UB40

Released: November 27, 1989

Songwriter: Mabon “Teenie” Hodges Al Green

Producer: UB40

[Verse 1]
I can't believe that it's real
The way that you make me feel
A burning deep down inside
A love that I cannot hide

[Pre-Chorus]
I know it's you and me babe
That makes this world go round
Ah keeping you in love with me baby
Laying all my troubles down

[Chorus]
Here I am babe, come and take me
Here I am babe, come on and take me
Take me by the hand, ooh show me
Here I am babe, oooooaaah

[Verse 2]
It always ends up this way
Me begging you every day
A love that I cannot have
You broke my heart in two halves

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh I know it's you and me babe
That makes this world go round
Ah keeping you in love with me baby
Laying all my troubles down

[Chorus]
Here I am babe, come and take me
Here I am babe, won't ya come and take me
Take me by the hand, ooh squeeze me
Here I am babe, oooooaaah

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
Here I am babe, come and take me
Here I am babe, won't ya come and take me
Take me by the hand, ooh show me
Show me what you can

[Outro]
Here I am babe, won't you take me?
Take me by the hand, take me by the hand
Ooohhhhh show me, show me what you can
Here I am babe, oh won't you take me?
Take me by the hand, take me while ya can
Here I am babeeeeee

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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