UB40

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: Bob Lamb UB40

Give me all you have (come over)
All you got to give (come over)
Save your guilt till tomorrow (come over)
Won't be that hard to live with
Satisfy my need (come over)
Won't be that easy (come over)
You gonna have to try a little harder baby (come over)
A little harder please me

Why tell me no (come over)
When what you mean is yeh yeh (come over)
You'll have to tell me what you want to do cos (come over)
You can't expect me to guess
Last verse repeats
My way of thinking

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

The UB40 File

From the albums

The UB40 File (1985)
Greatest Hits (2008)

UB40 popular songs

My Way of ThinkingUB40

UB40

The UB40 File