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 | Friendly Fire | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 2 | I Got You Babe | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 3 | Madam Madusa | Signing Off |
| 4 | Crying Over You | Labour of Love III |
| 5 | Doctor X | Present Arms |
| 6 | Lisa | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 7 | Wedding Day | Labour Of Love II |
| 8 | Someone Like You | Labour of Love III |
| 9 | The Way You Do The Things You Do | Labour Of Love II |
| 10 | Homely Girl | Labour Of Love II |
| 11 | Always There | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 12 | I Love It When You Smile | Guns in the Ghetto |
| 13 | Version Girl | Labour Of Love |
| 14 | It's A Long Long Way | Promises And Lies |
| 15 | Impossible Love | Labour Of Love II |
| 16 | Cherry Oh Baby | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 17 | Tell Me Is It True | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 18 | The Train is Coming | Labour of Love III |
| 19 | Rat In Mi Kitchen | The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 |
| 20 | 12 Bar | Signing Off |