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Facts[]

Original version[]

  • Compo
  • by: Bob Marley
  • Lyrics by: Bob Marley
  • Produced by: The Wailers
  • Year: 1967
  • Length: 3:08
  • Musical key: B flat major
  • Recorded at: West Indies Studio, KingstonJamaica
  • Released on following albums:
  • Released on following compilations: African Herbsman (1972), Songs Of Freedom (1992), Africa Unite: The Singles Collection (Bonus Disc Edition, 2005)
  • Lineup:
    • Bob Marley, vocals
    • Peter Tosh, harmony vocals
    • Bunny Wailer, harmony vocals
    • Jackie Jackson, bass
    • Hugh Malcolm, drums
    • Lyn Taitt, guitar
    • Winston Wright, piano
    • "Ranny", guitar
  • Period of performances: 1967 - 1971

1972 version[]

  • Composed by: Bob Marley
  • Lyrics by: Bob Marley
  • Produced by: Chris Blackwell, Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Year: 1972
  • Length: 5:32 (originally 3:37)
  • Musical key: A major
  • Recorded at: Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Overdubbed at: Island Studios, London, UK
  • Released on following albums: Catch A Fire (1973; Deluxe Edition 2001), Babylon By Bus (live, 1978)
  • Released on following compilations: Legend (1984), One Love: The Very Best Of (2001), Gold (2005)
  • Lineup:
  • Overdubs by:
    • Wayne Perkins, lead guitar
  • Period of performances: 1973 - 1975, 1979

1972 Nash cover version[]

1975 Swedish cover version[]

1999 jazz remix version[]

Live performances[]

Rehearsal performances[]

Trivia[]

  • the lyrics are easely interpreted as talking about the joys of sex
  • one of the more known songs of Bob Marley, esp. after its release as a live-single from the Babylon By Bus album

Translations[]

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