UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. 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 to that of Tony Tribe's version). Their mos
| 1 | I Got You Babe | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 2 | Blood and Fire | Labour of Love III |
| 3 | Oracabessa Moonshine | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 4 | Impossible Love | Labour Of Love II |
| 5 | 25% | Signing Off |
| 6 | Please Don't Make Me Cry | Labour Of Love |
| 7 | Wild Cat | Present Arms |
| 8 | Light My Fire | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 9 | Food For Thought | Signing Off |
| 10 | Don't Let It Pass You By | Present Arms |
| 11 | I Think It's Going To Rain Again | Signing Off |
| 12 | I've Been Missing You | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 13 | Crying Over You | Labour of Love III |
| 14 | One In Ten | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 15 | Adella | Signing Off |
| 16 | The Train is Coming | Labour of Love III |
| 17 | Cherry Oh Baby | Labour Of Love |
| 18 | Always There | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 19 | Wear You To The Ball | Labour Of Love II |
| 20 | Someone Like You | Labour of Love III |