Three Little Birds

Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1977

Signature

A major · 11B 147.9 BPM 3:00 Deflate · peaks 2:07 Energy 3 of 5 Dark

key confidence high · relative F# minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 74.0 · low end 52% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate

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Lineage

Written byBob Marley source
Remixed byBob Marley & The Wailers, Three Little Birds source
Remixed byBob Marley & The Wailers, Three Little Birds (Stephen Marley and Jason Bentley remix)source
CoveredCedella Marley‐Booker with Taj Mahal source
CoveredDenison Witmer source
CoveredElizabeth Mitchell source
CoveredGilberto Gil source
CoveredJimmy & the Parrots source
CoveredKacey Musgraves source
Sampled byMAGIC!, Rude source
CoveredMonty Alexander source
CoveredPearl Jam source
CoveredSean Paul & Ziggy Marley source
CoveredThe Black Crowes source
CoveredThe Postmarks source
CoveredTracy Chapman source

Why it is here

The song's lyrics were inspired by the singing trio I Threes, who Marley began calling his 'Three Little Birds' after shows. source
It appears on Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1977 album Exodus. source

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