UB40

Released: September 2, 2013

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

I did what I did and I cannot deny
I'm guilty as charged now I can't tell a lie
So please take me down for the rest of my days
And remind me that I must mend my wicked way

There's a longing in my soul
A quickening hear in my heart
I can't breathe, I'm drowning in you
And I have been right form the start

I don't know how it started but here's how it ends
We're both broken hearted can't even be friends
But the hurt we are feeling could never compare
To the pain that we cause when we loved without care

There's a longing in my soul
A quickening hear in my heart
I can't breathe, I'm drowning in you
And I have been right form the start
Sinking deeper now we're apart

There's a longing in my soul
A quickening hear in my heart
I can't breathe, I'm drowning in you
And I have been right form the start

And now in the cold light of lonesome and blame
I swear I will never walk that road again
So I, I'm confessing to all I have done
I'm confess I'm so happy that I was the one

There's a longing in my soul
A quickening hear in my heart
I can't breathe, I'm drowning in you
And I have been right form the start
Sinking deeper now we're apart

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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