UB40

Released: June 9, 2008

Featuring: DJ Rapper Truth Maxi Priest

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

Wake up in the mornin', bump this in your stereo
In your car or blaze it in your disco
People look confused, "What is this, yo?"
Hip-Hop, a little bit a Reggae in it

This one is for those who like the old school
Try to hate on us, you new school fool
Let's take it back to basics, use the old tools
Check this out now, let me tell you how to do it

Let your body work
(Yeah)
Can you feel it jerk?
(Yeah)

This one's gonna make you move til' your body hurts
(Yeah)
We're gonna dance until the morning light
Right, right, right

Let your body work
(Yeah)
Can you feel it jerk?
(Yeah)

This one's gonna make you move til' your body hurts
(Yeah)
We're gonna dance until the morning light
Right, right, right

Twist, shake, rattle and roll and keep it jiggy-jiggy
All my girls dip low and keep it flicky-flicky
Now let it loose, just let it go and act silly
Mister DJ
(Can you turn it up a little?)

Get up off the wall and stop your posin'
Screw-face just standin' lookin' frozen
Hurry, buster, move the club is closin'
Hit the dance floor, let me tell you how to do it

Let your body work
(Yeah)
Can you feel it jerk?
(Yeah)

This one's gonna make you move til' your body hurts
(Yeah)
We're gonna dance until the morning light
Right, right, right

Let your body work
(Yeah)
Can you feel it jerk?
(Yeah)

This one's gonna make you move til' your body hurts
(Yeah)
We're gonna dance until the morning light
Right, right, right

(Hey, break it down)
This one is makin' you silly, it makes you jump around
(Hey, break it down)
And you better get on your feet, I don't want you sittin' down

(Hey, break it down)
Let's stop the whinin', start the grindin', let's just gather 'round
(Hey, break it down)
'Cause good music always come back around

Ask your grandmother and grandfather about this
How they were twistin' and shakin' when they first heard this
Forty years later now it's back on the playlist
We recycled it and now they're back in business

We put it back in the pot and, yes, we're stirrin' it up
We add some sugar and the spice and now we're makin' it hot
And now we're runnin' your city and, yes, we're runnin' your block
And when we're talkin', no, we never gonna stop
So just

Let your body work
(Yeah)
Can you feel it jerk?
(Yeah)

This one's gonna make you move til' your body hurts
(Yeah)
We're gonna dance until the morning light
Right, right, right

Let your body work
(Yeah)
Can you feel it jerk?
(Yeah)

This one's gonna make you move til' your body hurts
(Yeah)
We're gonna dance until the morning light
Right, right, right

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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