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Could You Be Loved

Could You Be Loved

Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1980
Recording

Recorded in 1980 at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, for the Uprising sessions. Bob Marley & The Wailers worked with Chris Blackwell on the album, with Errol Brown engineering the recording. Released as the lead single from Uprising, it became one of Marley’s biggest crossover hits. In the UK it reached the Top 5 and helped define the album’s commercially successful run. It remains one of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ signature songs and a fixture of the Legend-era canon. The track has stayed in constant circulation through reissues, compilations, live recordings, and later covers.

ArtistBob Marley & The Wailers
Year1980
GenreCaribbean · Reggae
StudioTuff Gong Studios
LabelIsland
ProducersBob Marley & The Wailers · Chris Blackwell
How curators tag this
Reggae100%
Sound check
Same ArtistFig. A
African Herbsman
Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1970
Soul Rebel
Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1970
Mr. Brown (Remastered)
Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1971
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley & The Wailers
400 Years
Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1966
SamplesFig. B
Keepin' the Faith
De La Soul · 1991 · sampled-by
I Make Love to You
Eddie Murphy · 1987 · sampled-by
And Be Loved
Damian Marley · 2002 · sampled-by
Safaera
Bad Bunny feat. Jowell & Randy and Ñengo Flow · 2020 · sampled-by
Year · 1980Fig. C
Sugar Hill Groove
The Sugarhill Gang · 1980
Super Rappin’ No. 2
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five · 1980
That’s the Joint
Funky Four · 1980
Fade to Grey
Visage · 1980
The Breaks
Kurtis Blow · 1980
Same GenreFig. D
Sitting and Watching
Dennis Brown
Double Barrel
Dave & Ansel Collins · 2007
Buddy Bye
Johnny Osbourne · 1985
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
Yellowman · 1983
Even After All
Finley Quaye · 1997
Artist · Bob Marley & The WailersIn the Sleeve Notes
1970s
1970African Herbsman
1970Soul Rebel
1971Mr. Brown (Remastered)
1977Jammin'
1980s
1980Could You Be LovedYou are here
1980Three Little Birds
1983Buffalo Soldier
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