UB40

Released: July 28, 1986

Featuring: Mo Birch

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

Looking down at my reflection
In the puddle at my feet
Things don't seem so real down there
Or maybe I don't see

I see no satrvation
I don't see any pain
I see myself not helping
Just a lonner in the rain

Looking down at my reflection
In the puddle in the ground
Things are getting clearer now
I can see a thunder cloud

I see gross injustice
I see evil men
I see myself repeating
The same old words again

Looking down at my reflection
In the puddle lying there
Now I decide to change my mind
And show the world I care

I care about my fellow man
Being taken for a ride
I care that things start changing
But there's no one on my side

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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