Flashback: UB40 - Red Red Wine (1983) - VIDEO

Sheesh, has it been THAT long? 19 friggin 83?? I feel so old. Check out Ali Campbell looking all young, ha ha.

Seriously, I love UB40, this is my Dad's fav group, must have had every album in the house whilst growing up.

This song came on the radio the other day and I was telling Andrew how the group got together which makes them even more awesome..

For those that don't know..

The pop-reggae band is named after a British unemployment benefit form, they got together in the dole office, or as you'd say in the US, the welfare line in 1978. It's multiracial lineup reflected the working class community it's members came from. How great is that? You form a band in the welfare office, call yourselves the name of the form you have to take in every other week to show you're searching for work, and then become a world famous music group, love it..

For some reason my mind is wondering to a clip of the film "A Full Monty" LOL.

Anyhoo enjoy..