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" 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. [3] . The song is considered one of Marley's greatest works.
Oct 15, 2021 · Bob Marley essentially had that opportunity with “Redemption Song,” the last song on his final album with The Wailers, Uprising, in 1980. He died on May 11, 1981 at age 36 from complications ...
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The idea that songs can bring redemption has echoed down the centuries. The wretch that was saved in “Amazing Grace” was rescued from Hell by a song – “how sweet the sound.” The appalling crime he’d committed was the same crime that afflicted Bob Marley in his “Redemption Song”: the writer of “Amazing Grace” was a slaver; Bob Marley was a descendan...
“Redemption Song” was a serious composition because Bob knew his time on Earth was severely limited when he wrote it. In the summer of 1977, Bob had been diagnosed with a malignant melanoma under a toenail. He had decided not to have the toe amputated, as doctors had suggested. Bob carried on touring, writing, and recording, but within two years he...
The song took in Marley’s own feelings about his onrushing sad demise, slavery, and its impact on the minds of its descendants, religion and destiny (“We’ve got to fulfill the book”), but did not forget to address his fans. Fear not, the song said. Your existence is not defined by the world powers, by destructiveness, by evil; your purpose is not d...
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Bob Marley & Chris Blackwell. “Redemption Song” is the final track on Bob Marley & the Wailers' ninth and final album made when Marley was alive, Uprising. Unlike most of Marley’s works ...
This song drew from the works of the civil-rights campaigner Marcus Garvey, who in a 1937 speech said: "We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind." This can be heard in Marley's lyric: Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.
Jun 28, 2024 · Bob Marley’s iconic song, “Redemption Song,” holds a deep and powerful meaning that resonates with listeners across the globe. Released in 1980, this masterpiece is an anthem of freedom, justice, and the emancipation of the human spirit.
Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” Official VideoThe Redemption Song video was created by French artists Octave Marsal & Theo De Gueltzl.
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