Iron Lion Zion
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| Single by Bob Marley | ||||
| from the album Songs of Freedom | ||||
| B-side | "Smile Jamaica" | |||
| Released | 7 September 1992 | |||
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| Recorded | April 1973 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | Tuff Gong | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob Marley | |||
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"Iron Lion Zion" is a song written and recorded in April 1973 or 1974 by Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley. It was first released posthumously on 7 September 1992 on the Songs of Freedom box set, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. A remixed version was released as a single and later included in 1995 on Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On.
The song's lyrics are directly related to Rastafarian beliefs. Zion is "the promised land", in the song referring to Ethiopia. The lion refers to the Lion of Judah, which appeared on the old royal Ethiopian flag, and represents Haile Selassie I, the former Ethiopian emperor whom Rastafarians regard as their Messiah.
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