Fun Music Information -> UB40

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Music Quotes:

My biggest influence has always been reggae. I can also remember being very much into Tamla Motown. I fancied myself as the Balsall Heath answer to Michael Jackson.
- Ali Campbell (vocalist, 1984)

Submitted by: LucidLupin

Band Name Origins:

UB-40 stands for "Unemployment Benefits" form #40, a reference somewhat well-known in the UK but not known in the states. The boys came up with the name for the band while standing in line at the unemployment office. From a Rolling Stone interview. Submitted by: Bob
UB40 was in actual fact the name of the form you had to complete to receive unemployment benefit at that time in Britain. This is why their first album was called "Signing Off". The album cover was a mock UB40 form. Submitted by: Barbara

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"The Earth Dies Steaming"	"The Earth Dies Screaming"	April Fleming
"The Earth Dies Scheming"	"The Earth Dies Screaming"	April Fleming

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"The Earth Dies Screaming,"	It's not alive&can't scream or have death sung of	April Fleming

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"Can I Buy You A Drink?"	"Red Red Wine," UB40	Wendy Torrance

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"The Earth Dies Creaming" originally "The Earth Dies Screaming"

April Fleming

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Red Red Swine" originally "Red Red Wine"

Timmy O'Toole

"Then Earth Dies Screaming" originally "The Earth Dies Screaming"

April Fleming

"The Earth Dives Screaming" originally "The Earth Dies Screaming"

April Fleming

"The Earth Dries Screaming" originally "The Earth Dies Screaming"

April Fleming

"The Hearth Dies Screaming" originally "The Earth Dies Screaming"

April Fleming

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Red Red Wire" originally "Red Red Wine"

Beverly Stiles

"Here I Am (Come And Wake Me)" originally "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"

Serafina

"The Earth Lies Screaming" originally "The Earth Dies Screaming"

April Fleming

"Bat In Mi Kitchen" originally "Rat In Mi Kitchen"

FussBudget

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Red Red Wine"	"Whining Boss"	Michelle C.
"Kingston Town"	"Until Touch Down"	Tomario
"Baby Come Back"	"Gone Bad"	YouKnowItsJoe
"Red Red Wine"	"Dead Dead Mice"	Kristian

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
Red, Red, Wine	Red Wine	magnus

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Red Red Wine	Al-Anon	Beichan
Red, Red Wine	Alcoholics Anonymous	Miki Koishikawa
Red, Red Wine	Budweiser Or Other Brewery; Alcoholics Anonymous	Ingeborg S. Nordén
Red Red Wine	Alcoholics Anonymous	meQal
Guilty	Neverland Ranch	meQal
There are additional UB40 on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Two More Bottles Of Wine Martina McBride	Red Red Wine UB40	Two More Bottles Of Red Red Wine	Ed
You're Not Drinking Enough Don Henley	Red, Red Wine UB40	You're Not Drinking Enough Red, Red Wine	Raphael
Red, Red Wine UB40	Man In A Box Alice In Chains	Red, Red Wine In A Box	Josh

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

UB40U2

UB40 combined with U2

This group would've formed when all band members in each band were at least 40.

Submitted By: Mike

Misheard Lyrics:

"Red, Red Wine" Misheard Lyrics: Great, great white Original Lyrics: Red, red wine	"Red Red Wine" Misheard Lyrics: Red red wine, you make my feet so fine Original Lyrics: Red red wine, you make me feel so fine
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" Misheard Lyrics: The way you stir my yoke You coulda been a cook. Original Lyrics: The way you stole my heart You coulda been a crook.	"Food For Thought" Misheard Lyrics: I'm a prima donna. Original Lyrics: Ivory Madonna
There are additional UB40 misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Can't Help Falling In Love"

Misheard Lyrics:

Wise men say only fools wear jeans.

Original Lyrics:

Wise men say only fools rush in.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Eric Andrews

Anyone else who sings this enunciates it clearly enough. But the way Ali Campbell does, it really sounds like he's coming out against the wearing of denim. Are Dockers supposedly better?

There are additional UB40 misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"Ivory Madonna"

Better Lyrics:

I'm a prima donna

Original Lyrics:

Ivory Madonna

Submitted by: Andie Miller

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Come Back Darling" The Repetitive Lyrics: Come back darling, give me another try I'll keep you satisfied Why They're Repetitive: The song lasts 3:29. The background music hardly changes...and to add to the excitement, these are the only lyrics in the song. No wonder the woman didn't come back. Submitted by: Devil Jones	"(Sing) Our Own Song (12' version)" The Repetitive Lyrics: Amandla Awethu Why They're Repetitive: This is in the 12' version, the last half of the track, or about three minutes, the background singers just repeat Amandla Awethu over and over. Submitted by: MikeL
There are additional UB40 repetitive lyrics available.