"Could You Be Loved" is a famous song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released in 1980 on their last album Uprising and is one of the many songs on Bob Marley and the Wailers greatest hits album Legend. Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, songwriter and Rastafarian from the ghettos of Jamaica. ... Uprising is another word for rebellion. ... A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ...
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 aeroplane in which The Wailers were experimenting on guitar and eventually came up with "Could You Be Loved". Redemption Song was the last track on Bob Marleys ninth Island music album, Uprising. ...
"Could You Be Loved" went to no.6 and no.56 respectively on the Club Play Singles and Black Singles charts.
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