Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers song)

"Is This Love"
Single by Bob Marley & The Wailers
from the album Kaya
Released	1978
Recorded	1977-1978
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:52
Label	Tuff Gong Island
Writer(s)	Bob Marley
Bob Marley & The Wailers singles chronology
"Waiting in Vain" "Is This Love" (1977) "Satisfy My Soul"
Kaya track listing "Kaya" (5) "Is This Love" (6) "Sun Is Shining" (7)

"Is This Love" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released on his 1978 album Kaya. The song became one of the best known Marley songs and was part of the Legend compilation. It peaked at #9 in the UK charts upon its release in 1978.

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

A live rendition of the song can be found on the Babylon by Bus live album from Paris in 1978.

Music video

A music video was also produced; in the video supermodel Naomi Campbell, then 7 years old, made her first appearance in the public.

In popular culture

Curiously, the original multi-tracks of this song have been made available in collector's circles and on the internet.

• The song is played in the movies In the Name of the Father (1995) Six Days Seven Nights (1998) Lake Placid (1999) and 50 First Dates (2004).

• Rihanna sings the song in her concert released DVD. Good Girl Gone Bad Live

• Scott Matthews has the song as a bonus track on his album Elsewhere

• The song is also featured as the theme for the ending credits of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball as well as its sequel, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

• In 1980, it was covered by The Pat Travers Band on their Crash and Burn (Pat Travers Band album) LP.

• In 2003, it was covered by Three Plus, a reggae music group from Hawai'i. Sung by Karl Zinsman Jr., Three Plus' album "3+ 4 U" which featured the cover, won the 2003 Na Hoku Hanohano Award (Hawaii's equivalent to 'The Grammys') for Reggae Album of the Year. Their version is also featured on the 2010 compilation album Putamayo Presents: "Tribute To A Reggae Legend: Bob Marley".

• In 2006, it was covered by Karen Lane and Paul Malsom on their album 'Can't Help It', 33JAZZ141.

• In 2010, it was covered by Corinne Bailey Rae and released digitally as a single and on 2011's The Love E.P.. The Bailey Rae's version won Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at 54th Grammy Awards.

• In the book Marley and Me, author John Grogan says that he & his wife Jenny came up with Marley's name when, during an argument about what to name their dog, Jenny walked to the tape deck and pushed play, and the song started playing.

• A reference to the song is made in the lyrics "Just like the song on our radio set / We’ll share the shelter of my single bed" from James Blunt song "Stay the Night", the first single of the 2010 album "Some Kind of Trouble".

Awards and achievements
Preceded by –	Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance 2012	Succeeded by TBA