2009 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Could you be loved (1980)

 

Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1980 e lançada em 16 de maio de 1980, no compacto que tinha One drop como Lado B. Sairia também no disco Uprising, o último disco de Bob Marley em vida, em 10 de junho de 1980. Foi produzida por Bob Marley e Chris Blackwell. Foi escrita em 1979 em um avião. É citada uma frase do primeiro disco de Bob, na canção Judge not: “The road of life is rocky; And you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you". Os instrumentos usados foram guitarra, baixo, bateria, piano acústico, Clavinet Hohner e uma cuíca brasileira. Chegou ao número 5 no Reino Unido, número 2 na Holanda, Nova Zelandia e Suíça. Número 3 na Bélgica e Irlanda. Número 6 na Itália e na Espanha. Número 10 na França e na Noruega. Número 11 na Suécia e número 13 na Alemanha. Número 95 na Austrália. Foi regravada por Joe Cocker, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Could you be loved and be loved?
Could you be loved and be loved?

Don't let them fool ya
Or even try to school ya! Oh, no!

We've got a mind of our own
So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!
Love would never leave us alone
Ay, in the darkness there must come out the light

Could you be loved and be loved?
Could you be loved, wo now, and be loved?

Love your brotherman
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
(Could you be, could you be loved?)
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
(Could you be, could you be loved?)

Don't let them change ya, oh

Or even rearrange ya

Oh, no
We've got a life to live
They say, "Only, only
Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive"
Stay alive, eh

Could you be loved and be loved?
Could you be loved, wo now, and be loved?

Say something (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
(Could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something, say something
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something (Could you be, could you be loved?)

Say something, say something (Say something)
Say something, say something (Could you be loved?)
Say something, say something (Reggae, reggae)
Say something (Rockers, rockers)
Say something (Reggae, reggae)
Say something (Rockers, rockers)
Say something (Could you be loved?)
Say something, uh
Say something, come on

Say something (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something (Could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
Say something (Could you be, could you be loved?)

A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:

 

A versão de Ziggy Marley:

 

A versão de Joe Cocker: