UB40 - King (With Lyrics)

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  • @italpeel
    @italpeel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I think this is my favourite ub40 song. I remember playing it on the jukebox back in the day. I was a teenager back then. 62 now

  • @keithpatrick5641
    @keithpatrick5641 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What Legends Ub40 are still play their songs & im 63years old I remember this single I still have it on vinyl double A side with food for thought on the other side love this & M L King many blessings.

    • @TheLonga50
      @TheLonga50 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah me too I'm 64 and I remember this song hitting the charts in Feb 1980, brilliant song, gosh I'm getting old, happy times.

  • @racheldoesacrylic4089
    @racheldoesacrylic4089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    One of the best tracks ever from Ub40 ,2022 still makes me shiver when i think back to my youth and playing this with alot of people who are now sadly gone/ time waits for no man x

  • @neiltaylor6443
    @neiltaylor6443 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is Timeless,musically,lyrically this is just a track I can put on and leave on loop all day and never tire of.UB40!👑

    • @GNTNUK
      @GNTNUK ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same as

    • @davidhubbert9445
      @davidhubbert9445 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm there too what a beautiful sound

    • @robertmartin7594
      @robertmartin7594 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Difficult for me to choose my fav UB 40 track, i have a slight leaning for "I'll be your baby tonight" as it features the late, great Robert Palmer, (like many taken way too early) !!

  • @SuperWaterat
    @SuperWaterat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    First album I bought was 'Signing off ' I'm 58 and it still sends chills and makes me wine up my waist! LUV X

    • @michaelnock7189
      @michaelnock7189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me too

    • @MrANDYGEEZER
      @MrANDYGEEZER ปีที่แล้ว

      I am now 59 & it was my first ever album as an Xmas gift but still loved, treasured & enjoyed 😉

    • @paulkenneally789
      @paulkenneally789 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try explaining 1980s Britain.. National Front,no jobs,giros and the only escape UB40,Specials,The Beat,Denys,Selector,Madness….

    • @hughzapretti-boyden9187
      @hughzapretti-boyden9187 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulkenneally789 The Jam, Clash, Damned, Stranglers, Misty In Roots, Steel Pulse to name but a few. Times were bloody tough but we lived through a time of music that will never be seen again.✊

  • @blankaluz8527
    @blankaluz8527 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love❤ UB40 and especially this song

  • @lisajarvis3684
    @lisajarvis3684 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was one of my late mums favourite songs ❤

  • @christopherobrien6680
    @christopherobrien6680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    IT WAS NOT THE COLOUR OF HIS SKIN WHICH MADE PEOPLE SIT UP AND LISTEN TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, IT WAS THE POWER AND HONESTY OF HIS WORDS WHICH GRABBED YOUR ATTENTION AND WHICH MADE HIM ARE RARE HUMAN BEING AND SADLY THE MAN WAS MURDERED BECAUSE HE EXHIBITED A RARE QUALITY, HE CARED ABOUT OTHERS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR SKIN COLOUR.

    • @cazza649
      @cazza649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And he died for nothing because NOTHINGS CHANGED

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      too bad BLM is focused too much on the color of their skin. . .

    • @AbandonEarth911
      @AbandonEarth911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Homo Sapiens of all lands unite.

    • @johnhughes8466
      @johnhughes8466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cazza649 Nothing at all!

    • @leucadendron007
      @leucadendron007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cazza649 talking bollcoks mate. This is the problem the problem with idiots online, they never do any due diligence. Separate water fountains, black people had to sit on the back of the bus. Not allowed In universities. The list goes on, he changed a lot of things have some respect

  • @janewiggins2478
    @janewiggins2478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    whole album is amazing one of the best of the eighties

    • @boabydarin
      @boabydarin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely,don’t like the new stuff,take me back to eighties.

    • @lo.m1730
      @lo.m1730 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Le meilleur de ub40 lourd par le son et les paroles ..

  • @stevepettit2064
    @stevepettit2064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You can not touch early doors UB40 they were unique, heartfelt and songs with meaning still awesome as decades go by and i love their other songs too but the earlier songs really hit you big style.

  • @kingkenny2635
    @kingkenny2635 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    My favourite UB40 Tune ❤️

  • @the.cockney.moocher3676
    @the.cockney.moocher3676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Love this song so so much 💗 growing up in Brixton London, I had no idea, what the song truly meant, I just could hear it playing all the time , from different floors from the block of flats i grew up in , a very ruff estate, but we all had love and respect for each other, some how we have lost the love , and it brings tears to my eyes, were is the sole were is the love , remember people we are one , we bleed the same we hurt the same, we are only human, one love

    • @scottchawner2170
      @scottchawner2170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I grew up in a very tough part of Glasgow in the 80s, We were skint and time were tough but at least we had a community spirit which is completely dead now, A lot more money kicking about these days but I’d swap the cash for the former in an instant.

  • @joannecairney159
    @joannecairney159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Memories of being a teenager working in an old mans bar, I constantly played this on the juke box - it gave me hope of a better life

  • @aeropro7558
    @aeropro7558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As a boy in the eighties this was all over Birmingham. Staying with my grandmother in west ham house chelmsley wood I would listen to this album constantly. Such great days. As the years have gone on and I've gotten older I hold onto this music for dear life as I now hate my life .

    • @antonyhenshall5798
      @antonyhenshall5798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Keep holding on to your life and this music brother,times change,life moves on,but believe in yourself brother,never hate yourself,and dont let life make you hate yourself,BELIEVE ❤

    • @johnbarry1965
      @johnbarry1965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love my home life and wife but everyday outside is a struggle, there is so much latent nastiness out there. Work places put anti bullying signs up !!!

    • @betteroffdead
      @betteroffdead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sending you positive vibes. Hope you getting along better now.

    • @brianjames2192
      @brianjames2192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LIFE GOES ON KEEP FAITH NEVER GIVE UP

    • @yvonnewheeler6230
      @yvonnewheeler6230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please dont hate your life the world is a beautiful place its some of the people in it that aren't.
      Sending a whole lot of love and peace .❤

  • @ferrerroforsyth9088
    @ferrerroforsyth9088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Amazing beautiful beautiful song been playing over and over again. No other words can describe how beautiful it is💕💕💕

  • @Parknest
    @Parknest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    To think this was recorded in a bedsit in Birmingham along with the rest of Signing Off and My Way of Thinking. RIP Brian Travers & Astro.

  • @Chrisamusic1
    @Chrisamusic1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    When this came out I was a mad punk rocker. Someone put this on at a party and it blew me away.

  • @brianjames2192
    @brianjames2192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A VERY SERIOUS UK SKA BLUE BEAT ROCKSTEADY REGGAE BAND MAKING A PROFOUND and POWERFUL STATEMENT THAT IS STILL RELEVANT IN PANDEMIC 2021THANKSS FOR THE MUSIC ASTRO and BRIAN THANKSSSS RIP GOD 🙏 BLESS

    • @betteroffdead
      @betteroffdead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think , this track and when it was released was in step with the petition (begun in 1978) in the USA for Martin Luther king Day. I believe it was inaugurated 1986 (I was listening to BBC radio 4 , last night .). Reagan and the house of representatives were against it, as it grouped together some grating concepts of US history. Stevie Wonder also released a song (I think 1983.) to commemorate Reagan agreeing (Nov 1983) to ratify the holiday. But , these Brits were way ahead of the game.

  • @gwyneth7812
    @gwyneth7812 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I didn't know what this song was about until seeing this, brilliantly done. It is heartbreaking that so many people accept this madhouse world that we live in.

    • @michaelopm1
      @michaelopm1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi..be at peace within & without.

    • @TsarOfTheStar
      @TsarOfTheStar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's NOT the world it's the inhabitants!

    • @davidmarshall5665
      @davidmarshall5665 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Karen Evans really?????

    • @leechant1595
      @leechant1595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She said it David really

    • @johnhughes8466
      @johnhughes8466 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      IN TIME MAN WILL HUMANKIND WILL IMPLODE ON ITSELF! The likes of putin wiĺ see to that!

  • @diannekeightley9443
    @diannekeightley9443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This song reminds me so much of my late brother in law Andrew Littrell. Coolest guy ever with an amazing kind heart...

  • @mirjamvanavalon4836
    @mirjamvanavalon4836 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2023 and still tears in my eyes by hearing this song.I played it over and over in my teenage years.Although i am white,i feel the pain,deeper as it ever was😢

  • @530horses9
    @530horses9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Omg heard this on radio 2 and can't stop listening to it.
    Puts me in a trance.
    Quality tune

  • @TeamCyberDelux
    @TeamCyberDelux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Makes me proud to be a brummie 👍 my 8 year olds favorite tune too 😊

  • @hughzapretti-boyden9187
    @hughzapretti-boyden9187 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If I could only pick one UB40 track it's King.❤

  • @krystalwhite5243
    @krystalwhite5243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Many ub40 lyrics relate to EVERYFIN that's happening 2day... Rest in peace astro the music never dies 💓💓💓your soul lives on💓💓💓

  • @marcusnolan7787
    @marcusnolan7787 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Signing on and signing off the best albums. I love them. it was the would we came from in the day. always love the stereo, great sound engineers.

  • @elywananda
    @elywananda 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw Ali at Reggae Land a couple weeks ago and he played this. I wasnt expecting it at all, such an amazing moment. I just wish I could teleport to the 80s and see the full band perform it live then. RIP Astro and Brian 🙏🏿

  • @johnbrown-wi6zy
    @johnbrown-wi6zy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    MUSIC DOES NOT COME MUCH PURER THAN THIS..........

  • @PARTYLAND1973
    @PARTYLAND1973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Classic and so sad that ub40 aint ub40 any more your getting old now brothers sort it out come together
    show the land again how its done once more rip astro rip brian

  • @oystermouth1971
    @oystermouth1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’ll be honest, I’m not UB40’s biggest fan but this is a great track, sincerely done.

  • @lloydisaacs415
    @lloydisaacs415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I never knew the meaning of the song till now and also think it's the best song ever did

  • @roccomarciano6099
    @roccomarciano6099 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    So much respect for this man.

  • @clarissagafoor5222
    @clarissagafoor5222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2024 now - and don't the words here ring too true. Didn't we think Obama would be able to bring about change? - and watching Harris - the dancing queen - I can fully understand the 'chained and pacified' cry for something better!

  • @Pequin1000
    @Pequin1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Straight back to 1979. Classic.

  • @andrew-eo6ur
    @andrew-eo6ur 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ub40 were a diverse band ahead of their time. Celebrate it. I seen them in concert 5 times. The bollocks, every time. White boy wales x x

  • @MaggieModge
    @MaggieModge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    RIP Astro ❤️🙏

  • @jaywalker3087
    @jaywalker3087 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am a Human Being.
    It does not matter the colour I am.
    I Preach Peace And Love....
    Don't Let The Fools Get You Down......❤

  • @georgesdossou9811
    @georgesdossou9811 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks U B 40 One Planet One Humanity One Love

  • @HELIZHELIZ
    @HELIZHELIZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We live under all the same sky!!!

  • @valluik
    @valluik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of UB40 first and finest ,sweet to my ears and bitter tears

  • @pauljamesbradynsno6479
    @pauljamesbradynsno6479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of the bands best ever this one this 💙

  • @hennyverheij5969
    @hennyverheij5969 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One word only.........RESPECT!

  • @blessingbikinyaamidu5224
    @blessingbikinyaamidu5224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He once had a dream it turned into a nightmare, we as his people are nowhere and still under great hatred, Rest. In. power Dr king you fought a good fight, One love Ub 40 music heroes

  • @pab9ub447
    @pab9ub447 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Loved this song since it was first released. Your video really compliments the song. Also like the interesting notes, comments and information. Thank you.

  • @skatemetrix
    @skatemetrix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The physical plantation became replaced with the mental plantation.

  • @MyOzay
    @MyOzay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's my favourite tune by UB40, it's like dub reggae, amazing

  • @satekilatu7777
    @satekilatu7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1st Sunday of November 2021... Jah Bless

  • @GARYINLEEDS
    @GARYINLEEDS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing, shared.
    Shared with my, Family in, Thailand.

  • @TheHanJR
    @TheHanJR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thanks for sharing such a nice wholesome quality version of this track. xxx thank you!

    • @TheHanJR
      @TheHanJR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are doing another UK tour later this year...really going to try get tickets 😍

  • @canelovelazquez3116
    @canelovelazquez3116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    gran homenaje a todos los luchadores sociales del planeta que han muerto por la causa para la causa

  • @KungFu_Dean78
    @KungFu_Dean78 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes this is my favourite song from the Signing off LP, it was not until years later, I truly realised what the song's dedication was really about! Remember that Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali were all fighting and campaigning for the civil rights act and let's not forget Rosa Parks got involved because of the death of Emmett Till.

  • @TheKARMMARK
    @TheKARMMARK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Outstanding video and song. Well done Mr UBLoonie.

  • @johnsnooks1874
    @johnsnooks1874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Shame the Campbell don't listen to their own lyrics and find peace themselves.

    • @scottchawner2170
      @scottchawner2170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Money turns a lot of people into being selfish cunts.

  • @thelittledog2927
    @thelittledog2927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Masterpiece !

  • @misspp9025
    @misspp9025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Epic Tune 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🤴🏾

  • @your-a-tubelies-fake-false8764
    @your-a-tubelies-fake-false8764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my UB40 got smaller and smaller every time I signed on, first the perforated edge went, then round and round until I reached the writing then the writing slowly got less and less, the 1980s a time of chilling out, wonder if the DHSS would tolerate a signing on card like that nowadays, I doubt it somehow,

  • @GARYINLEEDS
    @GARYINLEEDS 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shared, again! Thanks, again.

  • @janschattenkerk6308
    @janschattenkerk6308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastisch,,Martin Luther King,,,

  • @donnawilliams9769
    @donnawilliams9769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this song ❤

  • @manchesterblue2007
    @manchesterblue2007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    so right ub40....we'll fight always

  • @bornonatuesday7097
    @bornonatuesday7097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So far the best

  • @kennyhill1300
    @kennyhill1300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When we do good it seems like they don't care about you but persevere love wins Kenny

  • @PaulLyons-zl1nn
    @PaulLyons-zl1nn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best albuns all there early ones are old school from cork ireland

  • @gabrielamenichini5399
    @gabrielamenichini5399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing just amazing❤💛💚

  • @xavordz4988
    @xavordz4988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Respect from México

  • @Gunnercv
    @Gunnercv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is my favourite song

  • @Gunnercv
    @Gunnercv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great song, thanks for the lyrics

  • @bethanhamer.8669
    @bethanhamer.8669 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We are all chained and pacified today by the rich elite, governments and the WEF . We the people no matter our colour or religion need to stick together and stand up to them like he did .The leaders and Media want is to hate each other so we don’t get too strong and say no more . I can live in hope

  • @blastertops6400
    @blastertops6400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gran cancion!!

  • @andretomeII
    @andretomeII หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Este é o comentário em Português que vocês procura! Se achou comente aqui que eu voltarei pra ouvir este clássico!
    King....

  • @lynneforsyth8231
    @lynneforsyth8231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The 80s...brilliant track

    • @lynneforsyth8231
      @lynneforsyth8231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly...not much has changed has it? George Floyd ❤

  • @juanamadoe6908
    @juanamadoe6908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DESCANSE EN PAZ MARTIN LUHTER KING🇦🇷🙏

  • @hunterredday8951
    @hunterredday8951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    R.i.p MLK Jr. And brain travers.

  • @Angel-te5ui
    @Angel-te5ui 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How apt is this as to what’s going on today.

  • @funkwallah
    @funkwallah 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thanks unemployment form for some of the best music

  • @tenbar316
    @tenbar316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    classic 80s

  • @amigaos2823
    @amigaos2823 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    More current than ever

  • @michaelroberts7374
    @michaelroberts7374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Their finest!

  • @Uncloudy
    @Uncloudy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🇺🇸5/28/24✝️”Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King (1929-1968)✝️🇺🇸

  • @ramonexs9bm769
    @ramonexs9bm769 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    aaaahhhhhh memories !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????????

  • @page.crow.chiron
    @page.crow.chiron ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "King, where are your people now?"

  • @cameronsullings8148
    @cameronsullings8148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why is martin luther king not classed as a marter ? he spoke the words of a saint and wanted peace ,its a shame someone who wanted everyone to get along died ,this is what happens to good hearted people sometimes and that is a sad situation but his words of wisdom last forever

  • @johnsnooks1874
    @johnsnooks1874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    UB40 are fucking boss...

  • @karimkhan3106
    @karimkhan3106 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RESPECT

  • @brunobatista7466
    @brunobatista7466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Só o ub40 para fazer uma pérola destas.Namaste

  • @kealakolash3404
    @kealakolash3404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤ King wonderful ❤ I love my king👑👄👄👄😉

  • @RAFOmx
    @RAFOmx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Muy bien

  • @brianchilds8244
    @brianchilds8244 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    let not forget what the song is about but thank you ali and the team

  • @djmorrisonMC
    @djmorrisonMC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2018!!!

  • @TeamCyberDelux
    @TeamCyberDelux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the video wasn't it? Powerful lyrics Tyler is a top deep ub40 track too

  • @benthomas1885
    @benthomas1885 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love

  • @progatesy1371
    @progatesy1371 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tune

  • @ricardoalves-wo9mw
    @ricardoalves-wo9mw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    é desse geito, quando aparece alguem para abrir os olhos desse povo acorrentado é assassinado, a sim foi com king e bob marley...

  • @janhickey4876
    @janhickey4876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So sad that even now there is prejudice around, we are all the same regardless of colour

  • @peterphillips1989
    @peterphillips1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Made.my.nite.

  • @salchicha2351
    @salchicha2351 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks

  • @santyale16ramirez30
    @santyale16ramirez30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    un gran martir aquellos que peliaron x la lucha contra igualdad humana

  • @tonyquek1
    @tonyquek1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from Malaysia

  • @geneus187
    @geneus187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still not ready to except us 🤫😭

  • @MrMakaco2016
    @MrMakaco2016 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    nice!