UB 40 has a lot of great songs and some overs. Red red wine is a great song but Our Song has powerful lyrics. They are a reggae group. They cover an Elvis great cant help falling in love
Love ya brotha, but here's the real deal with this song: ""Red, Red Wine" is a song written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1968. Tony Tribe covered the song in 1969 in a reggae-influenced style, and UB40 covered the song in 1983 in a lighter reggae-style. Although Bob Marley never covered the song, the reggae cover versions have often been incorrectly attributed to him." Peace and love !
Thank you! I was just about to let him know that he was way off on that one, lol. Neil Diamond wrote so many songs that people automatically assume were written by other people that merely performed them. Thank you for pointing this out to him. :)
Bob Marley never did a cover of this, it's originally written by Neil Diamond. But on You Tube people are posting that it's Bob Marley, but it's not. It's the UB40 version.
UB40 was the booklet you had to fill the back in, and take to sign on every two weeks, and it was under £30 when they met and formed the band, in the early 80s (about 24-26 quid at the time if I remember rightly) it wasn't until about 1990-ish when it went up to the £40 mark.thw UB40 booklet was still in use last time I signed on about 13 years ago. Not sure if it's still in use for social security benefits with it all changing to universal credit. It's a shame the original lineup changed. They don't sound the same now.
Yep, I just commented that too- Missing out on the last part! Same thing happens with Ive seen “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell reacted to- (99% sure Jamel did it quite a while back.. but it wasn’t the full version with the great last half either - kills me - love that song!
I used to love that song and a little while ago, during lockdown, I actually found a rat in my kitchen and the first thing that came to mind was this song. :)
@@rachel-in-the-208 Neil diamond's version of the song is not reggae, it was turned into a reggae song by UB40 or perhaps Bob Marley, though I don't know his version
UB 40 was the number of their unemployment card. I absolutely loved their style and music. They are from Birmingham in the UK. Brilliant. Thanks Jamel. 🎶👍
I heard that when Neil Diamond (who wrote this song) heard this version he would perform it like that in his own concert. And Bob Marley NEVER recorded this song, the only reggae version is this version.
As a kid in the 90's I only got to hear this great song on the radio and let's just say when I saw the music video, I definitely was floored that they were British hahaha.
@Russell White and those people are criminally ignorant of music. I bet they think Bob Marley literally did every reggae song. It’s a shame. UB40 is a legend. Unfortunately the United States has got terrible taste in music. And the band wasn’t as big here as it should’ve been just like so many other English bands.
Another band in the same vein, and great for dancing to, is The Specials. Ghost Town was a popular one, but anything off their debut 1979 album is fun.
@@bennettwolf3821 Yazoo, not Yaz :) But yeah, I love the Flying Pickets version. Another A Capella song that is awesome is Caravan of Love by The Housemartins.
"Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed, and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967. It is included on Diamond's second studio album, Just for You. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes. UB40 recorded a cover version in 1983 that went to #1 in the UK and was moderately successful in the United States; it was re-released in 1988 and went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. When Diamond left the Bang Records label in 1968, the label continued to release Diamond's singles, often adding newly recorded instruments and background vocals to album tracks from Bang's two Diamond albums. For the "Red Red Wine" single, Bang added a background choir without Diamond's involvement or permission. Diamond's version reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968. A live version was released on Diamond's The Greatest Hits (1966-92), but the 1968 single version has never been issued on a vinyl album or CD. Several artists covered the song shortly after Diamond's recording was released: In 1968, Dutch singer Peter Tetteroo (from the band Tee-Set) had a hit with a version that reached #6 on the Dutch Top 40 chart. Jamaican-born singer Tony Tribe recorded a reggae version of the song in 1969 that reached #46 on the UK Singles Chart. It became Trojan Records' first chart hit. UB40 recorded their version of "Red Red Wine" for their album of cover versions, Labour of Love. According to UB40 member Astro, the group's former vocalist and trumpet player, the band were only familiar with Tony Tribe's version and did not realize that the writer and original singer was Neil Diamond. Astro told the Financial Times, "Even when we saw the writing credit which said 'N Diamond,' we thought it was a Jamaican artist called Negus Diamond." UB40's version features a lighter, reggae-style flavor compared to that of Diamond's somber, acoustic ballad. The UB40 version adds a toasted verse by Astro, opening: "Red Red Wine, you make me feel so fine/You keep me rocking all of the time," which was edited from the single that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983 and #34 in the United States in March 1984. In 1988, UB40 performed the song at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert. Soon after in June 1988, Guy Zapoleon, program director of KZZP in the Phoenix, Arizona market, believed that the song should be given a second chance and put the full version, including Astro's "rap", on the station's playlist and it soon became the station's most popular song. With UB40 ready to release Labour of Love II, Virgin Records promotion man Charlie Minor asked UB40 to hold off on releasing the album so that the label could reissue and promote "Red Red Wine". On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of 15 October 1988 the song hit #1 in the U.S. In September 2014, the Official Charts Company announced that sales in the UK had reached one million. The song reached No. 1 on the South African Springbok charts in February 1984, remaining in that position for a total of 12 weeks. It also ended in the No. 1 position on that country's year end charts. Neil Diamond has stated that UB40's "Red Red Wine" is among his favorite covers of his songs. He frequently performs the song live using the UB40 reggae arrangement rather than that of the original version.
"They got a lot of Reggae songs?"' ...Honestly dude, you don't know the half of it! You could probably have a music reaction channel just dedicated to UB40 reggae songs and still have months worth of new content.
@@jennifertebomosiane9596 When this channel started a lot us suggested that Jamel didn't look up anything about the song before reacting. We believe that by looking it up it would take away some of the real reaction. If you want channels that give fake reactions there are plenty of them out there.
@@jennifertebomosiane9596 Looking up before and during reactions can and does lead to fake reactions. Since the video was made Jamel has made another video talking about how he didn't know about it being by Neil Diamond. Also can you explain how you can read my comment and say that I think misinformation is honest
Jamel, "Red, Red Wine" is a song written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1968. Tony Tribe covered the song in 1969 in a reggae-influenced style, and UB40 covered the song in 1983 in a lighter reggae-style. Although Bob Marley never covered the song, the reggae cover versions have often been incorrectly attributed to him.
Yesssss! Folks requesting these should specify that! Same with “Tainted Love/where did our love go” by Soft Cell- the last half is always left out of it too..🤦🏼♀️
I guess I’m the only person that had the extended remix single back in the day. My cousin was a DJ so it might be one of a kind. But yes, definitely UB40. Great British band.
Neil Diamond's version from his live double album Hot August Night is absolute fire. It's a slow, sad, passionate song, and the one I knew long before UB40 came out with their take on it
LOVE the Specials! 'Gangsters' is my favorite though: czcams.com/video/lgCZN1rU5co/video.html Can't fight corruption with con tricks they use the law to commit crime I dread to think what the future will bring when we're living in real gangster time And yeah, we really did skank to the Two-Tone catalog back in the day :D
Reaching deeeep into the 80s! This song was everywhere for a little while. Love hearing it come out again, dust her off, and spin. As always, thanks Jamel for bringing back the memories.
I absolutely loved being able to live during MTV. The videos have become part of the music ever since !!! In 1981 I was 17. It was on in the rec room my entire duration of military service. Oh, yeah, I rode a crotch rocket and wore a flight suit before Tom Cruise did in Top Gun also.... best time of my life.
I was fortunate to see UB40 in Melbourne Australia I think in 1990... I'm so happy you did a reaction to this song , I had forgotten about UB40 and am now inspired to hunt through my old record collection. I believe the genre is call Reggae/ska... sagestions Madness.. It must be love & are house... keep it up Jamel,love your reactions 💜 Doreen from Down Under
Looks like a Friday night at the local pub, after everyone's gotten their pay. Our poor friend gets his pocket picked, and then his father and the dogs find him and take him safely home. All's well that ends well. Hopefully he found another nice lady.
Took my then (now wife) girlfriend to see Tina Turner way back in 1987. UB40 opened. I was more of a metal head but Tina rocked the place. Always think of that concert when I hear this song.
UB40 was a reggae and pop band that was popular during the Mod/Ska era in British music. They formed in 1978. Reggae had, and still has, a big influence on British music.
Love UB40! This is legit my childhood! "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "She Caught the Train", "Can't Help Falling in Love with You", "Cherry Oh, Baby" ... everyday on the way to/from school listening to my mom's tapes, lol.
"So the judge wasn't gonna look at the glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explanin' what each one was to be used as evidence against us" what a classic!
If u love reggae, u should check out these: “Rudy, A Message to You” by Dandy Livingstone “Substitute Lover” by Half Pint “Ship is Sailing” by Jimmy Cliff
Dandy Livingstone's "Rudy" is Ska. Ska later spawned two other music genres: Reggae and Rocksteady. Most all of the early Reggae artists started with Ska (Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley, etc.). While Ska never really had the spotlight that Reggae had, it is still going and is still on it's third "wave". Modern artists include the Melbourne Ska Orchestra (somewhere between first wave and two-tone ska) and the Interrupters (third wave style). If you want more old-school Ska, check out Prince Buster and Desmond Decker and the Aces. Cheers!
during the 80's all through europe and a bit later north america , reggae swept through and influenced many bands like ub40, the police, duran duran, boy george, george michael and many more. quite the phenomena and such a rich collection of music too.
Sorry to say this, but Bob Marley did not sign this song it was written by NEIL DIAMOND - Red Red Wine (Original 1968). I looked for the Bob Marley version, it's actually the UB40 version attributed to Bob Marley.
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in Birmingham, England in December of 1978. The band has had more than 50 singles on the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish, and Yemeni parentage. Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and the two Billboard Hot 100 number ones, "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both of the latter also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe". They covered Neil Diamond‘s "Red Red Wine" in 1983, peaking at number 1 on the UK Singles chart, and gained moderate success on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was however rereleased in the US in 1988 and went to #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year. Neil Diamond has stated that UB40's "Red Red Wine" is among his favourite covers of his songs. He frequently performs the song live using the UB40 reggae arrangement rather than that of his original version.
Yesss! I commented the same thing! Whomever’s getting their requests done...should specify the FULL versions- same with Soft Cell “Tainted Love/ where did our love go.” I can hardly watch when they’re cut short- I do though, to support the channel🤷🏼♀️
UB40 Filmed another great song of theirs, Many rivers to cross which is a must listen in a place near where I lived and grew up - I went in that church in the video many times as a child. They were so big back in the day but so much of their music is timeless!
Some of UB40s biggest hits were covers of other people's songs, (Red Red Wine, I Got You Babe, Kingston Town Can't Help Falling In Love) but they did their own material, too. My favourite in One In Ten which is about the plight of unemployed people in recession-hit Britain in the 1970s/80s. When the band formed they were all unemployed, hence the name UB40 - the name of the form you had to fill in to register for unemployment benefit.
UB40 was the name of the unemployment benefit form in the UK. My first ever concert was UB40 around 78/79 at Stirling University. Sitting here laughing as Jamel is about to be woke up to who actually did this song. UB40 are a huge band both in members and in popularity and have had many hits.
Next: "If It Happens Again" & "Rat in the Kitchen" BTW, band name is taken from an "Unemployment Benefit Form 40" in England. Just looked it up on Google.
I didn't know about reggae in '83. I told the guy at the record store that I liked the Police. Wanted something with the same kind of beat. He smiled and gave me a cassette of UB40.
Sorry, sounds nothing like Bob Marley. Can’t believe you don’t know UB40. Classic band that’s still going. And check out the original version by Neil Diamond. Not Bob Marley.
You need to learn youre reggae man they just released another album last year called the real labour of love and its about there 7th or 8th that have all had number one hits on them bob is the greatest artist but not the only greatest artist what about peter tosh and all the others if you judge them all by bob you are so narrow mineded in your veiw of reggae that you shouldnt be commenting on it!!!
Not everything Reagga is from Bob Marley. And no, you do not remember Bob Marley's Version - he never sang this. But in fairness, all over CZcams and elsewhere, this is labeled a BM Song.
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Neil Diamond sung the OG!
Maybe another UB40 song & shout out to Neil Diamond who wrote it in the late 60's...
@@Magumba_State I Had No Clue 🤦🏾♂️😳
UB 40 has a lot of great songs and some overs. Red red wine is a great song but Our Song has powerful lyrics. They are a reggae group. They cover an Elvis great cant help falling in love
@@jamelakajamal listen to more geat songs from UB40. They have great covers and originals
Love ya brotha, but here's the real deal with this song: ""Red, Red Wine" is a song written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1968. Tony Tribe covered the song in 1969 in a reggae-influenced style, and UB40 covered the song in 1983 in a lighter reggae-style. Although Bob Marley never covered the song, the reggae cover versions have often been incorrectly attributed to him." Peace and love !
Thank you! I was just about to let him know that he was way off on that one, lol. Neil Diamond wrote so many songs that people automatically assume were written by other people that merely performed them. Thank you for pointing this out to him. :)
Came here to say this. Marley was great, but he didn't record everything. LOL.
@@merlinsclaw Funny enough, he never even recorded this song, lol!
This was the comment I was looking for.
Tony Tribe’s version was “ska” influenced.
Bob Marley never did a cover of this, it's originally written by Neil Diamond. But on You Tube people are posting that it's Bob Marley, but it's not. It's the UB40 version.
What makes that so funny is that Bob Marley died 2 years before this came out.
lol people are stupid definitely because the voice is really not bob marley
correct
And they seem shocked when they discoverer it white men singing it 🙄
Tony Tribe did the original Reggae version in the late 60s
Written by Neil Diamond and is his favorite version
My favorite version as well
Yeah these guys were the ones to give it the Reggae flavour!
Did not know this. I swear to god Neil Diamond is a goddamn National treasure
👍❤
Who doesn't know that?At least he didnt say William Hung wrote the song.
The guys in the band met at the unemployment office. Unemployment benefits form is called... UB-40.
Back in the day if you could present your UB40 they gave you very reduced tickets for their concerts
yup!
Unemployment Benefit
and they got 40pounds
"Where you going with that UB40 in your hand?"
UB40 was the booklet you had to fill the back in, and take to sign on every two weeks, and it was under £30 when they met and formed the band, in the early 80s (about 24-26 quid at the time if I remember rightly) it wasn't until about 1990-ish when it went up to the £40 mark.thw UB40 booklet was still in use last time I signed on about 13 years ago. Not sure if it's still in use for social security benefits with it all changing to universal credit.
It's a shame the original lineup changed. They don't sound the same now.
I like the remix with the rap toward the end.
"Red, red wine you make me feel so fine. you keep me rockin all of the time...."
That's my favorite version as well.
missing from the version. It just aint the same with out it.
Yeah, the original song is good, but the remix has a bit more groove to it
Yep, I just commented that too- Missing out on the last part! Same thing happens with Ive seen “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell reacted to- (99% sure Jamel did it quite a while back.. but it wasn’t the full version with the great last half either - kills me - love that song!
Yeah, I was all ready to go into that but then this video version cut it off :(
UB40 is so good "Kingston Town" is another great one.
One of my favs 😍😍
Kingston Town one of my favs
UB40 are an amazing British band. Rat in my Kitchen is one of my favs.
Mine too
@@iceFisher101 🤘sweeeet!
@@annetteunsworthqhht ❤️🤘
I used to love that song and a little while ago, during lockdown, I actually found a rat in my kitchen and the first thing that came to mind was this song. :)
All the Bob Marley versions I've listened to are actually UB40.
Lol
That's right. Bob Marley actually died 2 years before UB40 released this song.
@@skinnybuddha74 he would have loved this for sure
Check out the live version of UB40 and Chrissy Hines doing, "I got you babe."
Chrissie Hynde
....and that's a Sonny and Cher hit song.
yes! I love this performance so much!!! so good together!!!1
@@rockyroad2143 true, but UB40and Chrissie Hynde cover is amazing, good vibes, great talent.
Love Christy, THE PRETENDERS oh yeah 😎
"UB40" "FOOD FOR THOUGHT" or "ONE IN TEN" to fully appreciate their music jamel glad your reacting to ub40 ; )peace
Jad Holm yup - these two and King
One in Ten is such a great song!
Present Arms is Probably their best work imo.
Been listening to UB40 for decades ,they made so many good songs and i know the words to every one of them!just love um 😍
They did their rendition of Elvis Presley's: "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You"
and an excellent rendition it was. 🙂
Loved their version!
Anything UB40 did is amazing. I saw them in concert in 1990 in Mesa Arizona.
This song was written by Neil Diamond... for real
I know 😂 ... When I think of Neil Diamond, I don’t really think reggae 😁
Is that right? wow
@@rachel-in-the-208 Neil diamond's version of the song is not reggae, it was turned into a reggae song by UB40 or perhaps Bob Marley, though I don't know his version
@@roberto7639 yeah... Neil recorded it as well, it’s just very different lol
@@angelahuffman6618 i have to look for it. Thanks!
UB 40 was the number of their unemployment card. I absolutely loved their style and music. They are from Birmingham in the UK. Brilliant. Thanks Jamel. 🎶👍
Love UB40...brings back good memories of times gone by
UB40 & Pato Banton - Baby Come Back is another good one! It will make you get up and dance :)
Kingston Town by UB40 is a good one. They're a great reggae band.
I heard that when Neil Diamond (who wrote this song) heard this version he would perform it like that in his own concert. And Bob Marley NEVER recorded this song, the only reggae version is this version.
Not quite Tony Tribe did a reggae style version of this in1969
This was a cover of Tony Tribe's cover!
Tony Tribe!
As a kid in the 90's I only got to hear this great song on the radio and let's just say when I saw the music video, I definitely was floored that they were British hahaha.
Yep - Birmingham - where Ozzy is from (it is a very “industrial town” i.e Not Posh)
Written by the great Neil Diamond! Bob Marley never did this song, btw. ;)
I know it is true ... but I bet a lot of people won’t believe you! 😂😉
Bob Marley did cover this song, it's one of his most popular songs.
I didn't know for sure, but I knew I never heard a bob marley recording. I knew it was UB40. I l know for sure now lol
@Russell White and those people are criminally ignorant of music. I bet they think Bob Marley literally did every reggae song. It’s a shame. UB40 is a legend. Unfortunately the United States has got terrible taste in music. And the band wasn’t as big here as it should’ve been just like so many other English bands.
@@doobiedave9686 I just looked it up, sorry I was wrong also...
Another band in the same vein, and great for dancing to, is The Specials. Ghost Town was a popular one, but anything off their debut 1979 album is fun.
Try "Falling in love whit You" or "Kingston Town"
Both great songs 🎵
Yes
Kingstone town please!
Same era, The Flying Pickets "Only You". A capella song that will set your heart on fire.
That is a song I love
The Pickets version is a cover of a Yaz song with Alison Moyet singing.
@@bennettwolf3821 Yazoo, not Yaz :)
But yeah, I love the Flying Pickets version. Another A Capella song that is awesome is Caravan of Love by The Housemartins.
@@bennettwolf3821 yeah, nut I'll take the FP version everyday and twice on Sunday.
@@s.g.r.2773 I never said you shouldn't
My cousin's last name was Redwine and she was popular with the boys. She most have had this song dedicated to her on the radio at least a dozen time.
Cool story!
"Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed, and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967. It is included on Diamond's second studio album, Just for You. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes.
UB40 recorded a cover version in 1983 that went to #1 in the UK and was moderately successful in the United States; it was re-released in 1988 and went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
When Diamond left the Bang Records label in 1968, the label continued to release Diamond's singles, often adding newly recorded instruments and background vocals to album tracks from Bang's two Diamond albums. For the "Red Red Wine" single, Bang added a background choir without Diamond's involvement or permission. Diamond's version reached #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968. A live version was released on Diamond's The Greatest Hits (1966-92), but the 1968 single version has never been issued on a vinyl album or CD.
Several artists covered the song shortly after Diamond's recording was released:
In 1968, Dutch singer Peter Tetteroo (from the band Tee-Set) had a hit with a version that reached #6 on the Dutch Top 40 chart.
Jamaican-born singer Tony Tribe recorded a reggae version of the song in 1969 that reached #46 on the UK Singles Chart. It became Trojan Records' first chart hit.
UB40 recorded their version of "Red Red Wine" for their album of cover versions, Labour of Love. According to UB40 member Astro, the group's former vocalist and trumpet player, the band were only familiar with Tony Tribe's version and did not realize that the writer and original singer was Neil Diamond. Astro told the Financial Times, "Even when we saw the writing credit which said 'N Diamond,' we thought it was a Jamaican artist called Negus Diamond."
UB40's version features a lighter, reggae-style flavor compared to that of Diamond's somber, acoustic ballad. The UB40 version adds a toasted verse by Astro, opening: "Red Red Wine, you make me feel so fine/You keep me rocking all of the time," which was edited from the single that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983 and #34 in the United States in March 1984.
In 1988, UB40 performed the song at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert. Soon after in June 1988, Guy Zapoleon, program director of KZZP in the Phoenix, Arizona market, believed that the song should be given a second chance and put the full version, including Astro's "rap", on the station's playlist and it soon became the station's most popular song. With UB40 ready to release Labour of Love II, Virgin Records promotion man Charlie Minor asked UB40 to hold off on releasing the album so that the label could reissue and promote "Red Red Wine". On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of 15 October 1988 the song hit #1 in the U.S. In September 2014, the Official Charts Company announced that sales in the UK had reached one million.
The song reached No. 1 on the South African Springbok charts in February 1984, remaining in that position for a total of 12 weeks. It also ended in the No. 1 position on that country's year end charts.
Neil Diamond has stated that UB40's "Red Red Wine" is among his favorite covers of his songs. He frequently performs the song live using the UB40 reggae arrangement rather than that of the original version.
Yeah, I ain’t reading all that.
"They got a lot of Reggae songs?"'
...Honestly dude, you don't know the half of it!
You could probably have a music reaction channel just dedicated to UB40 reggae songs and still have months worth of new content.
“Cherry oh baby “ is a great one if you haven’t already by ub40
You just had to mention one of my guilty pleasures😁😁. I hope he does a reaction video to it.
Love Cherry Oh Baby. Same cast in the video so it’s like a precursor to this one - shows him meeting the girl that goes on to break his heart.
Might as well get into The Specials then
Have to check that out. I have only heard the Stones version.
Ok checked it out ... it is good but I prefer the Stones version. Give it a listen . ✌️💕
They do originals too - please react to Rat in the Kitchen
I'd forgotten that song--thanks for the reminder :-)
Oooh I love that song
Oh whoa whoa yeah! Oh yeah, oh yeah, there's a rat in me kitchen what I'mma gonna do?
"Im gonna fix dat rat dats what im gonna do, im gonna fix dat rat!" - this song is fire brother
"One in Ten".
This song is not bob marley's it is falsely attributed to him
Right?! I am looking at him funny for that. When reacting are they not allowed to look up information on songs and artists? I don't get it.
@@jennifertebomosiane9596 When this channel started a lot us suggested that Jamel didn't look up anything about the song before reacting. We believe that by looking it up it would take away some of the real reaction.
If you want channels that give fake reactions there are plenty of them out there.
Neil diamond wrote this!
@@Westcountrynordic looking up information in real time does not produce fake reactions.
I don't know why you think misinformation is honest.
@@jennifertebomosiane9596 Looking up before and during reactions can and does lead to fake reactions. Since the video was made Jamel has made another video talking about how he didn't know about it being by Neil Diamond.
Also can you explain how you can read my comment and say that I think misinformation is honest
Jamel,
"Red, Red Wine" is a song written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1968. Tony Tribe covered the song in 1969 in a reggae-influenced style, and UB40 covered the song in 1983 in a lighter reggae-style. Although Bob Marley never covered the song, the reggae cover versions have often been incorrectly attributed to him.
Fantastic group - saw them live a few years ago and they were incredible.
You’re the best! I can always come to your channel and hear all my favorites! & you watch you enjoy them thoroughly, I love it❤️
UB40 is the name of an Unemployment Benefits form in the UK.
There is an extended version with a rap at the end.
I was gonna say, that's the only version I've ever heard, not this one.
Yesssss! Folks requesting these should specify that! Same with “Tainted Love/where did our love go” by Soft Cell- the last half is always left out of it too..🤦🏼♀️
Red Red Wine you make me feel so fine you keep me rockin all of the time...
Yeah I don’t think that’s actually a rap! I’ve seen people on here calling it a “toast”
I guess I’m the only person that had the extended remix single back in the day. My cousin was a DJ so it might be one of a kind. But yes, definitely UB40. Great British band.
Jamel UB40, THE BEAT (ENGLISH BEAT) and MADNESS are all great SKA BANDS that came out of the 80's. All of the bands ROCK.
OMG...haven't heard this for many years. Still sounds great...and brings back fantastic. memories. Thx.
They are Reggae, Pop and they do their own songs too.
Jamel - there is a longer version of this song that ends with a surprise you will love #fullversion
Agreed. The song with Astro's toasted verse is way better.
Ain’t even started yet and I can say you are in for a treat.
UB40 does a combination of covers and their own music.
so many wonderful songs have come from this group!
enjoy.
His dad came and got him back home........even though dad can be an ass; he is still Dad.
What's great about them is they had not just one lead singer, but a variety of guys that could sing lead or rap to great effect.
My father and uncles chill to this song when they wer young n free. Now we the youngings chilling to this. Klassic!
They also had a hit with a reggae style version of an old Elvis Presley song, "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You."
Loved their version!
Neil Diamond's version from his live double album Hot August Night is absolute fire. It's a slow, sad, passionate song, and the one I knew long before UB40 came out with their take on it
Agree
“Version”? Neil Diamond WROTE THE SONG!!
Love your channel!
UB40 has some solid jams ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Peace and love to all u Sisters and Brothers out there keeping the music alive 🙏🏼
Kingston Town is another great one by UB40🥰🥰🥰🥰
That's a classic. Before it was ripped of by Paris Hilton.
@@muzallisam5068 YIKES!
Check out The Specials Ghost Town
LOVE the Specials! 'Gangsters' is my favorite though:
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Can't fight corruption with con tricks
they use the law to commit crime
I dread to think what the future will bring
when we're living in real gangster time
And yeah, we really did skank to the Two-Tone catalog back in the day :D
Reaching deeeep into the 80s! This song was everywhere for a little while. Love hearing it come out again, dust her off, and spin. As always, thanks Jamel for bringing back the memories.
I absolutely loved being able to live during MTV. The videos have become part of the music ever since !!!
In 1981 I was 17. It was on in the rec room my entire duration of military service.
Oh, yeah, I rode a crotch rocket and wore a flight suit before Tom Cruise did in Top Gun also.... best time of my life.
This song was a written by Neil diamond believe it or not! Bob Marley never covered it.
Bob Marley did cover this song, it one of his most popular songs
@@doobiedave9686 no he never did.
They’re actually Brits. They can sound Reggae if they want to.
I was fortunate to see UB40 in Melbourne Australia I think in 1990... I'm so happy you did a reaction to this song , I had forgotten about UB40 and am now inspired to hunt through my old record collection. I believe the genre is call Reggae/ska... sagestions Madness.. It must be love & are house... keep it up Jamel,love your reactions 💜 Doreen from Down Under
Way to keep great music alive @Aka Jamel
Good evening Jamel this is a good song let's do this✌❤❤💃💃
Looks like a Friday night at the local pub, after everyone's gotten their pay. Our poor friend gets his pocket picked, and then his father and the dogs find him and take him safely home. All's well that ends well. Hopefully he found another nice lady.
Took my then (now wife) girlfriend to see Tina Turner way back in 1987. UB40 opened. I was more of a metal head but Tina rocked the place. Always think of that concert when I hear this song.
UB40 was a reggae and pop band that was popular during the Mod/Ska era in British music. They formed in 1978. Reggae had, and still has, a big influence on British music.
The song was recorded by the reggae singer Tony Tribe in 1969. I don't think Bob Marley ever actually covered it.
Isn't there a more extended version? I could have sworn there was more to it.
Yes with a rap ending. Red red wine you make me feel so fine feel so fine all of the time, etc. Lol
Yeah I agree @Michael Bickel, this version is missing some verses.
Damn it's been years since I last heard this song. Takes me back
Yep, sophomore year of college, 1988. Those were the days.
Love UB40! This is legit my childhood! "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "She Caught the Train", "Can't Help Falling in Love with You", "Cherry Oh, Baby" ... everyday on the way to/from school listening to my mom's tapes, lol.
Arlo Guthrie/ City Of New Orleans
Ted Nugent: Fred Bear the Song
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
"So the judge wasn't gonna look at the glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explanin' what each one was to be used as evidence against us" what a classic!
@@sirgalahad5208 Whoever heard of a dump that was CLOSED?
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant (Exceptin' Alice)
If u love reggae, u should check out these:
“Rudy, A Message to You” by Dandy Livingstone
“Substitute Lover” by Half Pint
“Ship is Sailing” by Jimmy Cliff
Night Nurse and Sheila by Gregory Isaacs
Dandy Livingstone's "Rudy" is Ska. Ska later spawned two other music genres: Reggae and Rocksteady. Most all of the early Reggae artists started with Ska (Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley, etc.). While Ska never really had the spotlight that Reggae had, it is still going and is still on it's third "wave". Modern artists include the Melbourne Ska Orchestra (somewhere between first wave and two-tone ska) and the Interrupters (third wave style). If you want more old-school Ska, check out Prince Buster and Desmond Decker and the Aces. Cheers!
Thank you for always doing this
during the 80's all through europe and a bit later north america , reggae swept through and influenced many bands like ub40, the police, duran duran, boy george, george michael and many more. quite the phenomena and such a rich collection of music too.
Please please please react to UB40's falling in love with you. Excellent song!
Sorry to say this, but Bob Marley did not sign this song it was written by NEIL DIAMOND - Red Red Wine (Original 1968). I looked for the Bob Marley version, it's actually the UB40 version attributed to Bob Marley.
I was 16 years old and just starting to drive when this was released. It’ll always bring back good memories.
Thanks for always bring a smile 😃
Jamal, I recommend you hear Neil Diamond's version and many of his other hits.
Big misconception, many people believe this to be a Marley song
Neil Diamond wrote it but Marley did do a cover of it.
@@doobiedave9686 No, he didn't. Tony Tribe did, not Marley.
@@doobiedave9686 Nope, sorry he never did. In fact, Bob Marley died 2 years before this came out, so it's actually impossible lol.
@@skinnybuddha74 The Tony Tribe version which a lot of people confuse with Marley came out before his death. The UB40 version though, certainly
@@skinnybuddha74 And the Neil Diamond version is from 1967.
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in Birmingham, England in December of 1978.
The band has had more than 50 singles on the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success.
They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group.
UB40 have sold over 70 million records worldwide.
The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish, and Yemeni parentage.
Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and the two Billboard Hot 100 number ones, "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".
Both of the latter also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe".
They covered Neil Diamond‘s "Red Red Wine" in 1983, peaking at number 1 on the UK Singles chart, and gained moderate success on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It was however rereleased in the US in 1988 and went to #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year.
Neil Diamond has stated that UB40's "Red Red Wine" is among his favourite covers of his songs.
He frequently performs the song live using the UB40 reggae arrangement rather than that of his original version.
I owned this album I have never seen the video for this song. Thanks for sharing
bob marley didnt do this song, marley singing about smokin weed not booze!
REQUEST. The best version of this song is the one with the rap in it. Can you do a reaction to that one. That’s the better one in my opinion.
Yesss! I commented the same thing! Whomever’s getting their requests done...should specify the FULL versions- same with Soft Cell “Tainted Love/ where did our love go.” I can hardly watch when they’re cut short- I do though, to support the channel🤷🏼♀️
It’s a “toasting” not a rap sorry
I was waiting for it and his reaction to it so disappointed!!
UB40 Filmed another great song of theirs, Many rivers to cross which is a must listen in a place near where I lived and grew up - I went in that church in the video many times as a child. They were so big back in the day but so much of their music is timeless!
Some of UB40s biggest hits were covers of other people's songs, (Red Red Wine, I Got You Babe, Kingston Town Can't Help Falling In Love) but they did their own material, too.
My favourite in One In Ten which is about the plight of unemployed people in recession-hit Britain in the 1970s/80s. When the band formed they were all unemployed, hence the name UB40 - the name of the form you had to fill in to register for unemployment benefit.
UB40 was predominantly a Rocksteady band. Listen to "One in Ten".
UB40 is a reggae band, but most of their biggest hits were covers, starting with this song.
Song is from the all covers album, " Labour of Love". "Johnny Too Bad" being a personal favorite.
UB40 was the name of the unemployment benefit form in the UK. My first ever concert was UB40 around 78/79 at Stirling University. Sitting here laughing as Jamel is about to be woke up to who actually did this song. UB40 are a huge band both in members and in popularity and have had many hits.
Next: "If It Happens Again" & "Rat in the Kitchen"
BTW, band name is taken from an "Unemployment Benefit Form 40" in England. Just looked it up on Google.
Rat in the kitchen ❤
If it happens again, I'm leaving. I'm packing my things and gone!
@@jenwendy7 Rat in the Kitchen is awesome album
Not familiar with a Bob Marley version of "Red Red Wine" - the original is Neil Diamond.
I looove this UB40 song. One of my favourites in my youngster time. We had really goood partys grooving on this song 😁😁😁
I didn't know about reggae in '83. I told the guy at the record store that I liked the Police. Wanted something with the same kind of beat. He smiled and gave me a cassette of UB40.
Sorry, sounds nothing like Bob Marley. Can’t believe you don’t know UB40. Classic band that’s still going. And check out the original version by Neil Diamond. Not Bob Marley.
Exactly Bob has a Jamaican accent these guys don't.
Hey man, can u react to INXS- ORIGINAL SIN
Definitely... And INXS New Sensation. The live version at Wembly Stadium is great. :)
One of the best from the UK, been listening to them from late 70/80s
I saw them when they opened for Duran Duran in Dallas. They were okay. Duran Duran was so good. Loved every Minute DD was on stage.
You need to learn youre reggae man they just released another album last year called the real labour of love and its about there 7th or 8th that have all had number one hits on them bob is the greatest artist but not the only greatest artist what about peter tosh and all the others if you judge them all by bob you are so narrow mineded in your veiw of reggae that you shouldnt be commenting on it!!!
Not everything Reagga is from Bob Marley.
And no, you do not remember Bob Marley's Version - he never sang this.
But in fairness, all over CZcams and elsewhere, this is labeled a BM Song.
Lets all applaud Birmingham, UK for giving these guys to us. Listened to UB40 as a child and still go back to it when I really need to turn things up.
UB40 have a whole catalogue of great reggae music man... Good vibe jams...
Bob Marley never did this song
UB 40 Is an unemployment benefit claim card in the UK, the members of the band were all unemployed till they put the band together ! :-)
Jamal just got to say it is AWESOME ! what you do.....Love it!!!
I grew up on ub40 through the 80s and 90s. They are definitely legit.