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{{short description|1965 song by The Wailers}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = One Love
| type          = song
| artist        = [[the Wailers]]
| album         = [[The Wailing Wailers]]
| released      = 1965
| recorded      = 1965
| studio        = Jamaica (Brentford Road, [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]])
| genre         = [[Ska]], [[rocksteady]]
| length        = {{Duration|m=3|s=20}}
| label         = [[Studio One (record label)|Studio One]]
| writer        = *[[Bob Marley]]
*[[Curtis Mayfield]] (uncredited)
| producer      = [[Coxsone Dodd|Clement Dodd]]
| misc          =
}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = One Love / People Get Ready
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
| album         = [[Exodus (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)|Exodus]]
| B-side        = "[[So Much Trouble in the World]]"
| released      = 16 April 1984
| recorded      = 1977
| genre         = [[Roots reggae]]
| length        = {{Duration|m=2|s=54}}
| label         = [[Island Records|Island]]
| writer        = *[[Bob Marley]]
*[[Curtis Mayfield]]
| producer      = Bob Marley and the Wailers
| prev_title    = [[Buffalo Soldier (song)|Buffalo Soldier]]
| prev_year     = 1983
| next_title    = [[Iron Lion Zion]]
| next_year     = 1992
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|IN0KkGeEURw|"One Love/People Get Ready"}}| type = single| header = Official Music Video}}
}}
"'''One Love'''" is a [[ska]] song written by [[Bob Marley]] and recorded by his group [[the Wailers]] from their 1965 debut studio album ''[[The Wailing Wailers]]''. It was rerecorded as part of the 1970 medley "All in One", which contained reggae reworkings of their early ska songs. This was released as a single and is also included on the compilation ''[[African Herbsman]]'' under the name "All in One".
The famous version of "One Love" that appears on their album ''[[Exodus (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)|Exodus]]'' was recorded in 1977 for [[Island Records]] under the title of "'''One Love/People Get Ready'''". This version credits [[Curtis Mayfield]] (as [[Island Records]] wanted to avoid copyright problems), and it gives co-authorship credits to both Marley and Mayfield as it contains an interpolation of [[the Impressions]]' song "[[People Get Ready]]", written by Mayfield. As the main artist, Marley and his group were credited as Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was not released as a single until 16 April 1984, to promote the forthcoming greatest hits album ''[[Legend (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)|Legend]]''. However, the single became one of his biggest hits and has been included on many of Marley and the Wailers subsequent compilation albums. The original recording of the song does not credit Mayfield's song and is simply titled "One Love"; this is because copyright law was not enforced for Jamaican recordings at this time. The original song was published in the key of B♭ major, but it has since been transposed so it is in the key of C major.
In 2007, the 1965 recording of "One Love" was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#o {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
==Music videos==
The first [[music video]] was a posthumous release directed by [[Don Letts]] in 1984 to accompany the Bob Marley and the Wailers compilation album, ''[[Legend (Bob Marley and the Wailers album)|Legend]]''. It stars a young British-Jamaican boy, Jesse Lawrence, in his home on the World's End Estate,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worlds-enders.blogspot.com/ |title=Worldsenders |website=Worlds-enders.blogspot.com |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref> and on the [[King's Road]] dancing at the head of a large crowd of punks, locals and tourists as well as archival footage of Marley (from the "Is This Love" music video). It also features several cameo appearances including [[Paul McCartney]], two members of [[Bananarama]], [[Neville Staple]] of [[The Specials]], members of the reggae groups [[Aswad (band)|Aswad]] and [[Musical Youth]], [[Suggs (singer)|Suggs]] and [[Chas Smash]] of [[Madness (band)|Madness]]; some of the short clips in this video are also in Madness' video for their song "[[The Return of the Los Palmas 7]]". The song was also released alongside the video and gave Marley a posthumous UK hit when it reached number 5 in May 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19840513/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 &#124; Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref>
A second music video for "One Love" was produced by [[Tuff Gong|Marley's estate]] in 2014, with fans submitting video ideas through [[Tongal]] and then ultimately compiling a video of diverse contributors lip-syncing and dancing to the song.<ref name="fjmbenjerry">
{{cite news
| title       =Ben & Jerry's and Tuff Gong Release First Video for 'One Love' and a Bob Marley-Inspired Ice Cream
| first       =Harley
| last        =Brown
| url         =http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6363456/ben-jerrys-and-tuff-gong-release-first-video-for-one-love-and-a-bob-marley
|newspaper   =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| date        =4 December 2014
| access-date  = 15 May 2015
}}</ref>
==In popular culture==
{{in popular culture|section|date=July 2020}}
*The song has been featured in [[Jamaica]] Tourist Board [[television advertisement]]s since 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jtbonline.org/JTB/Pages/OneLove.aspx |title=One Love |access-date=5 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513094720/http://www.jtbonline.org/JTB/Pages/OneLove.aspx |archive-date=13 May 2011 }}</ref> In 2007, [[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]] and [[Richard Branson]] re-recorded the song in Jamaica to promote Branson's [[Virgin Atlantic|Virgin Airways]] flights to Jamaica.<ref>[http://www.melodymakers.de/forum/showthread.php?t=6956 Article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202131946/http://www.melodymakers.de/forum/showthread.php?t=6956 |date=2 February 2009 }}</ref>
*''One Love'' is also the title of [[One Love (2003 film)|a romantic reggae film from 2003]], starring Ky-Mani Marley, one of Marley's sons.
*The song appears on the film ''[[Marley & Me (film)|Marley & Me]]''. When the song is heard on the radio, it inspires the character to name the dog ''Marley''. However, according to the [[John Grogan]] [[Marley & Me|book of the same name]] on which the film is based, Grogan and his wife chose the name after hearing another Marley song, "[[Is This Love (Bob Marley and the Wailers song)|Is This Love]]", on the radio whilst deciding what to call the puppy.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog|last=Grogan|first=John|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|year=2006|isbn=0-340-92209-5|location=London|pages=13|oclc=141378706}}</ref>
*A dramatization of Bob Marley's life, titled ''[[Bob Marley: One Love]]'', was released in 2024.
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 24
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|4|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|song=One Love / People Get Ready|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}}
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=1|issue=8|page=10|date=21 May 1984}}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|6|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|rowheader=true|access-date=13 January 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1984|week=25|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|song=One Love / People Get Ready|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Bob Marley & the Wailers|song=One Love / People Get Ready|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|5|date=19840519|rowheader=true|access-date=28 May 2018}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1984|title=Jaaroverzichten 1984|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 41
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1984|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1984|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 14
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1984&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1984|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
| 18
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1984-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1984|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
| 3
|-
! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=37|date=26 January 1985}}</ref>
| 61
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=One Love/People Get Ready|artist=Bob Marley|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1977|certyear=2024|access-date=June 10, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Bob Marley & The Wailers|title=One Love|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2019|access-date=15 May 2020|id=6669}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Bob Marley|title=One Love – People Get Ready|award=Gold|relyear=1977|certyear=1984|id=1984-11-02|source=newchart|access-date=2024-12-03}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2024|artist=Bob Marley|title=One Love / People Get Ready|accessdate=March 4, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bob Marley & The Wailers|title=One Love/People Get Ready|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|id=14332-1030-1|access-date=14 October 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==References==
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