Bob Marley & the Wailers - Could you be loved (1980)

“Could You Be Loved” is a song by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released in 1980 on ...

“Could You Be Loved” is a song by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released in 1980 on their last album Uprising and is included on Bob Marley & The Wailers’ greatest-hits album Legend. It was written in 1979 on an aeroplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar.

In the middle of the song, background singers quote a verse from Bob Marley’s first single “Judge Not”: “The road of life is rocky; And you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you”.

Instruments used on the original record of this song are guitars, bass, drums, acoustic piano, the Hohner clavinet and an organ, as well as the Brazilian cuíca.