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The follow-up to the Number 1 single 'I Got You Babe', this track had sped into the Top 20 by the end of October giving them their 15th Top 40 single of the 1980's.Not only the follow-up, but in fact a vocal version of that single's instrumental flipside. Presumably that came about because they grabbed the instrumental in the rush to release 'I Got You Babe' rather than them throwing some singing on after the fact, particularly since this was around the time of their remix/ragga album Baggariddim, the CD version of which this track ended up on.
Either way there still seems something a bit unfinished about this single. The chorus is memorable and Ali Campbell's wounded voice oddly affecting - evidently this sort of croon suits him better than a lot of UB40's material. The underwhelming verses let the side down somewhat, which might be why this song never seems to get mentioned (barring its appearance on an obscure compilation of "Balearic Pop
") even though it's their highest-charting original song in the UK.Also appearing on: Now 1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 17, 18, 26, 41, 56
Available on: Baggariddim
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