UB40

Released: November 17, 1998

Songwriter: Clement Dodd Ken Boothe

Producer: Dan Armstrong Danny Canaan UB40

I said, the train is coming baby
I said, the train is comin' now
I said, the train is coming baby
I said, the train is comin' now

So long I've been waiting
Waiting for you, oh yeah
Now the time has come
And its between me and you, oh Lord'

I said, the train is coming baby
The train is comin' now, now, now, now
I said, the train is coming baby
And I am leaving on that train, Lord

Everyday I pray
For this little hour
Now the time has come
And I want you to stand by me

Because the train is comin' baby
And we are leaving on that train
And we will roam this land
Where we all will be free, Lord

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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