as well as Bob Dylan and Herbie Hancock.
• It is reported that the duo of Sly and Robbie have either produced or performed on 200,000 songs. Some of the artists they have worked with include Black Uhuru, Grace Jones, Joe Cocker, Madonna, Mick Jagger and Britney Spears.