UB40’s Purple, Purple Wine: The Assortment is a compilation album by the British reggae band that options among the group’s hottest songs, together with “Red Red Wine,” “I Got You Babe” (that includes Chrissie Hynde), and “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You.” Initially launched in 2014, a restricted version pink vinyl re-release is due out November 21.
The compilation takes its title from UB40’s 1983 rendition of “Red, Red Wine.” Initially written, carried out and recorded by Neil Diamond in 1967, UB40 claimed that their model was impressed by Jamaican singer Tony Tribe. It was featured on their 1983 covers venture Labour of Love and topped the UK charts. It struggled to search out traction within the U.S. till the group carried out the tune on the Nelson Mandela seventieth Birthday Live performance at Wembley Stadium. “Red, Red, Wine” turned their first No. 1 hit stateside in 1988.
UB40 launched their debut single, “Food for Thought,” in 1980. It appeared on that 12 months’s Signing Off, a political reggae album, and have become a success within the UK. They rapidly discovered extra chart success through their second and third singles “My Way of Thinking” and “Don’t Let It Pass You By.”
In 1985, UB40 constructed upon the success of “Red, Red Wine” and collaborated with The Pretenders’s Chrissie Hynde for a canopy of “I Got You Babe,” which was initially launched by Sonny & Cher in 1965. It turned a No. 1 hit within the UK and appeared on The Pretenders’ 1987 compilation album The Singles. The observe appeared on UB40’s 1985 album Baggariddim alongside “Don’t Break My Heart.”
In 1989, UB40 launched their second covers album, Labour of Love II. Its first single, a canopy of Al Inexperienced’s “Here I Am (Come And Take Me),” was a success within the U.S. The second hit single, “Kingston Town,” is a rendition of a 1970 tune by Lord Creator concerning the capital of Jamaica.
UB40’s tenth album, 1993’s Guarantees and Lies, would turn out to be their largest business hit, reaching No. 1 within the UK and No. 6 within the U.S. It’s represented right here by “Bring Me Your Cup” and a canopy of Elvis Presely’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” renamed as “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You.”
Each of those songs are featured on UB40’s 1995 compilation album, The Better of UB40 – Quantity Two, as was “Until My Dying Day.” When it got here time to place out Purple, Purple Wine: The Assortment, the group added “I Did What I Did,” which initially appeared on UB40’s 2013 document Getting Over the Storm.
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