Is This Love (Bob Marley and the Wailers song)

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"Is This Love"
IsThisLove.jpg
Artwork for UK and Italian releases
Single by Bob Marley and the Wailers
from the album Kaya
B-side "Crisis"
Released3 February 1978 [1]
Genre Reggae
Length3:52
Label Tuff Gong, Island
Songwriter(s) Bob Marley
Bob Marley and the Wailers singles chronology
"Jamming" / "Punky Reggae Party"
(1977)
"Is This Love"
(1978)
"Blackman Redemption"
(1978)
Music video
"Is This Love" on YouTube

"Is This Love" is a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released on their 1978 album Kaya . The song became one of the best-known Marley songs and was part of the Legend compilation. It peaked at number 9 in the UK charts upon its release in 1978. A live rendition of the song can be found on the Babylon by Bus live album from Paris in 1978.

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Bob Marley's bed in Nine Mile, Jamaica, which was the inspiration for the lyric "We'll share the shelter of my single bed" in the song "Is This Love" Is-This-Love-Bed-Nine-Mile.JPG
Bob Marley's bed in Nine Mile, Jamaica, which was the inspiration for the lyric "We'll share the shelter of my single bed" in the song "Is This Love"

Music video

A music video was also produced, shot at the Keskidee Arts Centre in London; in the video, future supermodel Naomi Campbell, then seven years old, made her first appearance in the public eye. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Lvndscape and Bolier remix

"Is This Love"
Is This Love by Lvndscape and Bolier.jpg
Single by Bob Marley featuring Lvndscape and Bolier
Released10 June 2016 [6]
Genre Tropical house
Length3:20
Label Spinnin' Records
Songwriter(s) Bob Marley
Bob Marley singles chronology
"Stand Up Jamrock"
(2005)
"Is This Love"
(2016)
Lvndscape singles chronology
"Fed Up"
(2016)
"Is This Love"
(2016)
"Everyday My Life"
(2016)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [24] Gold30,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [25] Gold45,000
Germany (BVMI) [26] Gold250,000
Italy (FIMI) [27] Platinum50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [28] 5× Platinum150,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [29] Platinum60,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] Platinum600,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [31]
Remix
Gold400,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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