| "Could You Be Loved" | ||||
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| Single by Bob Marley and the Wailers | ||||
| from the album Uprising | ||||
| B-side | "One Drop" | |||
| Released | 16 May 1980[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Marley | |||
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| "Could You Be Loved" on YouTube | ||||
"Could You Be Loved" is a 1980 song by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released as the first single from their twelfth and last album, Uprising (1980), and is also included on their greatest-hits album Legend (1984). It was written in 1979 on an aeroplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar. In the middle of the song, background singers quote a verse from Bob Marley's first single "Judge Not": "The road of life is rocky; And you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you". Instruments used on the original record of this song are guitars, bass, drums, acoustic piano, the Hohner Clavinet and an organ, as well as the Brazilian cuíca. "Could You be Loved" was very successful on the charts in Europe, peaking within the top 10 in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Additionally, it was a top 20 hit in Sweden and West Germany.
- ^ "Bob Marley & the Wailers – Could You Be Loved". New Zealand-charts.com. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ O'Brien Chang, Kevin; Chen, Wayne (1998). Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music. Temple University Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-1-5663-9629-5.
['Uprising'] saw a return to a wide and varied musical vision, from the disco oriented 'Could You Be Loved' to the hard-core reggae of 'Bad Card' and the acoustic balladry of 'Redemption Song'.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (24 August 2015). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
but it was Marley...and his bandmates who helped elevate the message beyond the conservative confines of their home island and into the realm of global pop.