"Three Little Birds"
Single by Monty Alexander
from the album Stir it up - The Music of Bob Marley
Released	September 25, 1999
Format	7", CD
Genre	Jazz, Reggae
Label	Telarc International Corporation
Songwriter(s)	Bob Marley

"Three Little Birds"

Single by Connie Talbot
from the album Over the Rainbow
B-side	"You Raise Me Up"
Released	June 10, 2008 (2008-06-10)
Format	CD Single
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:08
Label	Rainbow Recording Company
Songwriter(s)	Bob Marley
Producer(s)	Simon Hill and Rob May

Music video
Three Little Birds on YouTube

June 3, 1977 (album)

"Three Little Birds" is a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It is the fourth track on side two of their 1977 album Exodus and was released as a single in 1980. The song reached the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 17. It is one of Bob Marley's most popular songs. The song has been covered by numerous other artists. The song is often thought to be named "Don't Worry About a Thing" or "Every Little Thing is Gonna Be Alright", because of the memorable use of those phrases in the chorus.

The source of Marley's inspiration for the lyrics of "Three Little Birds" remains disputed. They are partly inspired by birds that Marley was fond of, that used to fly and sit next to his home. Tony Gilbert, a long time friend of Marley, was present at the time he was writing the song and elaborated, "Bob got inspired by a lot of things around him, he observed life. I remember the three little birds. They were pretty birds, Pelicans, who would come by the windowsill at Hope Road." However, three female singers from the reggae group I Threes who did shows with Marley claim it is a reference to them. I Threes member Marcia Griffiths remarked, "After the song was written, Bob would always refer to us as the Three Little Birds. After a show, there would be an encore, sometimes people even wanted us to go back onstage four times. Bob would still want to go back and he would say, 'What is my Four Pelicans saying?'"

Aurah recorded a cover with recent year release.

Former baseball player Shane Victorino, a fan of Bob Marley, used the song's chorus as his at-bat music. During his tenure with the Boston Red Sox, the crowd at Fenway Park would sing along whenever Victorino came to bat. The song became associated with the 2013 Red Sox team, who won that year's World Series.

At Amsterdam ArenA, the song is played during Ajax games near the end of half-time.

The song was used in the "Full of Life" ad for Danone Actimel Ireland.

In 2012, Marley's oldest child, Cedella Marley, adapted lyrics from the song in a picture book titled Every Little Thing, featuring illustrations by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.

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