Artist	Song
Eric Clapton	I Shot the Sheriff
from Timepieces - The Best of Eric Clapton (1983)
Annie Lennox	Waiting In Vain
from Medusa (1994)
Fugees	No Woman, No Cry
from The Fugees: Greatest Hits (2003)
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer	Redemption Song
from Unearthed (2010)
The Specials	Concrete Jungle
from The Specials (2002)
Sinéad O'Connor	War
from Throw Down Your Arms (2005)
Ub40	Soul Rebel
from Labour of Love III (1998)
Sublime	Jailhouse
from Gold (Remastered) (2005)
Paul Carrack	Satisfy My Soul
from Satisfy My Soul (2000)
Unknown	Three Little Birds
from Hippity Hop (2006)
Slightly Stoopid	Sun Is Shining
from Live & Direct - Acoustic Roots (2004)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	Simmer Down
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (2005)
Barbra Streisand	Guava Jelly
from Butterfly (1986)
Stevie Wonder	Redemption Song
from The Complete Stevie Wonder (2005)
Beenie Man & Luciano	Crazy Baldhead
from Reggae Gold 1995 (1995)
Eliane Elias	Jammin'
from Around the City (2006)
Stiff Little Fingers	Johnny Was
from Inflammable Material (2006)
¡Cubanismo!	Could You Be Loved
from The Very Best of ¡Cubanismo! ¡Mucho Gusto! (2006)
Luka Bloom	Natural Mystic
from Keeper of the Flame (2008)
Delbert McClinton	Stir It Up
from The Great Songs / Come Together (1995)
Groove da Praia	Is This Love
from Bossa N Marley (Bonus Version) (2006)
Delfeayo Marsalis	No More Trouble
from Concrete Jungle: The Music of Bob Marley (2006)
Rosie Gaines	Closer Than Close
from Closer Than Close (2002)
Medeski, Martin & Wood	Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself
from Last Chance to Dance Trance (2006)
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha	Exodus
from Re-Covers (2006)

Comment:

Our sampling of Bob Marley cover tracks spans the gulf between reinvention and re-creation. Eric Clapton’s note-perfect reproduction of “I Shot the Sheriff” was, quite literally, the shot heard ’round the world: Not only did it provide Slowhand with his first #1 hit, but it also rocketed Marley into the rock mainstream. The Fugees relocate “No Woman, No Cry” from Trenchtown to Brooklyn, stripping its reggae rhythm and dropping a dose of hip-hop. And Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer, their craggy voices supporting each other like crossbeams in a weathered, old barn, take “Redemption Song” in a raw, folky direction; meanwhile, Stevie Wonder plays it as a stately anthem, injecting the vocal with a church-on-Sunday fever. But don’t stop exploring here; bands from the Specials to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have drunk deeply from Marley’s musical wellspring.

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