SONG OF THE DAY
“Could You Be Loved” by Bob Marley & The Wailers (Uprising, Island Records, 1980). Written by Bob Marley.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– The song was released in 1980 on their last album and is included on Bob Marley & The Wailers greatest hits album Legend.
– Even today the song remains popular and is classed alongside his other hits such as, “Redemption Song” and “One Love/People Get Ready”.
– It was written in 1979 on an airplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar and eventually came up with “Could You Be Loved”.
– “Could You Be Loved” went to #6 and #56 respectively on the Club Play Singles and Black Singles charts. It reached #5 in the UK.
– 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 a finger, someone else is judging you”
– The song was played right after the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.
– Bob Marley’s sons, Damian and Stephen Marley covered the song and renamed it “And Be Loved” for the soundtrack to the 2002 surfing film Blue Crush.
– A cover by British singer Joe Cocker was included on his 1997 album Across from Midnight.
– American rock band Toto covered the song on their 2002 Through the Looking Glass album.
– Lauryn Hill covered the song on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2011 as a tribute to Marley on the anniversary of his death. She has been dating one of Marley’s sons for two decades, and is pregnant with their fifth child together.