Turn Your Lights Down Low

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"Turn Your Lights Down Low"
Song by Bob Marley and the Wailers
from the album Exodus
Recorded1977
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s) Bob Marley
Producer(s) Bob Marley and the Wailers
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"Turn Your Lights Down Low" is a song by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers from their 1977 album, Exodus . It is the only song on side B of the album that was not released as a single. However, a remastered version featuring Lauryn Hill (credited as Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill) was released in 1999. The duet was commercially successful, peaking at number one on the UK R&B Chart while topping the charts in New Zealand and Romania. It received a nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 43rd Grammy Awards. [1] [2]

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Duet version

"Turn Your Lights Down Low"
Single by Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill
from the album Chant Down Babylon
Released12 October 1999 (1999-10-12)
Length4:04
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Bob Marley
Producer(s) Stephen Marley
Bob Marley singles chronology
"Sun Is Shining"
(1999)		"Turn Your Lights Down Low"
(1999)		"Rainbow Country"
(2000)
Lauryn Hill singles chronology
"Everything Is Everything"
(1999)		"Turn Your Lights Down Low"
(1999)		"Lose Myself"
(2007)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [7] Gold250,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [41] Platinum10,000*
Sweden (GLF) [42] Gold15,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States12 October 1999 Rhythmic contemporary radio Columbia [43]
19 October 1999 [44]
Europe15 November 1999CD [20]
Japan20 November 1999 SME [45]
United Kingdom29 November 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
Columbia [46]

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