UB40

Songwriter: John Lennon Paul McCartney

You know
If you break my heart, I'll go
But I'll be back again
'Cause I
Told you once before, goodbye
But I came back again

You'll never know
I'm the one who loves you
Yes, I really love you
Whoa, oh
Whoa, oh
Whoa, oh

'Cause you
Could find better things to do
Than to break my heart in two
This time
I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretend

I wanna go
But I hate to leave you
Yes, I hate to leave you
Whoa, oh
Whoa, oh
Whoa, oh

I wanna go
But I hate to leave you
Yes, I hate to leave you
Whoa, oh
Whoa, oh
Whoa, oh

'Cause you
Could find better things to do
Than to break my heart in two
This time
I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretend

Not trying to pretend
Not trying to pretend
Not trying to pretend

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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