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UB40

UB40 is a group from the UK, active since 1978.

Group GB since 1978 reggae dub pop

TOTAL PLAYS

1,695

SONGS PLAYED

115

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-17 12:57 · 6 Music — "One In Ten (BBC session)"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde)"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,262 74%

6 Music 327 19%

1Xtra 78 5%

Radio 1 28 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 01:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Red Red Wine 337 2026-08-20

2 Kingston Town 178 2026-08-19

3 Food For Thought 113 2026-05-19

4 Rat In Mi Kitchen 98 2026-05-26

5 Baby Come Back (feat. Pato Banton) 95 2026-07-27

6 King 70 2025-05-08

7 One In Ten 68 2013-12-24

8 I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde) 61 2026-08-23

9 One in Ten 61 2026-07-22

10 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You 54 2026-08-05

11 Can't Help Falling In Love 37 2022-06-29

12 We'll Never Find Another Love (feat. Ali Campbell & Astro) 34 2022-07-01

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-23 17:50 I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde) Radio 2

2026-08-20 05:23 Red Red Wine Radio 2

2026-08-19 00:57 Kingston Town Radio 2

2026-08-05 15:57 Red Red Wine Radio 2

2026-08-05 02:58 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You Radio 2

2026-08-01 02:08 Breakfast in Bed (feat. Chrissie Hynde) Radio 2

2026-07-31 12:56 Kingston Town Radio 2

2026-07-28 08:57 Red Red Wine Radio 2

2026-07-27 17:09 Baby Come Back (feat. Pato Banton) Radio 2

2026-07-26 17:08 Breakfast in Bed (feat. Chrissie Hynde) Radio 2

2026-07-25 21:22 As Always You Were Wrong Again 6 Music

2026-07-22 21:34 One in Ten Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

115 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You —

54 2026-08-05 ▶

12 Bar —

2 2021-09-01 ▶

25 Per Cent - BBC Session 12/12/1979 —

3 2010-10-18 ▶

25 Percent (Radio 1 Session, 12th Dec 1979) —

1 2018-12-12 ▶

25 Percent - BBC Session 12/12/1979 —

3 2013-01-12 ▶

A Place In the Sun —

1 2018-03-02 ▶

As always you were wrong —

1 2020-02-02 ▶

As Always You Were Wrong Again —

2 2026-07-25 ▶

Baby Come Back (feat. Pato Banton) —

95 2026-07-27 ▶

Blue Bilet Doux —

2 2013-08-28 ▶

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain —

14 2013-09-13 ▶

Breakfast in Bed (feat. Chrissie Hynde) —

20 2026-08-01 ▶

Bring your cup —

3 2011-12-04 ▶

Burden Of Shame —

3 2021-09-30 ▶

Can't Help Falling In Love —

37 2022-06-29 ▶

Champion (feat. Dapz On The Map & Gilly G) —

4 2022-08-01 ▶

Cherry Oh Baby —

24 2024-05-04 ▶

Cherry Oh Baby 1984 —

6 2009-12-22 ▶

Cherry Oh Baby (The Biggest Weekend 2018) (feat. Ali, Astro & Mickey) —

2 2018-06-02 ▶

Cherry Oh Baby - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Come Back Darling —

4 2021-05-17 ▶

Cover Up —

1 2011-08-11 ▶

Don't Break My Heart —

29 2026-05-07 ▶

Don't Do The Crime (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jul 1982) —

1 2017-10-29 ▶

Don't Let It Pass You By —

2 2023-06-13 ▶

Don't Let It Pass You By - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Don't Let It Pass You By 1984 —

2 2009-12-22 ▶

Don't Slow Down —

2 2019-06-06 ▶

Ebony Eyes —

2 2018-03-03 ▶

Food For Though - BBC Session 12/12/1979 —

1 2009-03-17 ▶

Food For Thought —

113 2026-05-19 ▶

Food For Thought (BBC Session, 12 Dec 1979) —

2 2021-08-29 ▶

Food For Thought - BBC Session 12/12/1979 —

12 2016-08-13 ▶

Forget the Cost —

20 2020-01-22 ▶

Forget The Cost (BBC session) —

2 2005-09-07 ▶

Forget The Cost (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jul 1982) —

2 2019-05-24 ▶

Getting Over The Storm —

2 2013-08-30 ▶

Gravy Train (Dub) —

2 2018-10-14 ▶

Higher Ground —

26 2025-04-07 ▶

Home —

3 2024-04-09 ▶

Homely Girl —

23 2024-05-02 ▶

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live —

3 2013-08-29 ▶

How Could I Leave —

6 2018-04-23 ▶

How Could I Leave (feat. Ali, Astro & Mickey) —

4 2018-04-16 ▶

How Will I Get Through This —

1 2013-08-26 ▶

I Can't Help Falling In Love (The Biggest Weekend 2018) (feat. Ali, Astro & Mickey) —

2 2018-05-31 ▶

I Got You Babe —

1 2013-07-10 ▶

I Got You Babe (feat. Chrissie Hynde) —

61 2026-08-23 ▶

I Think It's Going To Rain Today —

6 2020-07-11 ▶

If It Happens Again —

33 2025-10-27 ▶

Impossible Love —

1 2017-08-14 ▶

In The Rain (feat. Ali, Astro & Mickey) —

2 2018-03-11 ▶

Johnny Too Bad 1984 —

2 2009-08-16 ▶

Johnny Too Bad - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Keep It Dub —

2 2019-04-14 ▶

Keep On Moving 1984 —

5 2009-08-16 ▶

Keep On Moving - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

King —

70 2025-05-08 ▶

King (BBC session) —

5 2005-09-04 ▶

King (Radio 1 Session, 12th Dec 1979) —

1 2018-12-12 ▶

King - BBC Session 12/12/1979 —

6 2018-07-14 ▶

Kingston Town —

178 2026-08-19 ▶

Lamb's Bread —

1 2021-11-09 ▶

Lean On Me (feat. Ali Campbell & Astro) —

4 2020-04-29 ▶

Lean On Me [Remix] (feat. Bounty Killer) —

2 2023-05-07 ▶

Love Is All Is Alright —

1 2022-11-26 ▶

Love Is All Is Alright - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Love Is All Is Alright 1984 —

2 2009-12-22 ▶

Many Rivers to Cross —

11 2022-12-24 ▶

Many Rivers To Cross —

4 2011-04-15 ▶

Maybe Tomorrow —

6 2022-11-01 ▶

Mellow (feat. Ali Campbell & Astro) —

1 2022-07-24 ▶

Message Of Love —

2 2021-06-11 ▶

Midnight Rider —

2 2013-08-30 ▶

Moving Away —

1 2018-02-27 ▶

My Way of Thinking —

3 2022-07-05 ▶

My Way Of Thinking —

1 2011-07-02 ▶

Once Ago —

1 2018-03-01 ▶

One in Ten —

61 2026-07-22 ▶

One In Ten —

68 2013-12-24 ▶

One In Ten 1984 —

6 2009-12-22 ▶

One In Ten (BBC session) —

3 2005-06-01 ▶

One In Ten - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Place In The Sun (feat. Ali, Mickey & Astro) —

2 2018-04-15 ▶

Please Don't Make Me Cry —

8 2022-10-26 ▶

Please Don't Make Me Cry - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Please Don't Make Me Cry 1984 —

4 2009-08-16 ▶

Present Arms - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Present Arms 1984 —

1 2009-08-16 ▶

Rat In Mi Kitchen —

98 2026-05-26 ▶

Rat In My Kitchen —

2 2013-01-30 ▶

Red Red Wine —

337 2026-08-20 ▶

Red Red Wine - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Red Red Wine 1984 —

6 2009-12-22 ▶

Red, Red Wine —

1 2015-07-28 ▶

She Loves Me Now —

9 2018-02-14 ▶

She Loves Me Now (Radio Edit) (feat. Ali Astro and Mickey) —

1 2018-02-26 ▶

Signing Off —

4 2021-12-30 ▶

Sing Our Own Song —

13 2026-03-17 ▶

Soul Rebel —

1 2017-08-20 ▶

Stick By Me —

1 2016-02-12 ▶

Sweet Sensation - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

4 2018-07-14 ▶

Sweet Sensation 1984 —

3 2009-12-22 ▶

The Earth Dies Screaming —

1 2020-12-08 ▶

The Earth Dies Screaming - 12" Version —

1 2010-09-27 ▶

The Keeper —

3 2019-04-20 ▶

The Pillow —

1 2018-06-17 ▶

The Prisoner (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jul 1982) —

1 2017-10-29 ▶

The Way You Do The Things You Do —

1 2023-10-29 ▶

Tyler —

13 2025-08-18 ▶

Tyler - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 —

5 2018-07-14 ▶

Tyler 1984 —

4 2009-08-16 ▶

We'll Never Find Another Love (feat. Ali Campbell & Astro) —

34 2022-07-01 ▶

Where Did I Go Wrong —

1 2014-04-23 ▶

You Don't Call Me Anymore (feat. KIOKO) —

2 2019-02-03 ▶