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| name     = Burn One Down
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| type     = [[Song]]
| artist   = [[Ben Harper]]
| album    = [[Fight for Your Mind]]
| released = August 1, 1995
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| genre    = [[Alternative rock]]
| length   = 3:31
| label    = [[Virgin Records]]
| writer   = Ben Harper
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"'''Burn One Down'''" is a song written and performed by [[Ben Harper]] as the sixth track on his 1995 album ''[[Fight for Your Mind]]''. The song has been called a "[[James Taylor|James-Taylor]]-meets-[[Bob Marley|Bob-Marley]] moment" for Harper,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=jenkins |first1=sacha |year=1995 |title=ben harper fight for your mind |journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|vibe]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=ben+harper+burn+one+down+album&pg=PA142 }}</ref> and the song is a pro-[[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] [[anthem]].<ref>{{cite book |title=All music guide: the definitive guide to popular music |last=Goble |first=Ryan |year=2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=0-87930-627-0 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xR7MdpuSlAEC&q=All+music+guide:+the+definitive+guide+to+popular+music |access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-TkzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6761,6198756&dq=ben+harper+burn+to+shine&hl=en|title=Ben Harper gives top-notch performance|publisher=[[The Spokesman Review]]|first=Nathaniel|last=Eng|date=1999-10-17|access-date=2011-05-08}}</ref> It remains one of Harper's most performed songs live.
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