Biography:
A reggae band formed 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The music grasps from roots reggae and dub to lovers rock and pop. It is the second most commercial successful reggae band with +70 million sold albums. Many of their hits have been stylishly covers of early reggae and rocksteady hits from Jamaica. After success in UK, UB40's won USA with Labour of Love (1983), their first album of covers. UB40 was 1986 the first Western band to play behind the Iron Curtain, live in Moscow, Soviet Union.
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Other songs:
- Bring Me Your Cup
- Can't Help Falling In Love With You
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
- Kingston Town
- Looking In Your Big Brown Eyes
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Red Red Wine
- Red, Red Wine
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- The Earth Dies Screaming
- After Tonight
- All I Want To Do
- As Always You Were Wrong Again
- Baby
- Bling Bling
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
- Boom Shacka Lacka
- Breakfast In Bed
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Cherry Oh Baby
- Come Back Darling
- Cream Puff
- Dance Until The Morning Light
- Dont Blame Me
- Dont Break My Heart
- Dont Do The Crime
- Dont Let It Pass You By
- Dont Slow Down
- Dream A Lie
- Food For Thought
- Forget The Cost
- Get Along Without You Now
- Getting Over The Storm
- Groovin
- Guns In The Ghetto
- Hell Have To Go
- Higher Ground
- Homely Girl
- How Can Poor Men Stand Such Times And Live
- How Will I Get Through This One
- I Cant Help Falling In Love With You
- I Got You Babe
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- If It Happens Again
- Ill Be On My Way
- Ill Be Your Baby Tonight
- Impossible Love
- Its My Delight
- Johnny Too Bad
- Kiss And Say Goodbye
- Love Is All Is Alright
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Midnight Rider
- Moonlight Lover
- My Way Of Thinking
- One In Ten
- Please Dont Make Me Cry
- Present Arms
- Rainbow Nation
- Rat In Mi Kitchen
- Reggae Music
- Sardonicus
- Securing The Peace
- She Caught The Train
- Silent Witness
- Sing Our Own Song
- Sins Of The Fathers
- Sweet Cherrie
- Sweet Sensation
- Swing Low
- The Day I Broke The Law
- The Pillow
- The Train Is Coming
- The Way You Do The Things You Do
- Things You Say You Love
- Tyler
- Version Girl
- Watchdogs
- Wear You To The Ball
- Wedding Day
- Where Did I Go Wrong
- Who You Fighting For
- You And Me
- You Could Meet Somebody
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Kingston Town by Lord Creator, covered by UB40
"Kingston Town" is usually believed to be the name of the song
Jamaica Farewell by Lord Burgess and made famous by Harry Belafonte
"Kingston Town"
Single by UB40
from the album Labour of Love II
B-side "Lickwood"
Released March 19, 1990 (1990-03-19)
Format 7" vinyl single
12" vinyl single
3-inch CD single
5-inch CD single
Cassette single
Genre Reggae
Length 3:52
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Kentrick Patrick
Producer UB40
Certification Gold SNEP, 1990
UB40 singles chronology
"Homely Girl"
(1989) "Kingston Town"
(1990) "Wear You to the Ball"
(1990)
"Kingston Town" is a 1970 song by Lord Creator. It was covered in
1990 by reggae group UB40 and was the second single from their 1989
album Labour of Love II, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart.
In June 2007, the copyright holders of the song, Sparta Florida Music
Group, started legal action against Paris Hilton and Warner Chappell
Music for plagiarism due to alleged similarities between "Kingston Town"
and Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind". It has wrongly been stated that
UB40 was the suing party, but that has been denied by the band on their website.[1]
Kingston Town by Lord Creator, covered by UB40
G Bm C D
G Bm C D
The night seems to fade but the moonlight lingers on
C D G D
There are wonders for everyone whoa oh
G Bm C D
The stars shine so bright but they're fading after dawn
C D G D
There is magic in Kingston Town
Bm Em A Bm
Oh Kingston Town the place I long to be
Em A
If I had the world I would give it away just to see the girls at
D
play
G Bm C D
When I am king surely I will need a queen
C D G D
And a palace and everything yeah
G Bm C D
And now I am king and my queen will come at dawn
C D G D
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
G Bm C D x 2 Keyboard solo
Bm Em A Bm
Oh Kingston Town the place I long to be
Em A
If I had the world I would give it away just to see the girls at
D
play
G Bm C D
When I am king surely I will need a queen
C D G D
And a palace and everything yeah
G Bm C D
And now I am king and my queen will come at dawn
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
"Kingston Town" is usually believed to be the name of the song
Jamaica Farewell by Lord Burgess and made famous by Harry Belafonte
"Kingston Town"
Single by UB40
from the album Labour of Love II
B-side "Lickwood"
Released March 19, 1990 (1990-03-19)
Format 7" vinyl single
12" vinyl single
3-inch CD single
5-inch CD single
Cassette single
Genre Reggae
Length 3:52
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Kentrick Patrick
Producer UB40
Certification Gold SNEP, 1990
UB40 singles chronology
"Homely Girl"
(1989) "Kingston Town"
(1990) "Wear You to the Ball"
(1990)
"Kingston Town" is a 1970 song by Lord Creator. It was covered in
1990 by reggae group UB40 and was the second single from their 1989
album Labour of Love II, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart.
In June 2007, the copyright holders of the song, Sparta Florida Music
Group, started legal action against Paris Hilton and Warner Chappell
Music for plagiarism due to alleged similarities between "Kingston Town"
and Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind". It has wrongly been stated that
UB40 was the suing party, but that has been denied by the band on their website.[1]
Kingston Town by Lord Creator, covered by UB40
G Bm C D
G Bm C D
The night seems to fade but the moonlight lingers on
C D G D
There are wonders for everyone whoa oh
G Bm C D
The stars shine so bright but they're fading after dawn
C D G D
There is magic in Kingston Town
Bm Em A Bm
Oh Kingston Town the place I long to be
Em A
If I had the world I would give it away just to see the girls at
D
play
G Bm C D
When I am king surely I will need a queen
C D G D
And a palace and everything yeah
G Bm C D
And now I am king and my queen will come at dawn
C D G D
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
G Bm C D x 2 Keyboard solo
Bm Em A Bm
Oh Kingston Town the place I long to be
Em A
If I had the world I would give it away just to see the girls at
D
play
G Bm C D
When I am king surely I will need a queen
C D G D
And a palace and everything yeah
G Bm C D
And now I am king and my queen will come at dawn
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
C D G Em
She'll be waiting in Kingston Town
