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“Could You Be Loved” by Bob Marley

Released 1990

“Could You Be Loved” by Bob Marley appears on 39 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #53 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #891 alternative song of all time.

39countdowns
17stations
#53best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2026years charted

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Bob Marley wrote "Could You Be Loved" in 1979 on a plane, while the Wailers were messing around on guitar, and it came out on Island in 1980 as the first single from Uprising, the twelfth album by Bob Marley and the Wailers and their last. Marley and the band produced it with Chris Blackwell.

It's reggae with a disco pulse, built from guitars, bass and drums, acoustic piano, Hohner Clavinet, organ and a Brazilian cuíca, and halfway through the backing singers borrow a verse from "Judge Not", Marley's first single. Europe went for it, putting it in the top 10 in the UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands and five other countries, and it later found a place on the 1984 hits collection Legend. Rolling Stone ranked it 363rd on its 2021 list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 314 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 171 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 1457 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1457 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1461 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 233 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 248 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1459 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1011 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1445 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 396 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1445 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 298 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 313 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1440 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 293 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 88 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 280 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 178 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 1230 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 305 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1129 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1113 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 350 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 1103 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1141 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1174 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1200 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 379 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2020 922 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 422 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 304 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 1337 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 428 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 514 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 712 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2025 503 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 53 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 843 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

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