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Facts[]

Original version[]

  • Composed by: Bob Marley
  • Lyrics by: Bob Marley
  • Produced by: Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Year: recorded September 1975, released 1976
  • Length: 2:50
  • Musical key: C minor (live B minor)
  • 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), Babylon By Bus (live, 1978), Live At The Roxy (live, 2003)
  • Released on following compilations: Rebel Music (1986) Songs Of Freedom (1992)
  • Lineup:
  • Period of performances: 1976 - 1979

Pre-release version[]

  • a very different version with alternate lyrics, without harmony vocals and horns
  • no post-mixing in Miami
  • released on Jamaican 7" single (1975 or 1976)
  • unreleased on cd
  • Lenght: 3:27
  • Lineup:

Part II (instrumental version)[]

  • an instrumental of the pre-release version without horns, but shorter (3:12 min)
  • released as B-side of both Jamaican 7" singles

Live performances[]

Rehearsal performances[]

Trivia[]

  • credits were given to his wife Rita

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