Paramount’s Bob Marley biopic One Love has landed in cinemas, recounting the life and career of the King of Reggae and, unsurprisingly, the film boasts a brilliant soundtrack.

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Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders) stars as Marley, while Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die, Captain Marvel) takes on the role of his wife Rita and James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) portrays Island Records boss Chris Blackwell.

The film has the full backing of Marley's estate, so director Reinaldo Marcus Green had the superstar's entire discography to choose from.

So, which of the great artist’s songs are included in Bob Marley: One Love? Read on for the full soundtrack.

Who sings in Bob Marley: One Love?

Actor Ben-Adir performed the songs on set during the shooting of the film, but the movie's final edit consists of the original Marley recordings.

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You can find the full list of tracks that did make the cut below.

How many of Bob Marley’s songs feature in One Love?

A total of 17 of his songs are included in the film.

Of course, given the volume of recordings Marley made during his tragically short life, you might wonder if Green had a tough task narrowing down which songs to use, but the director explained during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com that it was actually a rather easy process – due to the restrictions he imposed on himself.

"I knew we were never doing a cradle-to-grave story," he said. "It's just not what I was interested in – I wasn't interested in making a traditional musical biopic. So for us, it was choosing the right window of time to focus on.

"And then once we had cracked the structure of the script, then I knew that the songs would naturally line up. You know, '76 to '78. What did he create during that time? And so it became a lot easier to choose based on the real estate that we had to play with."

However Green did confess this meant he had to neglect the chance to use some of his most-treasured Marley tracks in the film.

"Some of my favourite songs aren't even in it," he revealed. "It's just the nature of it, they were created before or created after, but we got a lot of really good ones in there.

"And hopefully people will lean in more and go listen to his music for days and weeks and months and years afterward!"

Bob Marley: One Love movie soundtrack

A still from the film in Bob Marley: One Love showing Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley. They are sitting on a sofa laughing and he has a guitar on his lap.
Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love. Paramount

You can find the full list of songs featured in the film below – all performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers, although some of star Kingsley Ben-Adir's own vocals can also be heard during some tracks.

  • Get Up, Stand Up
  • Roots, Rock, Reggae
  • I Shot the Sheriff
  • No More Trouble
  • War/No More Trouble
  • So Jah S'eh
  • Natural Mystic
  • Turn Your Lights Down Low
  • Exodus
  • Jamming
  • Concrete Jungle
  • No Woman, No Cry (live)
  • Three Little Birds
  • Redemption Song
  • One Love/People Get Ready
  • Is This Love
  • Rastaman Chant

Bob Marley: One Love is now showing in UK cinemas. Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on tonight.

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