Turn Your Lights Down Low

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"Turn Your Lights Down Low"
Single by Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill
from the album Chant Down Babylon
Released	12 October 1999 (1999-10-12)
Length	4:04
Label	Columbia
Songwriter	Bob Marley
Producer	Stephen Marley
Bob Marley singles chronology
"Sun Is Shining" (1999) "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (1999) "Rainbow Country" (2000)
Lauryn Hill singles chronology
"Everything Is Everything" (1999) "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (1999) "Lose Myself" (2007)
Audio
"Turn Your Lights Down Low" on YouTube

A cover/remixed version was released in October 1999, with original artist Bob Marley featuring American singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill. Hill contributes her vocals to the song as well as a rap verse. The single is taken from the compilation album Chant Down Babylon (1999), which features remixes and covers of Bob Marley songs by various modern day soul, hip-hop and rock artists. This duet became a hit in late 1999 and early 2000, reaching number one in New Zealand and Romania for two weeks.^[3][4] The song also reached the top 10 in the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.^[5] In France, where it peaked at number 14, it received a Gold certification for sales exceeding 250,000 copies.^[6][7]

An accompanying music video to the Lauryn Hill and Bob Marley remix was directed by Francis Lawrence and released in 1999. The video takes place in Jamaica and opens with a group of Jamaican kids playing soccer. Following this, are a series of panning shots showing night life in Jamaica, and scenes where Hill is singing in a recording studio. In other scenes, Hill is shown dancing at a party with former boyfriend Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley.

All songs are performed by Lauryn Hill except "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (Hill and Bob Marley), "To Zion" (Hill and Carlos Santana), and the original version of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (Bob Marley and the Wailers).

Australian CD single^[8]

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (album version) – 4:02
2. "The Sweetest Thing" – 4:49
3. "Ex-Factor" (A Simple Breakdown) – 4:10

UK CD1^[9]

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" – 4:02
2. "Forgive Them Father" – 4:29
3. "To Zion" – 4:33

UK CD2^[10]

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" – 4:02
2. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (original version) – 3:38
3. "Superstar" – 4:57

UK cassette single and European CD1^[11][12]

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (album version) – 4:02
2. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (original version) – 3:38

European CD2^[13]

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (album version) – 4:02
2. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (original version) – 3:38
3. "Forgive Them Father" – 4:29
4. "To Zion" – 4:33

Japanese CD single^[14]

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low"
2. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (original version)
3. "Everything Is Everything"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[7]	Gold	250,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41]	3× Platinum	90,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[42]	Gold	15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[43]	Silver	200,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	12 October 1999	Rhythmic contemporary radio	Columbia	[44]
	19 October 1999	Urban adult contemporary urban radio		[45]
Europe	15 November 1999	CD		[20]
Japan	20 November 1999		SME	[46]
United Kingdom	29 November 1999	CD cassette	Columbia	[47]