UB40

Released: March 15, 2019

Featuring: Kabaka Pyramid

Songwriter: James Stephen Brown Brian Travers Duncan Campbell Earl Falconer Laurence Parry Martin Meredith Norman Hassan Robin Campbell Tony Mulings

Producer: Jamie Travers UB40

Broken tears running down my face
Broken heart beating out of pace
Broken dreams shattered on the ground
Broken words, no words to be found!

Broken promises lost on the wind
Broken life broken from within
Broken love money just can't buy
Broken world, passing each one by

Broken smile fading like the sun
Broken man who's loving no one
Broken song that no one will sing
Broken forever, lost everything

No one to hold
No one to kiss
No life to live
No one to hold
No one to kiss
No life to live
My still heart's broken!

Broken tears running down my face
Broken heart beating out of pace
Broken dreams shattered on the ground
Broken words, no words to be found!

Broken promises lost on the wind
Broken life broken from within
Broken love money just can't buy
Broken world, passing each one by

Broken smile fading like the sun
Broken man who's loving no one
Broken song that no one will sing
Broken forever, lost everything

No one to hold
No one to kiss
No life to live
No one to hold
No one to kiss
No life to live

We living in isolation
So it set from day one
Even family members dem
No have no communication
What a situation
'Nuff no have no education
Taken from our homeland
We need some reparation
To stop the starvation
Of the population
Looking for elevation
'Nough run to the congregation
In need of meditation
Mental stimulation
Herbal medication
To stop the inflammation
I'm spreading information
To each and every nation
What a tribulation
Inna dis iration
We yodding from creation
We don't need no immigration
Break down the boarders 'dem
That we all a wait 'pon
Lord

No one to hold
No one to kiss
No life to live
No one to hold
No one to kiss
No life to live
My still heart's broken!

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart. 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 over 70 million records. The ethnic make-up of the band’s original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut “Food for Thought”, “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”. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

On January 24, 2008, it was announced that Ali Campbell would be leaving the group after 30 years. It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that Maxi Priest would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” with the band.

more tracks from the album

For the Many

From the album

For the Many (2019)

UB40 popular songs

Broken ManUB40

UB40

For the Many