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Tracks Of My Tears
From the Single
Red Red Wine
Other Songs 12 Bar 1 In 10 25% A Love I Can Feel Adella African Herbsman After Tonight All I Want To Do Always There As Always You Were Wrong Again Baby Baby I Love Your Way Baby Why B-Line Bling Bling Blood And Fire Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Boom Shacka Lacka Breakfast In Bed Bring It On Home To Me Bring Me Your Cup Burden Of Shame Cant Help Falling In Love Cause It Isnt True Cest La Vie Champion Cherry Oh Baby Come Back Baby Come Back Darling Come Out To Play Contaminated Minds 'Cos It Isn't True Cover Up Cream Puff Crying Over You Crying Time Dance Until The Morning Light Dance With The Devil Demonstrate Desert Sand Dont Blame Me Dont Break My Heart Dont Do The Crime Dont Let It Pass You By Dont Slow Down Dont Walk On The Grass Dr. X Dream a Lie Drop On By D.U.B. Dubmobile Ebony Eyes End Of War Every Breath You Take Everything Is Better Now Everytime Falling in Love Falling in Love With You Fight Fe Come In Fight Fe Come in MK.2 Fight Fe Come in MK 2 Folitician Food For Thought Fool Me Once Fools Rush In Forget The Cost Freestyler Friendly Fire Get Along Without You Now Gimme Some Kinda Sign Good Ambition Good Situation Gotta Tell Someone Groovin Groovin (Out on Life) Guilty Guns In The Ghetto Hand That Rocks The Cradle He'll Have to Go Here I Am Here I Am Baby Here I Am (Come and Take Me) Here I Am/Small Axe (Come And Take Me) Here I Come Here We Go Again Higher Ground Highuer Ground Hip Hop Lyrical Robot Hold Your Position Hold Your Position MK.3 Holly Holy Home Homely Girl Hurry Come On Up (I Cant Help) Falling In Love With You I Get Lifted I Got You Babe I Knew You I Love It When You Smile I Really Cant Say I Shot The Sheriff I Think Its Going To Rain Today I Wanna Be Like You I Wont Close My Eyes I Would Do For You If It Happens Again Ill Be Back Ill Be On My Way Ill Be There I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Im Not Fooled So Easily Im On The Up Impossible Impossible Love In The Rain Instant Radical Change Of Perception Its A Long Long Way Its All In The Game Its My Delight Ive Been Missing You I've Got Mine I've Got Mine [Extended Version] Johnny Too Bad Just Another Girl Just Be Good Just Be Good (Bushman Club) Keep On Moving King Kings Row Kingston Town Kiss And Say Goodbye Lambs Bread Lambsbread Legalise It Legalize It Let Me Know Light My Fire Lisa Little By Little Look At Me Looking Down At My Reflection Lost And Found Love Is All Is Alright Lyric Officer Lyric Officer MK.2 Madam Medusa Madame Medusa Magic Carpet Man Next Door Many Rivers To Cross Marcus Garvey Matter Of Time Maybe Tomorrow Mi Spliff Middle Of The Night Mr. Fix It Music So Nice My Best Girl My Way of Thinking Neon Haze Never Let Go Never Let You Go Nkomo-A-Go-Go Nothing Without You Now And Then Oh America On in Ten Once Around One In Ten One Woman Man Oracabessa Moonshine Orchestral Dub Piper Calls the Tune [Live] Please Dont Make Me Cry Plenty More Present Arms Present Arms In Dub Promises And Lies Rainbow Nation Rat in Me Kitchen Rat In Mi Kitchen Rat in My Kitchen Really Reasons Reckless Reefer Madness Reggae Music Return Of Dr. X Riddle Me Rudie Sardonicus Seasons Securing The Peace She Caught The Train Signing Off Silent Witness Since I Met You Lady Sing Our Own Song Singer Man Sins Of The Fathers Slow Down Smile For Me Smoke It So Destructive So Here I Am Someone Like Me Someone Like You Something More Than This Sorry Soul Rebel Sparkle of My Eye Sparkle Of My Eyes Stand Out Stay A Little Bit Longer Stick By Me Strange Fruit Style Style MK.4 Superstition Sweet Cherrie Sweet Sensation Swing Low Swing Low Sweet Chariot Swing Low (The Official England Rugby World Cup Anthem) [Bonus Track] Tears From My Eyes Tell It Like It Is Tell Me Is It True The Buzz Feeling The Day I Broke The Law The Earth Dies Screaming The Elevator The Key The King Step The King Step MK. 1 The Pillow The Piper Calls The Tune The Prisoner The Road The Time Has Come The Train Is Coming The Way You Do The Things You Do Things Aint Like They Used To Be Things You Say You Love This Is How It Is Trouble True True True Two In A One Two in a One MK.1 Tyler Until My Daying Day Until My Dying Day Version Girl V's Version Walk On Me Land Walk Out Walked In The Rain War Poem Watchdogs Waw Waw Waw Way You Do The Things You Do Wear You To The Ball Wedding Day Where Did I Go Wrong Who Who You Fighting For? Wildcat Write Off The Debt You Could Meet Somebody Young Guns Your Eyes Were Open Youre Always Pulling Me Down Youre Not An Army
From the Single
Other Songs 12 Bar 1 In 10 25% A Love I Can Feel Adella African Herbsman After Tonight All I Want To Do Always There As Always You Were Wrong Again Baby Baby I Love Your Way Baby Why B-Line Bling Bling Blood And Fire Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Boom Shacka Lacka Breakfast In Bed Bring It On Home To Me Bring Me Your Cup Burden Of Shame Cant Help Falling In Love Cause It Isnt True Cest La Vie Champion Cherry Oh Baby Come Back Baby Come Back Darling Come Out To Play Contaminated Minds 'Cos It Isn't True Cover Up Cream Puff Crying Over You Crying Time Dance Until The Morning Light Dance With The Devil Demonstrate Desert Sand Dont Blame Me Dont Break My Heart Dont Do The Crime Dont Let It Pass You By Dont Slow Down Dont Walk On The Grass Dr. X Dream a Lie Drop On By D.U.B. Dubmobile Ebony Eyes End Of War Every Breath You Take Everything Is Better Now Everytime Falling in Love Falling in Love With You Fight Fe Come In Fight Fe Come in MK.2 Fight Fe Come in MK 2 Folitician Food For Thought Fool Me Once Fools Rush In Forget The Cost Freestyler Friendly Fire Get Along Without You Now Gimme Some Kinda Sign Good Ambition Good Situation Gotta Tell Someone Groovin Groovin (Out on Life) Guilty Guns In The Ghetto Hand That Rocks The Cradle He'll Have to Go Here I Am Here I Am Baby Here I Am (Come and Take Me) Here I Am/Small Axe (Come And Take Me) Here I Come Here We Go Again Higher Ground Highuer Ground Hip Hop Lyrical Robot Hold Your Position Hold Your Position MK.3 Holly Holy Home Homely Girl Hurry Come On Up (I Cant Help) Falling In Love With You I Get Lifted I Got You Babe I Knew You I Love It When You Smile I Really Cant Say I Shot The Sheriff I Think Its Going To Rain Today I Wanna Be Like You I Wont Close My Eyes I Would Do For You If It Happens Again Ill Be Back Ill Be On My Way Ill Be There I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Im Not Fooled So Easily Im On The Up Impossible Impossible Love In The Rain Instant Radical Change Of Perception Its A Long Long Way Its All In The Game Its My Delight Ive Been Missing You I've Got Mine I've Got Mine [Extended Version] Johnny Too Bad Just Another Girl Just Be Good Just Be Good (Bushman Club) Keep On Moving King Kings Row Kingston Town Kiss And Say Goodbye Lambs Bread Lambsbread Legalise It Legalize It Let Me Know Light My Fire Lisa Little By Little Look At Me Looking Down At My Reflection Lost And Found Love Is All Is Alright Lyric Officer Lyric Officer MK.2 Madam Medusa Madame Medusa Magic Carpet Man Next Door Many Rivers To Cross Marcus Garvey Matter Of Time Maybe Tomorrow Mi Spliff Middle Of The Night Mr. Fix It Music So Nice My Best Girl My Way of Thinking Neon Haze Never Let Go Never Let You Go Nkomo-A-Go-Go Nothing Without You Now And Then Oh America On in Ten Once Around One In Ten One Woman Man Oracabessa Moonshine Orchestral Dub Piper Calls the Tune [Live] Please Dont Make Me Cry Plenty More Present Arms Present Arms In Dub Promises And Lies Rainbow Nation Rat in Me Kitchen Rat In Mi Kitchen Rat in My Kitchen Really Reasons Reckless Reefer Madness Reggae Music Return Of Dr. X Riddle Me Rudie Sardonicus Seasons Securing The Peace She Caught The Train Signing Off Silent Witness Since I Met You Lady Sing Our Own Song Singer Man Sins Of The Fathers Slow Down Smile For Me Smoke It So Destructive So Here I Am Someone Like Me Someone Like You Something More Than This Sorry Soul Rebel Sparkle of My Eye Sparkle Of My Eyes Stand Out Stay A Little Bit Longer Stick By Me Strange Fruit Style Style MK.4 Superstition Sweet Cherrie Sweet Sensation Swing Low Swing Low Sweet Chariot Swing Low (The Official England Rugby World Cup Anthem) [Bonus Track] Tears From My Eyes Tell It Like It Is Tell Me Is It True The Buzz Feeling The Day I Broke The Law The Earth Dies Screaming The Elevator The Key The King Step The King Step MK. 1 The Pillow The Piper Calls The Tune The Prisoner The Road The Time Has Come The Train Is Coming The Way You Do The Things You Do Things Aint Like They Used To Be Things You Say You Love This Is How It Is Trouble True True True Two In A One Two in a One MK.1 Tyler Until My Daying Day Until My Dying Day Version Girl V's Version Walk On Me Land Walk Out Walked In The Rain War Poem Watchdogs Waw Waw Waw Way You Do The Things You Do Wear You To The Ball Wedding Day Where Did I Go Wrong Who Who You Fighting For? Wildcat Write Off The Debt You Could Meet Somebody Young Guns Your Eyes Were Open Youre Always Pulling Me Down Youre Not An Army
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold more than 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish, and Yemeni parentage.
Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe", recorded with Chrissie Hynde. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 and the English ska band Madness hold the record for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.
The band's line-up was stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman Ali Campbell left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Another member, Astro, remained with the band until November 2013, when he departed the original band to team up with Campbell and Virtue in a new version of UB40. In 2014, legal advice was sought by the original band (now consisting of remaining co-founding members drummer Jimmy Brown, guitarist Robin Campbell, bassist Earl Falconer, percussionist Norman Hassan, and saxophonist Brian Travers, along with new vocalist Duncan Campbell) who took action against the group containing Campbell, Virtue, and Astro over usage of the band name, due to it being used by both parties.
On 5 July 2021, it was announced that Matt Doyle (formerly of the reggae band Kioko) would become the band's new vocalist, following Duncan Campbell's retirement due to ill health.
Members:
Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe", recorded with Chrissie Hynde. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 and the English ska band Madness hold the record for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.
The band's line-up was stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman Ali Campbell left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Another member, Astro, remained with the band until November 2013, when he departed the original band to team up with Campbell and Virtue in a new version of UB40. In 2014, legal advice was sought by the original band (now consisting of remaining co-founding members drummer Jimmy Brown, guitarist Robin Campbell, bassist Earl Falconer, percussionist Norman Hassan, and saxophonist Brian Travers, along with new vocalist Duncan Campbell) who took action against the group containing Campbell, Virtue, and Astro over usage of the band name, due to it being used by both parties.
On 5 July 2021, it was announced that Matt Doyle (formerly of the reggae band Kioko) would become the band's new vocalist, following Duncan Campbell's retirement due to ill health.
Jimmy Brown - drums (1978-present)
Robin Campbell - guitar, vocals, keyboards (1978-present)
Earl Falconer - bass guitar, vocals, keyboards (1978-present)
Norman Lamont Hassan - percussion, trombone, vocals (1978-present)
Matt Doyle - lead vocals, guitar, lyricist (2021-present)
Former members:
Brian Travers - tenor saxophone (1978-2021; died 2021)
Ali Campbell - vocals, guitar (1978-2008)
Yomi Babayemi - percussion (1978-1979)
Jimmy Lynn - keyboards (1978-1979)
Mickey Virtue - keyboards (1979-2008)
Astro - percussion, trumpet, vocals, toasting (1979-2013; died 2021)
Duncan Campbell - vocals (2008-2021)
From: Birmingham, England
Genre(s): Reggae, pop, dub
Active From: 1978-present