UB40

Released: September 2, 2013

Songwriter: Fred Rose

Producer: UB40

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
As we kissed good-bye and parted
In the twilight glow I see her
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
As we kissed good-bye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again

Love is like a dying ember
Where only memories remain
Through the ages I'll remember-
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

Now my hair has turned to silver
All my life I've loved in vain
I can see her star in heaven
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting-
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

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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