UB40
A reggae band formed 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The music grasps from roots reggae and dub to lovers rock and pop. It is the second most commercial successful reggae band with +70 million sold albums. Many of their hits have been stylishly covers of early reggae and rocksteady hits from Jamaica. After success in UK, UB40's won USA with Labour of Love (1983), their first album of covers. UB40 was 1986 the first Western band to play behind the Iron Curtain, live in Moscow, Soviet Union. UB40 is known for hits as 'Food For Thought', (1980) 'Red Red Wine' (1983), 'Please Don't Make Me Cry' (1983), 'I Got You Babe' (1985) with frontman Ali Campbell in duet with Chrissie Hynde just like in 'Breakfast in Bed' (1988). Their most successful worldwide single release is their reggae/pop version of 'I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You' (1993). UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band is one of the most culturally diverse dub Ska bands with musicians of English, Scottish, Irish, Yemeni and Jamaican parentage. The band is named from the paper form issued by the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security at the time of the band's formation for claiming unemployment benefit (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40). UB40 were influenced by the many Blues Parties they attended as teenagers in the multiracial Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, their love of ska and reggae inspired such original tracks as King, Madam Medus...
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Red Red Wine
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Kingston Town
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Can't Help Falling In Love
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Red Red Wine - Edit
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Cherry Oh Baby
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(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You
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Higher Ground
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Food For Thought
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One in Ten
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Don't Break My Heart
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The Way You Do The Things You Do
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If It Happens Again
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Bring Me Your Cup
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King
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Rat In Mi Kitchen
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Red, Red Wine
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Sing Our Own Song
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I Got You Babe
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Red Red Wine (Edit)
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Every Breath You Take
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Many Rivers to Cross
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Homely Girl
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Come Back Darling
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Tell Me Is It True
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Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
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Please Don't Make Me Cry
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Light My Fire
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The Earth Dies Screaming
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I Got You Babe - Feat. Chrissie Hynde
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Watchdogs
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Where Did I Go Wrong
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Maybe Tomorrow
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Don't Slow Down
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My Way of Thinking
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(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You - 2009 Digital Remaster
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Tears From My Eyes
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Tyler
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Breakfast in Bed
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Wear You To The Ball
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Red Red Wine - 2009 - Remaster
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C'est La Vie
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Until My Dying Day
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Keep On Moving
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Johnny Too Bad
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Sweet Sensation
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Don't Let It Pass You By
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Dream A Lie
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Impossible Love
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Burden Of Shame
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I Would Do For You
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