Natural Mystic, the song first recorded in 1975 and then again in 1977 by Bob Marley & The Wailers has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify. The classic reggae song is Marley’s 13th song to reach the milestone. It was originally released by Island Records on the Exodus album (1977) then later on the “Natural Mystic” compilation which peaked at No. 5 on the U.K. albums chart on 1995. That album has surpassed 800 million streams on Spotify.
The song speaks to the spiritual force present in nature and the need to awaken to this natural mystique and is also on the Diamond selling album Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley and The Wailers.
“Natural Mystic” has been both sampled and interpolated by several artists including the 2004 track “Natural Mystic” by Chukki Starr and Canibus and Alborosie and Ky-Mani Marley’s song called “Natural Mystic.”
Overall Bob Marley and The Wailers have 8,435,795,008 Spotify streams from 537 songs across their catalogue including features on Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hold Yah Head”, “Higher Place by Skip Marley, Justice by Nakia Gold featuring Wizkid, Sun Is Shining by Jude and Frank.
