Song
Marcus Garvey
Lovers Rock
BPM
89
Key
B
4/4
Roots Manuva
ISRC: JMRC2002334
Plays
4.5K
Loves
1.7K
Released
2026
Story behind the song
Written in one sitting after a late-night studio session in Kingston. The bassline came first — Family Man laid down four bars and the whole song built itself around that groove. The lyrics took two more weeks of refinement before they felt right.
Writing
- Songwriter
- Burning Spear
- Co-writer
- Ronnie Burke
Production
- Producer
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
Performance
- Bass
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett
- Guitar
- Junior Marvin
- Lead vocals
- Burning Spear
- Backing vocals
- Junior Marvin
Engineering
- Mixed by
- Stephen Stanley
- Mastered by
- Errol "ET" Thompson
[Verse 1] City lights are burning bright tonight Bass line dropping heavy through the night Dance floor calling, hear them speakers cry Let the music take you, let your spirit fly [Pre-chorus] Feel it in your bones now Feel it taking over Don't you stop, don't you slow down [Chorus] Move your body to the rhythm Feel the riddim in your chest This is more than just a song This is what we love the best [Verse 2] From the islands to the city street Every culture sharing the same beat Music brings us close like family That's the magic, that's the harmony
Energy
32%
Danceability
86%
Positivity
61%
Acoustic
40%
Instrumental
11%
Live feel
22%
Speechy
14%
- ISRC
- JMRC2002334
- ISWC
- T-306.660.361-2
- UPC
- 0884385002970
- Catalog number
- TGR-2026-210
- Label
- Roots Manuva
- Publisher
- Sony/ATV
- Recording studio
- Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
- Recording date
- January 3, 2025
- ℗ line
- ℗ 2018 Roots Manuva
- © line
- © 2021 Sony/ATV
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