UB40

Released: September 1, 1983

Songwriter: Winston Tucker

Producer: Ray “Pablo” Falconer UB40

You say you're gonna to leave me, I'm begging you to stay
But baby, I can't get through it anyway, no I can't
And when I wake up in the morning, you are gone
Little pretty thing, you know I'll be all alone, you'll leave me crying

[Hook:]
Please don't make me cry
Cause I can't say goodbye
Please don't make me cry
Because I know there will be nothing left for me

All them good, good times we spent together
You said it was me and no other, yeah
And now you want to make me be pained inside
Darling, I know you are going to make me cry, you'll leave me crying

[Hook]

All this pain I can't stand it, you're gonna leave
You're gonna leave this poor man on his own
Yes, you are

[Hook]

All this pain, I can't stand it, you're gonna leave
You're gonna leave this poor man on his own
Yes, you are

Please don't make me cry
Baby, I'm pleading

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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Labour of Love

From the albums

Labour of Love (1983)
NOW That’s What I Call Music [UK] (1983)
Greatest Hits (2008)

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