UB40

Released: August 29, 1980

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: Bob Lamb UB40

Poor man's anger rising
The ostrich hides his head
Soon the red blood will be boiling
And blue blood will be dead
While we say

(Chorus)
Little by little by little
And stone by stone
.Rich man's mountain comes crumbling down

Poor boy sleeps on straw
The rich boy sleeps in bed
That fat boy fills his belly
My poor boys's a dead
While we say

(Chorus)
Little by little by little
And stone by stone
Rich man's mountain comes crumbling down

The rich man drives his car past
The poor man on bare feet
That rich man do get what he wants
The poor must know defeat
While we say

(Chorus)
Little by little by little
And stone by stone
Rich man's mountain comes crumbling down

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.

more tracks from the album

Signing Off

From the albums

Signing Off (1980)
The UB40 File (1985)

UB40 popular songs

Little by LittleUB40

UB40

Signing Off