"One Love" is a ska song by Bob Marley's original group The Wailers from their 1965 debut studio album The Wailing Wailers. It was rerecorded as part of the 1970 medley "All in One", which contained reggae reworkings of their early ska songs. This was released as a single and is also included on the compilation African Herbsman under the name "All in One".
The famous version of "One Love" that appears on their 1977 album Exodus was recorded in 1977 for Island Records under the title of "One Love/People Get Ready". This version credits Curtis Mayfield (as Island wanted to avoid copyright problems), and it gives co-authorship credits to both Marley and Mayfield as it contains an interpolation of The Impressions' song "People Get Ready" written by Mayfield. As the main artist, Bob Marley and his group were credited as Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was not released as a single until 16 April 1984, to promote the forthcoming greatest hits album Legend. However, the single became one of his biggest hits and has been included on many of Marley and the Wailers subsequent compilation albums. The original recording of the song does not credit Mayfield's song and is simply titled "One Love" – this is because copyright law was not enforced for Jamaican recordings at this time. The original song was published in the key of B♭ major, but it has since been transposed so it is in the key of C major.
The first music video was a posthumous release directed by Don Letts in 1984 to accompany the Bob Marley & The Wailers compilation album, Legend. It stars young British-Jamaican boy, Jesse Lawrence, in his home on the World's End Estate,[1] and on the King's Road dancing at the head of a large crowd of punks, locals and tourists as well as archival footage of Marley (from the "Is This Love" music video). It also features several cameo appearances including Paul McCartney, two members of Bananarama, Neville Staple of The Specials, members of the reggae groups Aswad and Musical Youth, Suggs and Chas Smash of Madness; some of the short clips in this video are also in Madness' video for their song "The Return of the Los Palmas 7". The song was also released alongside the video and gave Marley a posthumous UK hit when it reached number 5 in May 1984.[2]
A second music video for "One Love" was produced by Marley's estate in 2014, with fans submitting video ideas through Tongal and then ultimately compiling a video of diverse contributors lip-syncing and dancing to the song.[3]
The song appears on the film Marley & Me. When the song is heard on the radio, it inspires the character to name the dog Marley. However, according to the John Groganbook of the same name on which the film is based, Grogan and his wife chose the name after hearing another Marley song, "Is This Love", on the radio whilst deciding what to call the puppy.[6]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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^ Brown, Harley (4 December 2014). "Ben & Jerry's and Tuff Gong Release First Video for 'One Love' and a Bob Marley-Inspired Ice Cream". Billboard. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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^"Italian single certifications – Bob Marley & The Wailers – One Love" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 15 May 2020. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "One Love" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources One Love Bob Marley and the Wailers song news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message One Love is a ska song by Bob Marley s original group The Wailers from their 1965 debut studio album The Wailing Wailers It was rerecorded as part of the 1970 medley All in One which contained reggae reworkings of their early ska songs This was released as a single and is also included on the compilation African Herbsman under the name All in One One Love Song by The Wailersfrom the album The Wailing WailersReleased1965Recorded1965StudioJamaica Recording Studio Brentford Road Kingston JamaicaGenreSka rocksteadyLength3 20LabelStudio OneSongwriter s Bob Marley Curtis Mayfield uncredited Producer s Clement Dodd One Love People Get Ready Single by Bob Marley and the Wailersfrom the album ExodusB side So Much Trouble in the World Released16 April 1984Recorded1977GenreRoots reggaeLength2 54LabelTuff GongSongwriter s Bob Marley Curtis MayfieldProducer s Bob Marley and the WailersBob Marley and the Wailers singles chronology Buffalo Soldier 1983 One Love People Get Ready 1984 Iron Lion Zion 1992 Official Music Video One Love People Get Ready on YouTubeThe famous version of One Love that appears on their 1977 album Exodus was recorded in 1977 for Island Records under the title of One Love People Get Ready This version credits Curtis Mayfield as Island wanted to avoid copyright problems and it gives co authorship credits to both Marley and Mayfield as it contains an interpolation of The Impressions song People Get Ready written by Mayfield As the main artist Bob Marley and his group were credited as Bob Marley and the Wailers It was not released as a single until 16 April 1984 to promote the forthcoming greatest hits album Legend However the single became one of his biggest hits and has been included on many of Marley and the Wailers subsequent compilation albums The original recording of the song does not credit Mayfield s song and is simply titled One Love this is because copyright law was not enforced for Jamaican recordings at this time The original song was published in the key of B major but it has since been transposed so it is in the key of C major Contents 1 Music videos 2 In popular culture 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Certifications 5 ReferencesMusic videos EditThe first music video was a posthumous release directed by Don Letts in 1984 to accompany the Bob Marley amp The Wailers compilation album Legend It stars young British Jamaican boy Jesse Lawrence in his home on the World s End Estate 1 and on the King s Road dancing at the head of a large crowd of punks locals and tourists as well as archival footage of Marley from the Is This Love music video It also features several cameo appearances including Paul McCartney two members of Bananarama Neville Staple of The Specials members of the reggae groups Aswad and Musical Youth Suggs and Chas Smash of Madness some of the short clips in this video are also in Madness video for their song The Return of the Los Palmas 7 The song was also released alongside the video and gave Marley a posthumous UK hit when it reached number 5 in May 1984 2 A second music video for One Love was produced by Marley s estate in 2014 with fans submitting video ideas through Tongal and then ultimately compiling a video of diverse contributors lip syncing and dancing to the song 3 In popular culture EditThis section appears to contain trivial minor or unrelated references to popular culture Please reorganize this content to explain the subject s impact on popular culture providing citations to reliable secondary sources rather than simply listing appearances Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2020 The song has been featured in Jamaica Tourist Board television advertisements since 1994 4 In 2007 Stephen Marley and Richard Branson re recorded the song in Jamaica to promote Branson s Virgin Airways flights to Jamaica 5 One Love is also the title of a romantic reggae film from 2003 starring Ky Mani Marley one of Marley s sons The song appears on the film Marley amp Me When the song is heard on the radio it inspires the character to name the dog Marley However according to the John Grogan book of the same name on which the film is based Grogan and his wife chose the name after hearing another Marley song Is This Love on the radio whilst deciding what to call the puppy 6 Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1984 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 7 24Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 8 4Europe European Hot 100 Singles 9 18Ireland IRMA 10 6Netherlands Dutch Top 40 11 2Netherlands Single Top 100 12 3New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 13 1UK Singles OCC 14 5 Year end charts Edit Chart 1984 PositionBelgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 15 41Netherlands Dutch Top 40 16 14Netherlands Single Top 100 17 18New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 18 3UK Singles OCC 19 61Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesItaly FIMI 20 Gold 25 000 New Zealand RMNZ 21 Gold 10 000 United Kingdom BPI 22 Platinum 600 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References Edit Worldsenders Worlds enders blogspot com 10 April 2010 Retrieved 20 July 2017 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Officialcharts com Retrieved 20 July 2017 Brown Harley 4 December 2014 Ben amp Jerry s and Tuff Gong Release First Video for One Love and a Bob Marley Inspired Ice Cream Billboard Retrieved 15 May 2015 One Love Archived from the original on 13 May 2011 Retrieved 5 May 2011 Article Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Grogan John 2006 Marley amp me life and love with the world s worst dog London Hodder amp Stoughton p 13 ISBN 0 340 92209 5 OCLC 141378706 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 St Ives NSW Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Bob Marley amp the Wailers One Love People Get Ready in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved 28 May 2018 European Hot 100 Singles Music amp Media Vol 1 no 8 21 May 1984 p 10 The Irish Charts Search Results Bob Marley amp the Wailers Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 13 January 2023 Nederlandse Top 40 week 25 1984 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 28 May 2018 Bob Marley amp the Wailers One Love People Get Ready in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 28 May 2018 Bob Marley amp the Wailers One Love People Get Ready Top 40 Singles Retrieved 28 May 2018 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 28 May 2018 Jaaroverzichten 1984 in Dutch Ultratop Retrieved 10 September 2021 Top 100 Jaaroverzicht van 1984 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 10 September 2021 Jaaroverzichten Single 1984 in Dutch MegaCharts Retrieved 10 September 2021 End of Year Charts 1984 Recorded Music NZ Retrieved 13 January 2023 Top 100 Singles Music Week 26 January 1985 p 37 Italian single certifications Bob Marley amp The Wailers One Love in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Retrieved 15 May 2020 Select 2019 in the Anno drop down menu Select One Love in the Filtra field Select Singoli under Sezione New Zealand single certifications Bob Marley One Love People Get Ready Recorded Music NZ Retrieved 16 May 2020 British single certifications Bob Marley amp The Wailers One Love People Get Ready British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 14 October 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title One Love Bob Marley and the Wailers song amp oldid 1164614455, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
