UB40

Released: February 8, 2010

Songwriter: Tony Brevett

Producer: UB40

Aha, mhm, gonna get along without you now
Aha, mhm, I'm gonna get along without you now

You told me I was the latest thing
You even asked me to wear your ring
You ran around with every girl in town
You didn't even care if it got me down

Aha, mhm, gonna get along without you now
Aha, mhm, I'm gonna get along without you now

Got along without you before I met you
Gonna get along without you now
Thought I'd find somebody who was twice as cute
'Cause I didn't like you anyhow

You told everybody that we were friends
But this is where our friendship ends
'cos all of a sudden you changed your tune
You haven't been around since way last June

Aa-ha-oo-hoo gonna get along without you now
I got along without you before I met you
Gonna get along without you now

So long my honey
Goodbye my dear
Gonna get along without you now
Oo-hoo

Get darling without you now
Get darling without you now
Get darling without you now
Aha, aha, gonna get along without you now

Got along without you before I met you
Gonna get along without you now
So long my honey
Goodbye my dear
Gonna get along without you now
Oo-hoo hoo hoo

So long my honey
Goodbye my dear
Gonna get along without you now
Oo-hoo hoo hoo hoo

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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