Turn Your Lights Down Low#Duet version

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| name = Turn Your Lights Down Low

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill

| album = Chant Down Babylon

| released = {{start date|1999|10|12|df=y}}

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| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:04

| label = Columbia

| writer = Bob Marley

| producer = Stephen Marley

| chronology = Bob Marley

| prev_title = Sun Is Shining

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Rainbow Country

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Lauryn Hill

| type = single

| prev_title = Everything Is Everything

| prev_year = 1999

| title = Turn Your Lights Down Low

| year = 1999

| next_title = Lose Myself

| next_year = 2007

}}

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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. The song also reached the top 10 in the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. In France, where it peaked at number 14, it received a Gold certification for sales exceeding 250,000 copies.

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).

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Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668156 2}}

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{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668436 2}}

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

UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668436 5}}

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

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UK cassette single and European CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668436 4}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=European CD1 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=COL 668101 1}}

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

European CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=European CD2 single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=COL 668101 2}}

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{{cite AV media notes|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|others=Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=SME Records|id=SRCS 2178}}

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

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Lauryn Hill & Bob Marley|title=Turn Yours Lights Down Low|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2000|refname="fracert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Lauryn Hill feat. Bob Marley|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1999|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=April 3, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2000|access-date=25 June 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bob Marleny Ft Lauryn Hill|title=Turn Your Lights Down Low|award=Silver|relyear=2004|id=20791-7079-1|access-date=2024-02-19|certyear=2025}}

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• Colbie Caillat made a cover version of this song on her 2008 album Coco.
• Megan Joy covered the song on American Idol season 8.
• Rosie Gaines covered the song on her album Closer Than Close.
• K'LA sampled the song on her 2011 first single "All Your Love".
• Anita Antoinette covered the song on The Voice (U.S. season 7)
• Jim James covered the song on Sweetheart 2014.

• List of number-one singles from the 1990s (New Zealand)
• List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s

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Category:Bob Marley songs

Category:1977 songs

Category:1999 singles

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Lauryn Hill songs

Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand

Category:Number-one singles in Romania

Category:Songs written by Bob Marley