UB40

Songwriter: Robert “Bobby” Rogers Smokey Robinson

Producer: UB40

[Verse 1]
You got a smile so bright
You know you could've been a candle
I'm holding you so tight
You know you could've been a handle
The way you swept me off my feet
You know you could've been a broom
And baby you smell so sweet
You know you could've been some perfume

[Chorus]
Well you could've been anything that you wanted to
I can tell
The way you do the things you do
I like the way you do the things you do

[Verse 2]
As pretty as you are
You know you could've been a flower
If good looks were minutes
You know you could have been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could have been a crook
And baby your so smart
You know you could have been a school book

[Chorus]
Well you could've been anything that you wanted to
I can tell
The way you do the things you do
I like the way you do the things you do

[Verse 3]
You make my life so rich
You know you could've been some money
And baby you're so sweet
You know you could have been some honey

[Chorus]
Well you could've been anything that you wanted to
I can tell
The way you do the things you do
I like the way you do the things you do

[Verse 4]
As pretty as you are
You know you could've been a flower
If good looks were minutes
You know you could've been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could've been a crook
And baby your so smart
You know you could have been a school book

[Outro]
Well you could've been anything that you wanted to
I can tell
The way you do the things you do
I like the way you do the things you do
The way you do the things you do
I like the way you do the things you do
The way you do the things you do
I like the way you do the things you do
You made my life so sweet
I like the way you do the things you do
You made my life so sweet
I like the way you do the things you do
You made my life so sweet
The way you do the things you do
You made my life so sweet
The way you do the things you do

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.

more tracks from the album

Labour of Love II

From the albums

Labour of Love II (1989)
Greatest Hits (2008)

UB40 popular songs

The Way You Do the Things You DoUB40

UB40

Labour of Love II