One Love (Bob Marley song)
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"One Love" is a reggae/Rhythm and blues song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. It has also been included many of their compilation albums. It is a classic, well known reggae song which expressed Marley's views on Global Unity. It has become one of the most influential and best known reggae songs ever.[citation needed] The song contains an interpolation of The Impressions' song "People Get Ready" written by Curtis Mayfield. Marley's hybrid version is titled, "One Love / People Get Ready," and it gives co-authorship credits to both Marley and Mayfield.
A posthumous music video was created for the song in 1984 to accompany the Bob Marley "Legend" compilation album. It combines footage of a British boy, Jesse Lawrence, in London and archival footage of Marley. It also features several cameo appearances including one by Paul McCartney. The song was also released alongside the video and gave Marley a posthumous UK hit single when it reached number 5 in June.
The song has been used in television commercials promoting Jamaican tourism. In 2007, Stephen Marley and Richard Branson re-recorded the song in Jamaica to promote Branson's Virgin Airways flights to Jamaica.[1]
One Love is also the title of a romantic reggae movie from 2003, starring one of Marley's sons.
