Chant Down Babylon

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{{Infobox album

| name = Chant Down Babylon

| type = Remix album

| artist = Bob Marley & The Wailers

| cover = MarleyChantDownBabylon.jpg

| alt =

| released = 16 November 1999

| recorded = 1973–99

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Reggae fusion|hip hop}}

| length = 51:06

| label = {{hlist|Tuff Gong|Island}}

| producer = Stephen Marley

| prev_title = The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972

| prev_year = 1997–2002

| next_title = One Love

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Chant Down Babylon

| type = Remix album

| single1 = Turn Your Lights Down Low

| single1date = 1999

| single2 = Jamming

| single2date = 2000

}}

}}

Chant Down Babylon is a remix album by various hip hop and rock artists covering songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in 1999, produced by Stephen Marley.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/chant-down-babylon-r431188/review Allmusic review]

The remixed version of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" with Lauryn Hill was released as a single. The music video for the song directed by Francis Lawrence features Hill and her partner Rohan Marley, one of Bob's sons.

Track listing

{{Tracklist

| headline =

| extra_column = Featured Artist

| extra1 = Erykah Badu

| title1 = No More Trouble

| length1 = 4:51

| extra2 = Krayzie Bone

| title2 = Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)

| length2 = 3:29

| extra3 = Guru

| title3 = Johnny Was

| length3 = 4:19

| extra4 = Rakim

| title4 = Concrete Jungle

| length4 = 4:12

| extra5 = Busta Rhymes & Flipmode Squad

| title5 = Rastaman Chant

| length5 = 4:18

| extra6 = Lost Boyz & Mr. Cheeks

| title6 = Guiltiness

| length6 = 3:53

| extra7 = Lauryn Hill

| title7 = Turn Your Lights Down Low

| length7 = 5:46

| extra8 = MC Lyte

| title8 = Jammin{{'-}}

| length8 = 4:08

| extra9 = The Marley Brothers and The Ghetto Youths Crew

| title9 = Kinky Reggae

| length9 = 3:53

| extra10 = Steven Tyler and Joe Perry

| title10 = Roots, Rock, Reggae

| length10 = 4:05

| extra11 = Chuck D

| title11 = Survival a.k.a. Black Survivors

| length11 = 3:50

| title12 = Burnin' and Lootin{{'-}}

| extra12 = The Roots & Black Thought

| length12 = 4:52

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1999–2000)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Austria|49|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|29|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|France|15|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|66|id=3125|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|6|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|Sweden|30|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|23|artist=Bob Marley|album=Chant Down Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
{{album chart|UK2|95|date=19991121|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2021}}
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Bob+Marley&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Bob Marley, TLP|work=Billboard|accessdate=3 October 2021|url-access=subscription}}

| 60

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Bob+Marley&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=BLP|title=Bob Marley, BLP|work=Billboard|accessdate=3 October 2021|url-access=subscription}}

| 21

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 29, 2022}}

| 189

scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2000-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2000|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=13 October 2021}}

| 41

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000|work=Billboard|accessdate=3 October 2021}}

| 181

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000|work=Billboard|accessdate=3 October 2021}}

| 85

Certifications and sales

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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Bob Marley|title=Chant Down Babylon|award=Gold|certyear=2000|relyear=1999|accessdate=4 June 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Bob Marley|title=Chant Down Babylon|award=Gold|certyear=1999|relyear=1999|accessdate=4 June 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Bob Marley|title=Chant Down Babylon|award=Platinum|id=2000-02-04|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1999}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Bob Marley|title=Chant Down Babyion|award=Gold|certyear=2000|relyear=1999|accessdate=4 June 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bob Marley|title=Chant Down Babyion|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=1999|certyear=2020|id=16715-946-2}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Bob Marley & The Wailers|title=Chant Down Babylon|award=Gold|certyear=2000|relyear=1999|accessdate=4 June 2019}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | streaming=true}}

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