Released: July 27, 1993

Songwriter: George David Weiss Luigi Creatore Hugo Peretti

Producer: UB40

[Intro]
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you

[Verse 1]
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you

[Verse 2]
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin?
I can't help
Falling in love with you

[Chorus]
As a river flows
Gently to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things were meant to be

[Verse 3]
Take my hand
Take my whole life, too
But I can't help
Falling in love with you

[Chorus]
As a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things were meant to be

[Verse 4]
Take my hand
Take my whole life, too
I can't help
Falling in love with you

[Outro]
I can't help falling in love with you
I can't help falling in love with you
I can't help falling in love with you

UB40

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.