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UB40 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada, April 11, 2006

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the English pop - and reggae - band UB40 . According to the sources, she has sold more than 20.9 million records to date, over 9.9 million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release of UB40 is the album Promises and Lies with around 2.9 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Signing off	-	-	-	UK2 platinum (71 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 1980 Producer: UB40 Sales: 307,500
1981	Present arms	DE40 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 platinum (38 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 1981 Producer: Ray Falconer, UB40 Sales: 350,000
	Present Arms in Dub	-	-	-	UK38 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1981 Producer: Ray Falconer, UB40
1982	UB44	-	-	-	UK4th gold (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 1982 Producer: Ray Falconer, UB40 Sales: 100,000
1983	Labor of Love	DE29 gold (9 weeks)DE	-	CH- platinum CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (76 weeks)UK	US14th platinum (63 weeks)US	First published: September 1983 Producer: Ray Falconer, UB40 Sales: 2,075,000
1984	Geffery Morgan ...	DE59 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK3 silver (14 weeks)UK	US68 (26 weeks) US	First published: October 1984 Producer: Howard Gray, UB40 Sales: 60,000
1985	Baggariddim	-	-	CH22 (3 weeks) CH	UK14th gold (23 weeks)UK	US40 (25 weeks) US	First published: September 1985 Producer: Ray Falconer, UB40 Sales: 100,000
1986	Council in the Kitchen	-	-	CH21 (3 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (20 weeks)UK	US53 (17 weeks) US	First published: July 1986 Producer: UB40 Sales: 207,500
1988	UB40	DE62 (1 week) DE	-	CH15 (6 weeks) CH	UK12 gold (12 weeks)UK	US44 (27 weeks) US	First published: July 1988 Producer: John Shaw, UB40 Sales: 157,500
1989	Labor of Love II	DE9 (32 weeks) DE	AT6 (13 weeks) AT	-	UK3 × 3 Triple platinum (68 weeks)UK	US30th platinum (111 weeks)US	First published: November 1989 Producer: UB40 Sales: 2,865,000
1993	Promises and Lies	DE2 platinum (32 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (22 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (27 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (39 weeks)UK	US6th platinum (41 weeks)US	First published: July 1993 Producer: UB40 Sales: 2,940,000
1997	Guns in the ghetto	DE75 (7 weeks) DE	AT20 (7 weeks) AT	CH20 (8 weeks) CH	UK7th silver (10 weeks)UK	US176 (2 weeks) US	First published: July 1997 Producer: UB40 Sales: 60,000
1998	Labor of Love III	-	-	-	UK8th gold (14 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 1998 Producer: UB40 Sales: 115,000
2001	Cover Up	DE84 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK29 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 2001 Producer: UB40
2003	HomeGrown	-	-	-	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 2003 Producers: UB40, Charlie Skarbek
2005	Who You Fighting For?	DE68 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH81 (2 weeks) CH	UK20 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 2005 Producer: UB40
2008	TwentyFourSeven	-	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK	-	First published: June 2008 Producer: UB40
2010	Labor of Love IV	-	-	-	UK24 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 2010 Producer: UB40
2013	Getting Over the Storm	-	-	-	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 2, 2013
2018	A Real Labor of Love	-	-	-	UK2 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 2nd, 2018 feat. Ali Campbell, Astro & Mickey Virtue Sales: 60,000
2019	For the many	-	-	-	UK29 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 15, 2019

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More studio albums

• 1998: Present the Dancehall Album
• 2002: Present the Fathers of Reggae (with Freddie McGregor , Gregory Isaacs , Brent Dowe , Alton Ellis , Max Romeo , Ken Boothe and others)
• 2007: Dub Sessions
• 2009: Dub Sessions II: Labor of Dub
• 2010: Dub Sessions III

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1983	UB40 Live	-	-	-	UK44 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1983 Recorded in Ireland, February 1982 Sales: 50,000
1987	CCCP - Live in Moscow	-	-	CH14 (9 weeks) CH	-	US121 (8 weeks) US	First published: August 1987
2016	Unplugged	-	-	-	UK17th silver (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 18, 2016 feat. Ali, Astro & Mickey Virtue Sales: 60,000

More live albums

• 1982: BBC Radio Concert # 12
• 2007: Live at Montreux 2002
• 2008: The Lost Tapes 1980 (Recording: The Venue London, 1980)
• 2009: Live at the O2 Arena London. 12/12/2009 (2 CDs)
• 2009: Live at the Echo Arena Liverpool. December 6th, 2009 (3 CDs)
• 2015: The Hits of UB40 Live (feat. Ali , Astro and Mickey )

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	The Singles Album	-	-	-	UK17 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1982
1987	The Best of UB40 - Volume One	DE52 gold (10 weeks)DE	-	-	UK3 × 6 Six-fold platinum (160 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 1987 Sales: 2,325,000
1994	Labor of Love Vol. I & II	-	-	-	UK5 gold (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 1994 Sales: 115,000
1995	The Best of UB40 - Volume Two	DE91 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 platinum (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 1995. Sales: 315,000
2000	The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000	-	-	-	UK7th × 3 Triple platinum (58 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 2000 Sales: 1,075,000
2003	Labor of Love I, II & III (The Platinum Collection)	-	-	-	UK7th platinum (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 2003 Sales: 330,000
2005	The Best of UB40 - Volumes 1 & 2	-	-	-	UK47 gold (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 2005 Sales: 120,000
2009	Love songs	-	-	-	UK3 gold (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 2009 Sales: 107,500
	Best of Labor of Love	-	-	-	UK29 platinum (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 2009 Sales: 100,000
2016	Red Red Wine - The Essential UB40	-	-	-	UK51 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 2016 Sales: 60,000

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More compilations

• 1983: 1980-1983
• 1983: More UB40 Music (2 LPs)
• 1985: The UB40 File
• 1994: Present Arms + Signing Off (2 CDs)
• 2006: Under the Influence
• 2007: UB40
• 2008: Greatest Hits
• 2012: All the Best
• 2012: Greatest Hits on CD & DVD (Box with CD + DVD)
• 2013: UB44 + Labor of Love (2 CDs)
• 2014: Red Red Wine - The Collection (UK:platinum)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	King / Food for Thought Signing Off	-	-	-	UK4th silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 8, 1980 Authors: UB40
	My Way of Thinking / I Think It's Going to Rain Today The Singles Album	-	-	-	UK6 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 6, 1980 Authors (A-side): UB40 / Author (B-side): Randy Newman ; Original: Julius LaRosa, 1966
	The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream a Lie The Singles Album	-	-	-	UK10 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 24, 1980 Authors: UB40
1981	Don't Let It Pass You By / Don't Slow Down Present Arms	-	-	-	UK16 (9 weeks) UK	-	First publication: May 15, 1981 Authors: UB40
	One in Ten Present Arms	-	-	-	UK7 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 27, 1981 Authors: UB40
1982	I Won't Close My Eyes UB44	-	-	-	UK32 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 5, 1982 Authors: UB40
	Love Is All Is All Right UB44	-	-	-	UK29 (7 weeks) UK	-	First publication: May 7, 1982 Authors: UB40
	So Here I Am UB44	-	-	-	UK25 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 16, 1982 Authors: UB40
1983	I've Got Mine 1980-1983	-	-	-	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 28, 1983 Authors: UB40
	Red Red Wine Labor of Love	DE12 (15 weeks) DE	AT5 (10 weeks) AT	CH8 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (15 weeks)UK	US1 gold (40 weeks)US	First published: August 8, 1983 Author and original: Neil Diamond , 1967 based on a Salvation Army song from around 1910
	Please Don't Make Me Cry Labor of Love	-	-	-	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 3, 1983 Author and original: Winston Tucker aka Winston Groovey, 1970
	Many Rivers to Cross Labor of Love	-	-	-	UK16 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 28, 1983 Author and original: Jimmy Cliff , 1969
1984	Cherry Oh Baby Labor of Love	-	-	-	UK12 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 27, 1984 Author and original: Eric Donaldson, 1971
	If It Happens Again Geffery Morgan ...	-	-	-	UK9 (8 weeks) UK	-	First publication: September 10, 1984 Authors: UB40
	Riddle Me Geffery Morgan ...	-	-	-	UK59 (4 weeks) UK	-	First publication: November 19, 1984 Authors: UB40
1985	I'm Not Fooled / The Pillow Geffery Morgan ...	-	-	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 25, 1985 Authors: UB40
	I Got You Babe Baggariddim	DE15 (13 weeks) DE	AT14 (8 weeks) AT	CH15 (6 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (13 weeks)UK	US28 (14 weeks) US	First published: July 22, 1985 with Chrissie Hynde Author: Sonny Bono , Original: Sonny & Cher , 1965
	Don't Break My Heart Baggariddim	-	-	-	UK3 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 14, 1985 Authors: UB40
1986	Sing Our Own Song Rat in the Kitchen	-	-	-	UK5 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 30, 1986 Authors: UB40
	All I Want to Do Rat in the Kitchen	-	-	-	UK41 (5 weeks) UK	-	First publication: September 15, 1986 Authors: UB40
1987	Rat in Mi Kitchen Rat in the Kitchen	-	-	-	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 5th, 1987 Authors: UB40 Mix on B-side: feat. Herb Alpert (trumpet)
	Watchdogs Rat in the Kitchen	-	-	-	UK39 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 27, 1987 Authors: UB40
	Maybe Tomorrow The Best of UB40 - Volume 1	-	-	-	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 28, 1987 Authors: The Corporation ( Berry Gordy , Deke Richards, Fonce Mizell , Freddie Perren) Original: The Jackson Five , 1971
1988	Reckless The Light	-	-	-	UK17 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 20, 1988 with Afrika Bambaataa and Family Authors: UB40, John Robie, Rob Gordon, Mark Dowdy, Afrika Bambaataa
	Breakfast in Bed UB40	DE40 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH16 (5 weeks) CH	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 6, 1988 with Chrissie Hynde; Authors: Donnie Fritts , Eddie Hinton Original: Dusty Springfield , 1969
	Where Did I Go Wrong UB40	-	-	-	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 8, 1988 Authors: UB40
	Come Out to Play UB40	-	-	-	UK77 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 21, 1988 Authors: UB40
1989	I Would Do for You UB40	-	-	-	UK45 (5 weeks) UK	-	First publication: May 29, 1989 Authors: UB40
	Homely Girl Labor of Love II	-	-	-	UK6 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 31, 1989 Authors: Eugene Record, Stanley McKenny Original: The Chi-Lites , 1973
1990	Here I Am (Come and Take Me) Labor of Love II	-	-	-	UK46 (3 weeks) UK	US7 (25 weeks) US	First published: January 15, 1990 Authors: Al Green , Mabon "Teenie" Hodges Original: Al Green, 1973
	Kingston Town Labor of Love II	DE5 gold (37 weeks)DE	AT5 (22 weeks) AT	CH8 (19 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 19, 1990 Author: Kendrick Patrick Original: Lord Creator - King & Queen (Babylon) , 1964
	Wear You to the Ball Labor of Love II	-	-	-	UK35 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 16, 1990 Author and original: John Holt, 1971
	The Way You Do the Things You Do Labor of Love II	DE53 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK49 gold (4 weeks)UK	US6 (25 weeks) US	First published: September 3, 1990 Authors: Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson Original: The Temptations , 1964
	I'll be your baby tonight	DE14 (31 weeks) DE	AT5 (15 weeks) AT	CH5 (19 weeks) CH	UK6 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 22, 1990 with Robert Palmer Authors: William Robinson , Robert Rogers Original: The Temptations, 1964
	Impossible Love Labor of Love II	-	-	-	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 12, 1990 Author: Keith Anderson
1991	Groovin ' Labor of Love II	-	-	-	-	US90 (6 weeks) US	First published: November 11, 1991 Author: Byron Lee
1992	One in ten	-	-	-	UK17 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 23, 1992 by 808 State Authors: UB40, 808 State
1993	(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You Promises and Lies	DE2 platinum (28 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH2 (27 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (16 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (29 weeks)US	First published: May 10, 1993 Authors: Hugo E. Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss Original: Elvis Presley , 1961
	Higher Ground Promises and Lies	DE21 (22 weeks) DE	AT16 (9 weeks) AT	CH19 (13 weeks) CH	UK8 (9 weeks) UK	US45 (20 weeks) US	First publication: August 9, 1993 Authors: UB40
	Bring Me Your Cup Promises and Lies	DE52 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK24 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 29, 1993 Authors: UB40
1994	C'est la vie Promises and Lies	-	-	-	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 21, 1994 Authors: UB40
	Reggae Music Promises and Lies	-	-	-	UK28 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 15, 1994 Guest singer: Bitty McLean , authors: UB40
1995	Until My Dying Day The Best of UB40 - Volume Two	-	-	-	UK15 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 23, 1995 Authors: UB40
1997	Tell Me Is It True Guns in the Ghetto	-	-	-	UK14 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 18, 1997 Authors: UB40
	Always There Guns in the Ghetto	-	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 3rd, 1997 Authors: UB40
1998	Come Back Darling Labor of Love III	-	-	-	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 28, 1998 Author: Johnny Osborne Original: Ken Lazarus, 1970
	Holly Holy Labor of Love III	-	-	-	UK31 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 7, 1998 Author and original: Neil Diamond , 1969
1999	The Train Is Coming Labor of Love III	-	-	-	UK30 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 19, 1999 Authors: Coxsone Dodd , Ken Boothe Original: Ken Boothe, 1966
2000	Light My Fire The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000	-	-	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 27, 2000 Authors and original: The Doors , 1967
2001	Since I Met You Lady / Sparkle of My Eyes Cover Up	-	-	-	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 8, 2001 with Lady Saw (A-side) Authors: Ivory Joe Hunter / Garth Evans
2002	Cover Up Cover Up	-	-	-	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 18, 2002 Authors: UB40
2003	Swing Low (Sweet Chariot) HomeGrown	-	-	-	UK15 (4 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 27, 2003 feat. United Colors of Sound; Traditional authors: Charlie Skarbek, UB40
2005	Kiss and Say Goodbye Who You Fighting For?	DE89 (3 weeks) DE	AT42 (5 weeks) AT	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 6, 2005 Author: Winfried "Blue" Lovett Original: The Manhattans , 1975
	Reasons (Remix) Who You Fighting For?	-	-	-	UK75 (1 week) UK	-	First published: August 29, 2005 feat. Hunterz and the Dhol Blasters Authors: UB40

More singles

• 1983: Food for Thought (Live)
• 1991: baby
• 1991: Tears from My Eyes
• 1995: Superstition
• 2002: Rudie (Hold it Down)

Video albums

• 1984: UB40 Live
• 1987: CCCP - The Video Mix
• 1991: A Family Affair - Live in Concert
• 1995: Live in New South Africa
• 2002: The Collection (UK:gold)
• 2004: Homegrown in Holland Live
• 2004: UB40 at Rockpalast
• 2006: UB40 Live
• 2007: Live at Montreux 2002

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US-US Top 10 albums DE2DE AT2AT CH1CH UK16UK US1US Albums in the charts DE11DE AT3AT CH7thCH UK30thUK US9US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT1AT CH-CH UK3UK US2US Top 10 singles DE2DE AT4thAT CH4thCH UK17thUK US4thUS Singles in the charts DE10DE AT7thAT CH7thCH UK53UK US7thUS

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	platinum1	60,000	capif.org.ar
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	175,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	Individual evidence
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	1,750,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	1,000,000	ifpi.org
France (SNEP)	3 × silver3	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3	1,975,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	350,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	7 × gold7th	15 × platinum15th	272,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	7 × gold7th	3 × platinum3	715,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	100,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	100,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	400,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	5,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	8 × silver8th	11 × gold11	23 × platinum23	9,905,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	11 × silver11	45 × gold45	62 × platinum62

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 UK3 US

Web links

• UB40 at Allmusic (English)
• UB40 at Discogs (English)