Wheel an come again

phrase WHEEL an come a-GAIN wiːl an kʌm aˈɡɛn

Also spelled wheel-and-come-again, wheel and come again, wheel up

The selector's move of stopping a hot tune and spinning the record back ('wheeling') to play it from the top again, in response to a rapturous crowd — the reggae/dancehall 'rewind'. 'Wheel an come again!' is shouted by the crowd (or the deejay) demanding a replay of a tune that just 'mash up di place'. A cornerstone of sound-system culture.

  • Di crowd bawl out 'wheel an come again!'

    The crowd shouted 'rewind and play it again!'

  • Di selecta wheel an come again three time.

    The selector rewound and replayed it three times.

  • Dat tune deserve a wheel an come again.

    That tune deserves a rewind.

From 'wheel' (spin the record back) + 'come again' (play again); the sound-system rewind. See [[pull-up]], [[selecta]].

The 'rewind' — replaying a hot tune from the top on crowd demand. See [[pull-up]], [[selecta]], [[forward]].