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"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song was recorded in 1974 and released on the studio album Natty Dread. [2]The live recording of this song from the 1975 album Live! was released as a single and is the best-known version; it was later included on several compilation albums, including the greatest hits compilation Legend.
The song has been performed by artists as diverse as Boney M. (sung by Liz Mitchell), The Fugees, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Buffett, Rancid and Gilberto Gil. Songwriting credit for "No Woman, No Cry" went to V. Ford. Vincent Ford, better known as "Tartar" to his friends and neighbors, had been a kind friend of Marley as a child in Trenchtown.
Redemption Song. " Redemption Song " is a song by Jamaican singer Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers ' twelfth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. [ 3] The song is considered one of Marley's greatest works. Some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist ...
— Bob Marley and the Wailers, “No Woman, No Cry” “But we won’t worry, we won’t shed no tears / We found a way to cast away the fears.” — Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Forever ...
Commercial performance. Rastaman Vibration was a great success in the US, becoming the first Bob Marley release to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart (peaking at number eight), in addition to releasing Marley's most popular US single "Roots, Rock, Reggae", the only Marley single to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 51.
Satisfy My Soul (song) " Satisfy My Soul " is a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, it was originally recorded in 1970 as "Don't Rock My Boat" before being re-recorded in 1977 and then released in 1978 as a single for their album Kaya being released that year. It peaked at number 21 in the UK charts upon its release.
Songs of Freedom is a four-disc box set containing music by Bob Marley and the Wailers, from Marley's first song "Judge Not", recorded in 1961, to a live version of "Redemption Song", recorded in 1980 at his last concert. The song "Iron Lion Zion" was first released on this compilation, in what is often considered the original mix (although the ...
In 1975, he had his first own hit outside Jamaica with "No Woman, No Cry", from the Live! album. His subsequent albums, including Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Survival and the last album released during his lifetime, Uprising, were big international sellers. Between 1991 and 2007 Bob Marley and the Wailers sold in excess of 21 million records.