{"id":18874,"date":"2026-07-21T01:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/?p=18874"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:03:39","slug":"morning-song-bob-marley-could-you-be-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roglacup.com\/klaus62\/2026\/07\/21\/morning-song-bob-marley-could-you-be-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning song# Bob Marley # Could You Be Loved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cCould You Be Loved,\u201d released as the first single from Bob Marley & The Wailers\u2019 12th studio album Uprising<\/em> in 1980, has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify as of September 19, 2024. This milestone marks Marley\u2019s second song to cross the billion-stream threshold, following \u201cThree Little Birds,\u201d which reached the milestone in July<\/a>. Bob Marley & The Wailers are now the first reggae act with two solo songs surpassing 1 billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCould You Be Loved,\u201d which garners 600,000 streams daily worldwide, was written by Bob Marley during a flight while The Wailers experimented with a guitar riff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song\u2019s release came just four months before Bob Marley\u2019s historic performance at Madison Square Garden (MSG) on September 19, 1980. Industry insider Copeland Forbes, who worked with Jamaican legends like Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, vividly recalls this period and the impact of \u201cCould You Be Loved,\u201d a track that elevated Marley\u2019s career in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, I was around, but I was on the road with Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh when the song was recorded up at 56 Hope Road, where the Tuff Gong studio was before relocating to Marcus Garvey Drive,\u201d Forbes recalls. This period was pivotal for Marley, especially after the mixed reception of the 1979 Survival<\/em> album in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite performing multiple shows at Harlem\u2019s Apollo Theatre in 1979, Survival<\/em> was deemed \u201ctoo heavy\u201d for American audiences, Forbes notes. This contrasted with Exodus<\/em>, which was seen as more suitable for the U.S. market. Exodus<\/em> also faced setbacks due to Marley\u2019s health issues from an injured toe, which led to his eventual battle with cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1980, as Marley sought to break into the U.S. market, his new manager made a strategic deal. Forbes explains:  \u201cBob wanted to break in the U.S. in 1980 when he broke all attendance records in Europe that year, drawing over 110,000 fans at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. When he came into the U.S., his new manager, Danny Sims<\/a>, struck a deal with Frankie Crocker of WBLS FM radio in NY to give Bob one month of continuous airplay of the single \u2018Could You Be Loved.\u2019 Bob would open for the Commodores at MSG on Sept 19 & 20, 1980, for a small stipend to cover the band\u2019s expenses, with no funds going into Bob\u2019s pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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