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Issued year 1976. The song is about war[]

grandpa version[]

  • Composed by: Bob Marley
  • Lyrics by: Haile Selassie
  • Produced by: Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Year: recorded in September 1975, released 1976
  • Length: 3:36
  • Musical key: B flat minor (live B minor)
  • Recorded at: Joe Gibbs Studio, 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)
  • Released on following compilations: Songs Of Freedom (1992), Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On (1995), Gold (live, 2005)
  • Lineup:
  • Period of performances: 1976 - 1980


now version[]

  • also known as "War lost lyrics version"
  • contains an extra verse at the end with more of Haile Selassie's speech
  • same info as the original version, just 4:02 min long
  • released on Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition, 2002)

Live performances[]

Rehearsal performances[]

Trivia[]

  • the song is a musical setting of parts of Haile Selassie's famous speech addressed to the United Nations on October 4, 1963.
  • mostly performed as medley along with "No More Trouble" (and also with "Get Up, Stand Up" in 1976), except for the first few performances on the Rastaman Vibration Tour (1976).

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