@@suziejane1008 Er, Ali didn't know either, as the cover was of the Reggae Artist''s version (cannot recall the chaps name!!) Neil Diamond wrote plenty of songs - like for The Monkees and so on.
When UB40 decided to record this the band were surprised that Neil Diamond had written it, they had only ever heard the Tony Tribe (reggae) cover. After Neil Diamond heard UB40's cover, he started playing it reggae style at his concerts.
This is the second reactor who I have seen react to this song recently who has done this shorter version. I really miss the rap when it’s not there. It’s like “Three’s Company” without Suzanne Somers-just not the same.
I definitely felt something was missing and maybe she cut out a portion. Don't think I ever heard a shorter version that didn't have the "rap". Had to look things up, and also didn't realize it was written by Neil Diamond. Never heard this before UB40's version.
@@Abena425 I didn't get to go to a lot of concerts when I was younger. I went to one (Whitesnake) with my brother and his girlfriend at the time back around 1989-1990. A friend took me to a Slash concert a few years back in Charlotte, NC. And then a few years after that, my sister and I went to see the Who in Raleigh, NC as part of their 50th Anniversary tour. That was a great show as well.
One in Ten is the best. It's pure British (with Jamaican rocksteady influences) it's totally original and talks about British matters and British concerns. It's a very powerful and beautiful tune.
I love yr reaction India. This song was HUGE in UK in its day & was everywhere. As a lover of reggae it was one if my favourites. Stay safe india 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 💖💖💖👍👍👍
I was in the 82nd when this song came out...We had a member of our team who had a Brit/US dual citizenship and had lived in England most of his life...He told us their name came from the unemployment form...for some reason, we got a huge kick out of the info...it became one of our drinking/singing songs whenever it played at our local drinking establishments :-)
UB40 is so underrated.. such a classic UK lower class struggle sound from late 80's/early 90's. Reggae fed into quite a few of their songs... a couple of the boys in the band were Caribbean and Caribbean descent, also the sound was just generally having a moment back then. Ps. Liked your reaction and vibe - just subscribed.. :)
This was a summary version, the full length version includes a nice rap section, and the dance-club version (released as a 12-inch 45-rpm EP to radio stations) had some great kettle drum action. This was covered by a blue-grass band with a female lead vocalist and released to UA-cam this last Spring.
As others pointed out UB40 is the unemployment benefit form in the UK their story is actually a tale of hard work and never giving up. Former lead singer Ali Campbell got in a bar fight and damaged the tendons in his hand, when the insurance money came in, he decided to buy instruments and basically assigned his friends from school "You play bass, you play keyboard, you play saxophone..." regardless if they had any musical talent. The band got their big break when opening for the Pretenders and doing the opening slot for the Two tone tour supporting Madness, the Selecter and The Specials. They released their debut album "Signing off" and sophomore effort "Present arms" in quick succession and built quite a following for their live shows. But in a recent documentary called "Promises and lies" Campbell expressed how he hates both those albums with a passion for exactly the same reason why the fans love those albums. Because when "Signing off" and "present arms" were recorded, the band were complete novices. Campbell himself tuned his guitar in an open E tuning because he couldn't play chords yet. In addition Saxophone player Brian Travers, in his ignorance bought a sax which was in Concert pitch which is the wrong key for pop music, which Campbell says made the songs on the first two albums sound so off key, he's basically disowns them and is ashamed of them. He has no trouble playing the songs live, just as long as he doesn't have to listen to the original source material anymore. Campbell left the band in the early 2010's but when his solo career failed to do anything useful, decided to form a new band called "UB40" which as you might understand isn't really sitting right with his former band mates.
India your getting right to the heart of British music during the 1980s with this one. I’ve seen many many bands and artists play live and of all of them UB40 (with Ali and Astro) has been the best. I’ve seen them as a complete band and in recent times with less band members. Each time the shows have been just fabulous. All and everything I could want from a gig.
Love UB40 but the first reggae version of this song was by Jamaican Tony Tribe , they did lots of covers of reggae songs they grew up listening to , reggae has always been a thing in the UK
UB40 - Birminghams finest. The Campbell brothers really pulled the band together, but it was a collective genius. They have had their differences though....
I was in 6th grade when we discovered this song back in '89. Obsessed with UB40 for a whole two years after that. Such sweet, mellow music and such great memories! This was a favorite, but really, anything by them would be great to react to!
UB40 are from Birmingham in the midlands in the UK, try some of their other songs like Higher Ground, I cant help falling in love with you, I got you babe with Chrissie Hynde and Kingston Town
I just discovered your channel today and can't stop watching your channel. I call myself a music nerd and it can be lonely loving something so much when I don't have others around me who love it or even know about it as I do. Watching your videos, I think helps me and many others feel a company, perhaps a connection to others that is sorely needed in the world. I think music is the most unifying medium around. I would also like to say in this rambling comment that you strike me as a very kind person and a real breath of fresh air. I think your sincerity and warmth is missing from much of society today. God bless you in all you do!
I was waiting when is UB40 going to show up and here we are.Great tune.They have a massive collection of amazing songs👍👍👍. Impossible love,Kingston town,Please don't make me cry,Homely girl,sweet sensation......
UB40 hail from Birmingham in the UK. Their sound was a result of all the blues parties they went to in the Balsall Heath area which had a very wide multicultural population where reggae, lovers rock and ska were the most prominently played type of music.
you need to listen to the album version to really appreciate this song it has a very nice rap in the album version but one of the songs that really shows how good the band was is 'johnny too bad'
The name "UB40" was selected in reference to a form issued to people claiming unemployment benefits from the UK government's Department of Employment. The designation UB40 stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.
UB40 have always covered their fav reggae songs from their youth in Brum. Any labour of love album was covers UB40 style, their own songs are usually powerful, some of us remember then before they hit the big time, gigging in pubs, student unions etc...happy days. Jamacian Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae were the best back in late 60's - 80's, Brits spread the love of Reggae around the world, Trojan records released the best Jamacian sounds.
UB40 is not only a great reggae band,but a great band period.This video doesn't highlight the band so much,but it's lead singer rather.Once more videos India encounters with them is when she'll see how reggae all of the band members are..& what a great & diverse bunch.They've had a multiple number of hits in their long catalog of songs.Elvis' cover of '(I Can't) Help Falling In Love With You' would be their biggest song to date.I wouldn't rule out 'Here I Am,(Come And Take Me),'I Got You Babe',(another great cover of Sonny & Cher's classic),'The Way You Do The Things You Do','Don't Break My Heart',Rat In Mi Kitchen','It's All In The Game','Wear You To The Ball' either,these songs are just as great.
Origins of Ska: (warning: unverified anecdote incoming) Some time during the Cold War, the UK had a labor shortage and imported workers from other countries. That's how you ended up with poor Jamaicans and poor white British people working together on the docks. They listened to each other's music, and the result was ska. If you like ska, definitely check out the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Original ska actually predates reggae (see Desmond Dekker or the Skatalites). It started in Jamaica, as people listened to jazz, blues, and rock from New Orleans and adapted it. Second wave ska came around in England, in the 80s, and was known as two-tone (think Madness or the Selecter). Third wave ska landed in America in the early 90s and had a lot of punk influence... hence the Bosstones.
@@belewda Exactly, SkA comes from Jamaica and was quickly shipped over to Britain by the white British Boys that liked that kind of thing. There was no collaboration until later when the skinheads, two-tone and the like revived it and put on a British Spin. By this time yes, the Windrush generation had their kids who became as British as everyone else. Thus the mixed multicultural nature of such groups.
UB40 is a British band! The black members of the band did have dreads! I love their remakes! This was an old Neil Diamond tune! They also did a good job of remaking the Temptations hit “The Way You Do The Things You Do” with a reggaes feel! Check it out!! ❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it. This is their best known song which was a UK #1 in 1983 and US #1 in 1988. Ali's bandmates appear in the video. The "other" man is his brother Robin. The 2 guys who rob him in the pub are Brian Travers and Norman Hassan. The pub was the Eagle & Tun in Birmingham, UK which was round the corner from the studio where most of their albums were recorded. I've been to both places. IN the video, he is clearly drowning his sorrows after losing his woman to another man. UB40 knew the song from the Tony Tribe version of 1969 and didn't realize that it was THE Neil Diamond who originally wrote it. I've met Robin Campbell, Astro, Norman Hassan and Jimmy Brown.
Proud to say I recently lived a ten minute (or less) walk away from the pub this was filmed in! Although, it took me more than a year of living in Birmingham, England, to realise it! Look up the 'Eagle and Tun' pub in Digbeth
The band came out of the 70s/80s reggae/ska revival in England. "UB40" comes from the name of an unemployment form. They were all unemployed to begin with and there was a recession going on in England. If you get a chance to hear the uncut version, it has a long groovy "rap" in it.
Welcome to my 1980s my love x..he was in London and back then everyone was starting to mix as a community, and he was meeting new people, his dad was older school and didn't understand his sons moving on..that simple..x
Can't believe someone hasn't heard Red Red Wine before.
Yes, and some who didn't know it was a Neil Diamond song.
Right 😄
Shes young
@@suziejane1008 Er, Ali didn't know either, as the cover was of the Reggae Artist''s version (cannot recall the chaps name!!) Neil Diamond wrote plenty of songs - like for The Monkees and so on.
@@jimtors She is not so young
When UB40 decided to record this the band were surprised that Neil Diamond had written it, they had only ever heard the Tony Tribe (reggae) cover. After Neil Diamond heard UB40's cover, he started playing it reggae style at his concerts.
Kingston Town, Many Rivers to Cross and Can't Help Falling in Love are good ones too
Also "Tyler" and "Food for thought".
All cover versions
Definitely listen to Kingston Town
Don't forget there is a rat in da kitchen
I love Annie Lenox's version of Many Rivers to Cross.
This is the second reactor who I have seen react to this song recently who has done this shorter version. I really miss the rap when it’s not there. It’s like “Three’s Company” without Suzanne Somers-just not the same.
This song charted in the US in 1984, to some modest success. It was re-released in 1988 with a rap version, and went all the way to #1
@@timothycook2917 To be correct: Astro's rap verse was in the album version originally and the single version was made into the video
I re-scanned the vid a couple times thinking I missed the last 2 and half mins. Good song but great when its the WHOLE song.
I definitely felt something was missing and maybe she cut out a portion. Don't think I ever heard a shorter version that didn't have the "rap".
Had to look things up, and also didn't realize it was written by Neil Diamond. Never heard this before UB40's version.
I was waiting for that.
UB40 named for the Unemployment Benefit 40 form/book that British people on the dole would need to present when they 'signed on'
Yeah, we know!
I didn’t know 😐
@@craptos6938 I didnt know either.,.
I'm sure it was a cream coloured piece of card folded in half gummed and perforated at the edge so it could be sealed,
Never knew that! Cool and Thanks!
you can't listen to a UB40 album and be in a bad mood.....its not possible....
Not the video of you are depressed....good cry trigger...I've been through this what happened in this video..😢😢😢
I like their version of (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You...all you need to know is trumpets....
I love that version too, with all of them in the hallway
@@Abena425 Indeed. I love Ali Campbell's voice in the first place...But the trumpets helped make that song for me.
@@melanieviselli9706 My first date with my hubby was a UB40 concert in Washington DC..1999. Man, it was awesome. People didnt want to go home.
@@Abena425 I didn't get to go to a lot of concerts when I was younger. I went to one (Whitesnake) with my brother and his girlfriend at the time back around 1989-1990. A friend took me to a Slash concert a few years back in Charlotte, NC. And then a few years after that, my sister and I went to see the Who in Raleigh, NC as part of their 50th Anniversary tour. That was a great show as well.
Their version of Sonny & Cher's "I've Got You Babe" is a favorite too.
What’s worst than having your heart broken, seeing your kids get their hearts broken.
"The way you do the things you do" is a good one
I concur ...👍
Not sure why, but tend to listen to Kingston Town a lot too. One of my favorites of UB40.
The 80s song 👍👍
One in Ten is the best. It's pure British (with Jamaican rocksteady influences) it's totally original and talks about British matters and British concerns. It's a very powerful and beautiful tune.
Yes, and "Here I Am" too.
You need to listen to this but with the rap part at the end, it's so great.
If it's in a reggae song it's called toasting, not rapping.
Gary Dodgson thanks for that insightful comment. I’m sure everyone is uplifted by your wisdom.
I love yr reaction India. This song was HUGE in UK in its day & was everywhere. As a lover of reggae it was one if my favourites. Stay safe india 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 💖💖💖👍👍👍
I remember seeing the video for this around '83 or '84 on MTV. I loved it. Funny that it would take another 4-5 yrs to blow up here in the states.
I loooooove this song so much! Reminds me of my early childhood and makes me tearful.
I wish this had the rap breakdown... I totally missed it and was waiting for you to hear that in particular
Or as it was called at the time by the group " Toasting " Astro does the honours perfectly as always
This song, "Red Red Wine" was written by Neil Diamond
Every song was written by Neil Diamond. LOL. Obviously I’m being a fool but that dude was prolific!
I did not know that! Thanks for the info
didn't know that, thanks!
@@seangates1451 Neil Diamond or Neil Young. The Neils wrote all the songs. :-)
DJ L33 I write the songs was Barry Manilow, not Neil Diamond. Funny joke tho...
This was one of my favourites back in the day. Love it.
They also did a cover of I Can't Help Falling in Love with You ❤️
I think this is the single version, shorter than the album version, which had a bit more to it. try UB40 singing Kingston Town
It's so weird to me because the longer version is the one I remember always hearing on the radio.
they were missing "Red, Red Wine you make me feel so fine, you keep me rocking all the time......." etc
@@itscrazyal yes, that's what I meant
@@Allthingswitchy106 it's nice to know i am not the only one who remembers that lol
Yes to Kingston Town!!!
UB40 stands for UK's designation for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40
Well it did 40 years ago when they were formed!
@@normandavidtidiman9918 and if you showed up at a concert with one you could get in for free...
@@normandavidtidiman9918 along with Youth Opportunities and £23,50 a week 🤣🤣
I was in the 82nd when this song came out...We had a member of our team who had a Brit/US dual citizenship and had lived in England most of his life...He told us their name came from the unemployment form...for some reason, we got a huge kick out of the info...it became one of our drinking/singing songs whenever it played at our local drinking establishments :-)
@@82ndSarge yep, came around when unemployment was high in the UK , with songs like "Ghost Town" by the Specials as well
I love how people mistake a white British dude for Bob Marley. 😂
That’s cause, if I’m not mistaken, I think Bob Marley covered this as well.
🤣🤣🤣
@@ogbobbyjohnson7776 he did not.
Tbf Bob Marley had a white British father too, so I can see why
UB40 is so underrated.. such a classic UK lower class struggle sound from late 80's/early 90's. Reggae fed into quite a few of their songs... a couple of the boys in the band were Caribbean and Caribbean descent, also the sound was just generally having a moment back then. Ps. Liked your reaction and vibe - just subscribed.. :)
definitely not underrated, over 70 millions records
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This was a summary version, the full length version includes a nice rap section, and the dance-club version (released as a 12-inch 45-rpm EP to radio stations) had some great kettle drum action.
This was covered by a blue-grass band with a female lead vocalist and released to UA-cam this last Spring.
They used to play this song constantly back in the day. Everywhere you went you heard this song.
Neil Diamond song. Love this song! 💖
I was 12yrs old when this was first released back in 83, UB40 were huge in NZL. Good memories
Congrats on 200!!!
Great react to an amazing classic 80’s tune.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Try 'food for thought' but there's loads of good ub40 songs, grew up listening to them
Also Present Arms ,its classic UB40.
You should have a look at one in ten by them, 40 year's old and still true
The biggest selling reggae band in history. UB40 from my hometown Birmingham, UK.
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red red wine makes me feels so fine. feels so fine most of the time
Thank you, I was feeling the Mandela effect! I knew he rapped.
😲 More! More! How about King, Kingston Town, Where Did I Go Wrong, so many hits to pick from.
Love your channel! And (respectfully) looking good ✌️🤘😁
Many Rivers to Cross another of their classic songs
@Raymond Carver Fantastic Synth and rhythm intro and I'm not too fond of Synths. Food for Thought is another classic.
what do you mean "its reggae?!"
Its UB40! the best known reggae band ever, bar maybe the Wailers! Theyre legendary and this is their staple track!
no te pases
Legends in their home city of Birmingham. Mainly Moseley lads recorded on Digbeth. Filmed in their local pub in Digbeth.
I think I would put the Wailers in with the 'invention' of Reggae in the late 1960s, the songs influence the lads in Birmingham by the mid 1970s.
@@highpath4776 the wailers didnt invent reggae. Desmond Dekker did.
Paul Sidaway was it the Eagle and Tun? I know they used a couple of the boozers in Digbeth but I think one has gone now.
This was my favorite when it first came out..I was a teenager drinking Bartals & James singing this song as loud as possible! haha
Girl...."don't break my heart". Be prepared!
As others pointed out UB40 is the unemployment benefit form in the UK their story is actually a tale of hard work and never giving up. Former lead singer Ali Campbell got in a bar fight and damaged the tendons in his hand, when the insurance money came in, he decided to buy instruments and basically assigned his friends from school "You play bass, you play keyboard, you play saxophone..." regardless if they had any musical talent.
The band got their big break when opening for the Pretenders and doing the opening slot for the Two tone tour supporting Madness, the Selecter and The Specials. They released their debut album "Signing off" and sophomore effort "Present arms" in quick succession and built quite a following for their live shows.
But in a recent documentary called "Promises and lies" Campbell expressed how he hates both those albums with a passion for exactly the same reason why the fans love those albums. Because when "Signing off" and "present arms" were recorded, the band were complete novices. Campbell himself tuned his guitar in an open E tuning because he couldn't play chords yet. In addition Saxophone player Brian Travers, in his ignorance bought a sax which was in Concert pitch which is the wrong key for pop music, which Campbell says made the songs on the first two albums sound so off key, he's basically disowns them and is ashamed of them. He has no trouble playing the songs live, just as long as he doesn't have to listen to the original source material anymore.
Campbell left the band in the early 2010's but when his solo career failed to do anything useful, decided to form a new band called "UB40" which as you might understand isn't really sitting right with his former band mates.
Do many rivers to cross. Glad you’re doing ub40. Love them!
India your getting right to the heart of British music during the 1980s with this one. I’ve seen many many bands and artists play live and of all of them UB40 (with Ali and Astro) has been the best. I’ve seen them as a complete band and in recent times with less band members. Each time the shows have been just fabulous. All and everything I could want from a gig.
Love UB40 but the first reggae version of this song was by Jamaican Tony Tribe , they did lots of covers of reggae songs they grew up listening to , reggae has always been a thing in the UK
UB40 - Birminghams finest. The Campbell brothers really pulled the band together, but it was a collective genius. They have had their differences though....
I was in 6th grade when we discovered this song back in '89. Obsessed with UB40 for a whole two years after that. Such sweet, mellow music and such great memories! This was a favorite, but really, anything by them would be great to react to!
UB40 are from Birmingham in the midlands in the UK, try some of their other songs like Higher Ground, I cant help falling in love with you, I got you babe with Chrissie Hynde and Kingston Town
Try out the other version where Astro goes lose :)
I just discovered your channel today and can't stop watching your channel. I call myself a music nerd and it can be lonely loving something so much when I don't have others around me who love it or even know about it as I do. Watching your videos, I think helps me and many others feel a company, perhaps a connection to others that is sorely needed in the world. I think music is the most unifying medium around. I would also like to say in this rambling comment that you strike me as a very kind person and a real breath of fresh air. I think your sincerity and warmth is missing from much of society today. God bless you in all you do!
Luv me some UB40.. They have so many good reggae jams!Listen to Impossible Love & Homely Girl my fav🤙🤙
Congrats on the 200K!!! Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia!
Congrats on 200K subs. Your reactions are great!
Another one by UB40 is "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
I was waiting when is UB40 going to show up and here we are.Great tune.They have a massive collection of amazing songs👍👍👍. Impossible love,Kingston town,Please don't make me cry,Homely girl,sweet sensation......
Congrats on 200,000 India you deserve it. I really enjoy watching your reactions. You make it easier to be in the house during this quarantine
You need to listen to the longer version. Much more to this song!
What a flash back have not heard this in over 35 years great song and great band
KING is an unreal track by ub40...so so many great tracks, 1 in10, ivory Madonna, Kingston town
UB40 hail from Birmingham in the UK. Their sound was a result of all the blues parties they went to in the Balsall Heath area which had a very wide multicultural population where reggae, lovers rock and ska were the most prominently played type of music.
I love this song it was cut short though there was so much more to it
you need to listen to the album version to really appreciate this song it has a very nice rap in the album version but one of the songs that really shows how good the band was is 'johnny too bad'
I need some red red wine. It's comforting like a warm hug.
Wahay someone reacting to ub40 nice one try some of their early stuff , king and food for thought youl love it
You are too cool!! Congrats on the 200k plus subs you deserve 300k more
My supermarket added this to the muzak rotation recently. Blast from the past.
Their cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” is 🔥🔥🔥 too.
Love UB40 - grew up to their music & they’re from my home city. It’s sad they they don’t get on with each other any more
The name "UB40" was selected in reference to a form issued to people claiming unemployment benefits from the UK government's Department of Employment. The designation UB40 stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.
I used to love this one back in day.
This UA-camr is taking you all for a ride.
There is NO WAY she has not heard some of these songs.
Love your reaction to our Brummie boys. This song is still so good 🤗 🥰
Grew up on these labour of love one and 2 are amazing albums....You need to check out more of them for sure 💯
Loved the intro, you are just too cute! 🤩😂 Also, finally managed to subscribe. ☝️😂
Labour of love 1 and 2 were amazing albums this one came with like a short film that was a concept for the album.....Quality.
UB40 have always covered their fav reggae songs from their youth in Brum. Any labour of love album was covers UB40 style, their own songs are usually powerful, some of us remember then before they hit the big time, gigging in pubs, student unions etc...happy days. Jamacian Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae were the best back in late 60's - 80's, Brits spread the love of Reggae around the world, Trojan records released the best Jamacian sounds.
Saw them twice in Netherlands. Great, great UB40! Singing with them, screaming the lyrics and enjoying a beer.../or some even some joints lol
Tears from my eyes keep on falling
UB40 is not only a great reggae band,but a great band period.This video doesn't highlight the band so much,but it's lead singer rather.Once more videos India encounters with them is when she'll see how reggae all of the band members are..& what a great & diverse bunch.They've had a multiple number of hits in their long catalog of songs.Elvis' cover of '(I Can't) Help Falling In Love With You' would be their biggest song to date.I wouldn't rule out 'Here I Am,(Come And Take Me),'I Got You Babe',(another great cover of Sonny & Cher's classic),'The Way You Do The Things You Do','Don't Break My Heart',Rat In Mi Kitchen','It's All In The Game','Wear You To The Ball' either,these songs are just as great.
Origins of Ska: (warning: unverified anecdote incoming)
Some time during the Cold War, the UK had a labor shortage and imported workers from other countries. That's how you ended up with poor Jamaicans and poor white British people working together on the docks. They listened to each other's music, and the result was ska.
If you like ska, definitely check out the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Original ska actually predates reggae (see Desmond Dekker or the Skatalites). It started in Jamaica, as people listened to jazz, blues, and rock from New Orleans and adapted it. Second wave ska came around in England, in the 80s, and was known as two-tone (think Madness or the Selecter). Third wave ska landed in America in the early 90s and had a lot of punk influence... hence the Bosstones.
@@belewda Exactly, SkA comes from Jamaica and was quickly shipped over to Britain by the white British Boys that liked that kind of thing. There was no collaboration until later when the skinheads, two-tone and the like revived it and put on a British Spin. By this time yes, the Windrush generation had their kids who became as British as everyone else. Thus the mixed multicultural nature of such groups.
UB40 is a British band! The black members of the band did have dreads! I love their remakes! This was an old Neil Diamond tune! They also did a good job of remaking the Temptations hit “The Way You Do The Things You Do” with a reggaes feel! Check it out!! ❤️❤️
UB40 fav band took me decades to like this song massive in uk everyone has their fav ub40 song just get their greatest hits 1st 1 was the best
Glad you enjoyed it. This is their best known song which was a UK #1 in 1983 and US #1 in 1988. Ali's bandmates appear in the video. The "other" man is his brother Robin. The 2 guys who rob him in the pub are Brian Travers and Norman Hassan. The pub was the Eagle & Tun in Birmingham, UK which was round the corner from the studio where most of their albums were recorded. I've been to both places. IN the video, he is clearly drowning his sorrows after losing his woman to another man. UB40 knew the song from the Tony Tribe version of 1969 and didn't realize that it was THE Neil Diamond who originally wrote it. I've met Robin Campbell, Astro, Norman Hassan and Jimmy Brown.
Need to go back much earlier with this band. One in Ten. Early UB40.
Indeed! Big tune!
Earlier...
The earth dies screaming.
❤❤❤❤
Love em all.
Congrats from Sweden! You deserve the the virtual fame !
Love this band loads of tracks to choose from.
red red wine you make me feel so fine, keep me rockin all of the time. ......
Yes! I have this album. Thanks for reacting.
spent a lot of my childhood listening to this band, my mother was a huge fan. lots of memories.
This takes me right back to the 80’s when I played this in my pink car with the windows rolled down. 🤣👍🏻 Good stuff!!
Proud to say I recently lived a ten minute (or less) walk away from the pub this was filmed in! Although, it took me more than a year of living in Birmingham, England, to realise it! Look up the 'Eagle and Tun' pub in Digbeth
my husband and I used to listen to this alot when we were dating
This song charted in the US in 1984, to some modest success. It was re-released in 1988 with a rap version, and went all the way to #1
Wear you to the ball! I ❤️ UB40. Regards from Perú.
'King' by UB40. Beautiful song about MLK
The band came out of the 70s/80s reggae/ska revival in England. "UB40" comes from the name of an unemployment form. They were all unemployed to begin with and there was a recession going on in England. If you get a chance to hear the uncut version, it has a long groovy "rap" in it.
As with a lot of UB40’s music from the ‘80s, they were covers of classic Jamaican ska and reggae songs from the 1950s and ‘60s.
This songs an anthem here in New Zealand sis, we been rocking to ub40 for the past 30yrs or so
Welcome to my 1980s my love x..he was in London and back then everyone was starting to mix as a community, and he was meeting new people, his dad was older school and didn't understand his sons moving on..that simple..x
ok, nice. i actually never saw this clip i think. i was waiting for red whine but he was in pub and all were drinking beer! :D
man, UB40 have a ton of great song. can't stop at Red Red Wine.
Fell in love with UB40 while in the UK!!!
Red red wine you make my feet smell fine. Yeah that’s how it goes.
Kingston town and many rivers to cross are a couple of my favourites, labour of love is my best album of theres
How is possible that people over 20 years old have never listened to this amazing song? is incredible!!
This song hugs my heart, ( Memories ) Thank you for playing it.
My face lit up when I saw that you've reacted to UB40! Such a great vibe, thank-you x