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Facts[]

Original version[]

  • Composed by: Bob Marley
  • Lyrics by: Bob Marley
  • Produced by: Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Year: recorded in August/September 1975, released 1976
  • Length: 3:48
  • Musical key: F sharp minor/A major
  • Recorded at: Harry J. Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Mixed at: Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (USA) by Aston "Familyman" Barrett and Chris Blackwell
  • Released on following albums: Rastaman Vibration (1976)
  • Released on following compilations: Songs Of Freedom (2001)
  • Lineup:
  • Period of performances: 1976

Alternate mix[]

  • same info as the original version, only 3:40 min long and some different mixing
  • released on Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition, 2002)

1999 remixed version[]

  • remixed and overdubbed for the Chant Down Babylon album
  • additional lineup:
    • Guru, DJ vocal
    • Damian Marley, drum program
    • M. Morgan, drum program
    • D. Cole, drum program
    • F. Lyfook, bass synth

Live performances[]

Rehearsal performances[]

Trivia[]

  • the song was credited to Rita Marley.
  • it is said this song was about Trevor Wilson, the younger brother of Delroy Wilson.
  • Bunny Wailer did a re-cut of this song in 1977, entitled Johnny Too Bad.

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