UB40

Released: October 16, 1984

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: Howard Gray UB40

When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind
To hold me little woman
And fe make her feel iree
Be play album, dub plate, and forty-five
For dat's the kind of riddim that keeps me alive
Me turn on fe me radio
Some a chat 'bout dat
But I know more than d.j
So I nah play you dat

(chorus)
Me tek a 'd' and a 'u'
An' a 'b' - not 'e'
That thing there
Is special to me
Me listen in the morning
Also in the night
For dat form of music
Is outasight
The newest form of music
Is easy to see
It start with a 'd'
And end with a 'b'
Dub in a de morning
And dub in a de night
Mek the whole neighbourhood
Feel alright, feel alright

When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind
To hold me little woman
And fe mek her fell iree

When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind
To hold me little woman
And fe mek her fell iree

Me tek a 'd' and a 'u'
An' a 'b' - not 'e'
That thing there
Is special to me
Me listen in the morning
Also in the night
For dat form of music

Is outasight
The newest form of music
Is easy to see
It start with a 'd'
And end with a 'b'
Dub in a de morning
And dub in a de night
Mek the whole neighborhood
Feel alright, feel alright

Rock in a de dance
Me seh fe give dub a chance
Rock in de blues
You know you jus' can't lose
A dub me a defend
On dub I can depend
Check out dis yah music
And run tell yo' friend
We don't want rock 'n' roll
And we got enough soul
We don't want rock 'n' roll
And we got enough soul
Bass is beautiful
If it's clean
But dis yah dub music
Man, it well mean
No bother follow friend
And ignore dub again
It's simple, but effective
Can't you see?
A lot of people catch on in 'eight-three
Now is 'eighty-four
And you must know the score
Anything me chat, you know
The people bawl 'more.'

Me jump 'pon de graphics
Don't get vex'
All me have
A total concept
To make you feel
Iree

To make you feel
Iree

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.

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