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Bob Marley - Could you be loved

"Could You Be Loved" is a song by reggae group Bob Marley & the Wailers.

It was released in 1980 on their last album Uprising and is included on Bob Marley & The Wailers greatest hits album Legend.

It was written in 1979 on an airplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar.

The song is considered by many reggae fans to be disco influenced, and by extension influencing the dancehall genre.

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".

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.

Appearances in other media

Marley's song was played right after the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.

The song has been played in various movies including:

• the 1990 comedy/drama I Love You to Death starring Tracey Ullman and Kevin Kline.
• the 1998 drama How Stella Got Her Groove Back starring Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs.
• the 2002 surfing film Blue Crush starring Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez.
• the 2004 romantic comedy 50 First Dates starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
• the 2006 European film Catch a Fire, named after the 1973 album of the same name.
• the 2008 film Fool's Gold starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.
• the 2010 documentary film Fire in Babylon about the record-breaking West Indies cricket team of the 1970s and 1980s.
• the 2011 romantic comedy Just Go with It starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.
• In 2012 the Colombian musician Juanes, performed the song during his tour "Unplugged Tour" and also in "Loud & Unplugged Tour".
• Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Sting, Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley sang the song in the 2013 Grammy Awards as a tribute to Bob Marley.
• UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones used this song for his walkout music at UFC 152.
• The song appears in the 2013 video game Just Dance 2014.
• British singer Joe Cocker covered "Could You Be Loved" on his 1997 album Across from Midnight. Unlike the original the cover is very rock-heavy.

The lyrics:

Could you be loved, and be loved?

Could you be loved, and be loved?

Don't let them fool ya,

Or even try to school ya! Oh, no!

We've got a mind of our own,

So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!

Love would never leave us alone,

Ay-in the darkness there must come out to light.

Could you be loved, and be loved?

Could you be loved, wo now! - and be loved?

(The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,

So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you)

Love your brother, man!

(Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?

Could you be - could you be loved?

Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?

Could you be - could you be loved?)

Don't let them change ya, oh!

Or even rearrange ya! Oh, no!

We've got a life to live.

They say: only - only -

Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive -

Stay alive! Eh!

Could you be loved, and be loved?

Could you be loved, wo now! - and be loved?

(You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry;

No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied.)

Say something! (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?

Could you be - could you be loved?)

Say something! Say something!

(Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?)

Say something! (Could you be - could you be loved?)

Say something! Say something! (Say something!)

Say something! Say something! (Could you be loved?)

Say something! Say something! Reggae, reggae!

Say something! rasta, rasta!

Say something! Reggae, reggae!

Say something! rasta, rasta!

Say something! (Could you be loved?)

Say something! Uh!

Say something! Come on!

Say something! (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?)

Say something! (Could you be - could you be loved?)

Say something! (Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?)

Say something! (Could you be - could you be loved?) /fadeout/