UB40

Released: November 17, 1998

Songwriter: John Holt

Producer: Dan Armstrong Danny Canaan UB40

I'm gonna tell my friends about you
Tell them about the things that you do to me
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're everything that's good so good to me

I want to be always close to you
To give a helping hand if ever you're in need
I want to be always close to you

Don't have to try you out for size
You fit my heart so comfortable and warm
The only one I have no doubt no fear about
Without you what would my life be

I want to be always close to you
To give a helping hand if ever you're in need
I want to be always so close to you

I want to be always close to you
To give a helping hand if ever you're in need
I want to be always close to you

Don't have to try you out for size
You fit my heart so comfortable and warm
The only one I have no doubt no fear about
Without you what would my life be
Without you what would my life be

Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be

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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