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UB40 is tagged as: reggae, 80s, pop, ska, british

UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England.
The band is one of the most culturally diverse dub reggae bands with musicians of English, Scottish, Irish, Yemeni and Jamaican parentage. The band is named from the paper form issued by the UK government’s Department of Health and Social Security at the time of the band’s formation for claiming unemployment benefit (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40).
UB40 were influenced by the many Blues Parties they attended as teenagers in the multiracial Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, their love of ska and reggae inspired such original tracks as King, Madam Medusa, Food For Thought, Signing Off and One In Ten.
Their early music style was unique, with a heavy influence of analogue synthesizers, psychedelic rock guitar, saxophone and dub producer techniques which were later perfected by the late Pablo Falconer.| |Ali and Robin Campbell have a musical heritage, being sons of Ian Campbell, a folk musician.
The band purchased its first instruments with compensation money Ali Campbell received after a bar fight. They have had a number of hits, most commercially and to amusement of the band, “Red Red Wine”, a cover version of a Neil Diamond song (in an arrangement similar...
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Top 10 UB40 Songs
Red Red Wine
Kingston Town
Can't Help Falling In Love
Cherry Oh Baby
Higher Ground
Food For Thought
Red Red Wine (Edit)
Red, Red Wine
King
One In Ten
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Top 10 UB40 Albums
The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000
Labour Of Love
Promises And Lies
Labour of Love II
Signing Off
The Very Best Of
UB40
The Very Best Of UB40
Very Best of UB40 1980-2000
The Best Of UB40 Volumes 1 & 2
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