UB40

Released: September 2, 2013

Songwriter: Don Schlitz Paul Overstreet

Producer: UB40

On one hand I count the reasons I could stay with you
And hold you close to me all night long
So many lovers' games I love to play with you
On one hand I count the reasons I could stay with you
And hold you close to me all night long
So many lovers' games I love to play with you
On that hand there's no reason why it's wrong

But on the other hand there's a golden band
To remind me of someone who would not understand
On the one hand I could stay and be your loving man
But the reason I must go is on the other hand

In your arms I feel the passions I thought have died
When I looked into your eyes I found myself
And when I first kissed your lips I felt so alive
I've got to hand it to you girl, you're something else

But on the other hand there's a golden band
To remind me of someone who would not understand
On the one hand I could stay and be your loving man
But the reason I must go is on the other hand

But on the other hand there's a golden band
To remind me of someone who would not understand
On the one hand I could stay and be your loving man
But the reason I must go is on the other hand

Yeah, the reason I must go is on the other hand
Yeah, the reason I must go is on the other hand

On the other hand there's a golden band
To remind me of someone who would not understand
On the one hand I could stay and be your loving man
But the reason I must go is on the other hand

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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