UB40

Released: November 3, 2003

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

Everything is better now
Better than is was before
Sunshine on a golden bough
Darkness locked behind closed door

Now I found a better place
Somewhere I can lay my head
Clean fresh air and open space
Safe upon my feather bed

I've been a mistake maker
For all of my days and a law breaker
But crime never pays
An overtaker on life's highways
A serial faker making getaways

I've been a mover and a groover
In the halls of power
A real bad loser
In my darkest hour

A high seas cruiser
Searching tropical flowers
A pick and chooser
In an ivory tower

Now I'm a man of peace
With a hungry soul
For I found release
In a lost loophole

I'm the masterpiece
Who just scored the goal
Let the love increase
Now I'm in control

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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