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“Is This Love?” by Bob Marley

“Is This Love?” by Bob Marley appears on 26 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1991 and 2024. Its best result is #142 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,003 alternative song of all time.

26countdowns
13stations
#142best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2024years charted

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Bob Marley - Is This Love (Official Music Video)

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Bob Marley and the Wailers laid down "Is This Love" for Kaya in 1978, and it finds Marley in no hurry at all, the groove rolling easy while the title hangs in the air as a warm, open question. Britain took to it right away, sending it to number 9 on the UK chart that year, and it went on to become one of his best-known songs, with a place on the Legend compilation.

The band carried it onto the road too: a Paris performance from 1978 turned up on the live album Babylon by Bus. The video, filmed at the Keskidee Arts Centre in London, comes with a footnote worth knowing, the first public appearance of a seven-year-old Naomi Campbell, long before she became a supermodel.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 522 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1994 447 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1995 376 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 264 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 142 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 428 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 369 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 247 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 323 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 348 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2004 326 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 243 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 811 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2009 202 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2014 427 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2018 756 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2020 664 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 455 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2023 1153 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 503 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

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