Redemption Song

"Redemption Song" is a song by Jamaican singer Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers' twelfth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. The song is considered one of Marley's greatest works. Some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey titled "The Work That Has Been Done", which Marley publicly recited as early as July 1979 during his appearance at the Amandla Festival.

"Redemption Song"
Single by Bob Marley and the Wailers
from the album Uprising
B-side
ReleasedJune 1980
Length3:49
LabelIsland/Tuff Gong
Songwriter(s)Bob Marley
Producer(s)Bob Marley, Chris Blackwell
Bob Marley and the Wailers singles chronology
"Could You Be Loved"
(1980)
"Redemption Song"
(1980)
"Three Little Birds"
(1980)
Music video
"Redemption Song" on YouTube

Unlike most of Bob Marley's other tracks, it is strictly a solo acoustic recording, consisting of his singing and playing an acoustic guitar, without accompaniment. The song is in the key of G major.

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