Jamaicans pick their favorite reggaes, "No Woman, No Cry" tops the list!

Bob Marley's song "No Woman, No Cry" was chosen as the most popular reggae song among the ten favorites on a list compiled for the celebration of Jamaica's 40th independence anniversary. "No Woman, No Cry", composed by Marley and his Wailers partners - Neville "Bunny Wailer" Livingstone and the late Winston Hubert McIntosh "Peter Tosh" - in the 1970s, was created for Marley's wife Rita and narrates life in the Trench Town community in the Jamaican capital.

Marley and the Wailers also appeared on the list with "Redemption Song", about slavery, in third place, and "One Love", in defense of unity and peace, in fourth. "One Love" had previously been chosen by Time magazine as the best song of the past century. Marley's reggae band, who died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, had six songs in total on the list of 40 tracks.

"Few people were surprised by the choice of jurors and the public for 'No Woman, No Cry'", said poll organizer Dennis Howard. Jimmy Cliff appears on the top ten list with two songs, "Many Rivers To Cross", in second, and "The Harder They Come", in sixth. The other songs are "Cherry Oh Baby" (Eric Donaldson) in fifth; "Night Nurse" (Gregory Isaacs), in sixth; "It Wasn't Me" (Shaggy/Rik Rok) in eighth; "Wild Gilbert" (Lovindeer) in ninth; and "Duppy Gunman" (Ernie Smith) in tenth.