UB40

Released: September 27, 1982

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

Love is all is alright
But you left it a little too late
Love is all is alright
But you've got to find a little more hate

Take the man in the white cloak
A pointed mask to hide his face
Murders in the name of religion
If you're not the right color or race
Take the man in the black cloak
He's holding justice in his hands
Let the man in the white cloak go
Calls it the law of the land

Love is all is alright
But you left it a little too late
Love is all is alright
But you've got to find a little more hate

Take the man in the brown shirt
A burning hatred in his eyes
Fired by ignorant reaction
Fanned by political lies
Take the man in the blue cap
His back's against the wall
Links arms with the man in the brown shirt
He's trying to break his own fall

Love is all is alright
But you left it a little too late
Love is all is alright
But you've got to find a little more hate

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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