The discography of UB40, a British reggae band, consists of 20 studio albums, 19 compilation albums, six live albums, four remix albums, 65 singles and a number of appearances with other artists.

UB40 discography
Studio albums20
EPs2
Live albums6
Compilation albums19
Singles65
Remix albums4

The band has sold over 100 million records worldwide.[1] Their biggest hits include "Red Red Wine" (1983), "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" (1993) and "I Got You Babe" (1985).

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Signing Off
  • Released: 29 August 1980
  • Label: Graduate
  • Formats: LP, MC
2 26 4
Present Arms 2 28 40 21 13
UB44
  • Released: 27 September 1982
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 89 21
Labour of Love
  • Released: 12 September 1983
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: LP, MC
1 14 5 29 1 1 14
Geffery Morgan
  • Released: 8 October 1984
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: LP, MC
3 51 59 9 27 49 60
Baggariddim
  • Released: 2 September 1985
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14 33 25 11 22
Rat in the Kitchen
  • Released: 28 July 1986
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
8 51 37 3 4 21 53
UB40
  • Released: 11 July 1988
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
12 41 46 62 7 11 32 15 44
Labour of Love II
  • Released: 27 November 1989
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3 20 6 68 9 1 1 13 30
Promises and Lies
  • Released: 12 July 1993
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1 1 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 6
Guns in the Ghetto
  • Released: 30 June 1997
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
7 20 75 16 16 20 176
Labour of Love III
  • Released: 12 October 1998
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
8 17 5
Cover Up
  • Released: 22 October 2001
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
29 84 18 22
Homegrown
  • Released: 3 November 2003
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
49 16
Who You Fighting For?
  • Released: 13 June 2005
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD
20 68 19 25 81
TwentyFourSeven
  • Released: 9 June 2008
  • Label: ReflexMuzic
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
81 27
Labour of Love IV
  • Released: 8 February 2010
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
24
Getting Over the Storm 29 43
For the Many
  • Released: 15 March 2019
  • Label: Shoestring
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD, LP, digital download
29
Bigga Baggariddim
  • Released: 25 June 2021
  • Label: Shoestring
  • Formats: CD, digital download
UB45
  • Released: 19 April 2024[29]
  • Label: SoNo
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5 94
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
UB40 Live
  • Released: 18 February 1983
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: LP, MC
44 5
UB40 CCCP: Live in Moscow
  • Released: June 1987
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
6 36 14 121
The Dancehall Album
  • Released: 27 April 1998
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Live at Montreux 2002
  • Released: 11 May 2007
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
67
The Lost Tapes – Live at the Venue 1980
  • Released: September 2008
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • Formats: CD
UB40 at 40 – Live in Birmingham
  • Released: 19 February 2021
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
Present Arms in Dub
  • Released: October 1981
  • Label: DEP International
  • Formats: LP, MC
38
Dub Sessions
  • Released: December 2007
  • Label: ReflexMuzic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Sold at concerts
Dub Sessions II: Labour of Dub
  • Released: December 2009
  • Label: ReflexMuzic
  • Formats: digital download
  • Sold at concerts
Dub Sessions III
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: ReflexMuzic
  • Formats: digital download
  • Sold at concerts
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
The Singles Album
  • Released: August 1982
  • Label: Graduate
  • Formats: LP, MC
17
1980–1983
  • Released: June 1983
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US and Canada-only release
94
More UB40 Music
  • Released: September 1983
  • Label: Graduate
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC
The UB40 File
  • Released: March 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
83
The Best of UB40 – Volume One
  • Released: 26 October 1987
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3 18 52 1 3
Labour of Love Parts I + II
  • Released: 25 November 1991
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
5 69 8
The Best of UB40 – Volume Two
  • Released: 30 October 1995
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
12 91 24 9
The Very Best of UB40
  • Released: 23 October 2000
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
7 8 4 4
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[12]
  • NVPI: Platinum[14]
  • RMNZ: 5× Platinum[33]
UB40 Presents the Fathers of Reggae
  • Released: August 2002
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
104
Labour of Love, Volumes I, II and III – The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 2 June 2003
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: 3xCD
7 5 6
The Best of UB40, Volumes 1 & 2
  • Released: 14 November 2005
  • Label: DEP International/Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
47 3
Love Songs
  • Released: 2 February 2009
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
3 8
Best of Labour of Love
  • Released: 22 November 2009
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
29 24
All the Best
  • Released: April 2012
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2xCD
Collected
  • Released: 24 June 2013
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: 3xCD
  • Netherlands-only release
4
Red Red Wine: The Collection
Red Red Wine – The Essential UB40
  • Released: 23 September 2016
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: 3xCD, digital download
51
Red Red Wine – The Collection: Volume II
  • Released: 26 October 2018
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Essential
  • Released: 9 October 2020
  • Label: UMC
  • Formats: 3xCD, digital download
30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Title EP details Peak chart positions
CAN
[5]
US
[11]
Little Baggariddim
  • Released: 22 July 1985
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: 12", MC
  • US and Canada-only release
26 40
You Haven't Called
  • Released: 18 January 2019
  • Label: Shoestring
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

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1980s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
BEL (FLA)
[36]
CAN
[37]
FRA
[38]
GER
[6]
IRE
[39]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
US
[40]
"King" / "Food for Thought" 1980 4 36 5 10 46 1 Signing Off
"My Way of Thinking" / "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" 6 90 12 6
"The Earth Dies Screaming" / "Dream a Lie" 10 Non-album single
"Don't Let It Pass You By" / "Don't Slow Down" 1981 16 18 Present Arms
"One in Ten" 7 87 18 20
"I Won't Close My Eyes" 1982 32 25 UB44
"Love Is All Is All Right" 29 26 31
"So Here I Am" 25 16
"Tyler" (12"-only release) [A] The Singles Album
"I've Got Mine" 1983 45 29 12 Non-album single
"Food for Thought" (live; Continental Europe-only release) 20 5 UB40 Live
"Red Red Wine" 1 2 1 1 12 1 1 1 1[B] Labour of Love
"Please Don't Make Me Cry" 10 11 35 6 1 41
"Many Rivers to Cross" 16 11 48
"Cherry Oh Baby" 1984 12 22 7 7
"If It Happens Again" 9 55 11 56 9 8 28 Geffery Morgan
"Riddle Me" 59 34
"I'm Not Fooled So Easily" / "The Pillow" 1985 79
"I Got You Babe" (featuring Chrissie Hynde) 1 1 4 6 29 15 1 2 1 28 Baggariddim
"Don't Break My Heart" 3 37 15 8 11 13
"Sing Our Own Song" 1986 5 76 7 70 4 1 7 Rat in the Kitchen
"All I Want to Do" 41 28 28
"Rat in Mi Kitchen" 1987 12 84 4 7 7 45
"Watchdogs" 39 22 25 13
"Maybe Tomorrow" 14 7 6 5 The Best of UB40 – Volume One
"Breakfast in Bed" (featuring Chrissie Hynde) 1988 6 43 10 91 40 9 10 5 UB40
"Where Did I Go Wrong" 26 17 10 8 13
"Come Out to Play" 77 95 16 33
"I Would Do for You" 1989 45 121 34 34
"Homely Girl" 6 52 11 4 10 2 4 Labour of Love II
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
BEL (FLA)
[36]
CAN
[37]
FRA
[38]
GER
[6]
IRE
[39]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
US
[40]
"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" 1990 46 3[C] 34 43 14 22 9 6 7 Labour of Love II
"Kingston Town" 4 17[D] 4 1 5 8 2 17
"Wear You to the Ball" 35 132 28
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" 49 63[E] 37 42 11 53 26 15 6
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (with Robert Palmer) 6 4 12 24 14 6 4 1 Don't Explain
"Impossible Love" 47 55 25 28 Labour of Love II
"Groovin'" (Continental Europe, US and Australia-only release) 38 13 90
"Tears from My Eyes" (Continental Europe-only release) 1991 26 20
"Baby" 87 Labour of Love Parts I + II
"One in Ten" (remix; with 808 State) 1992 17 19 22 Gorgeous
"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" 1993 1 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 Promises and Lies
"Higher Ground" 8 40 14 65 23 21 9 9 8 45
"Bring Me Your Cup" 24 52 29 7
"C'est la Vie" 1994 37 59 34 7
"Reggae Music" 28 48
"Until My Dying Day" 1995 15 88 37 The Best of UB40 – Volume Two
"Tell Me Is It True" 1997 14 89 27 20 Speed 2: Cruise Control - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Always There" 53 93 Guns in the Ghetto
"Come Back Darling" 1998 10 Labour of Love III
"Holly Holy" 31
"The Train Is Coming" 1999 30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2000s–2020s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
FRA
[38]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
"Light My Fire" 2000 63 87 The Very Best of UB40
"Since I Met You Lady" (featuring Lady Saw) 2001 40 69 Cover Up
"Cover Up" (featuring Nuttea) 2002 54 10
"Swing Low" (featuring United Colours of Sound) 2003 15 Homegrown
"Kiss and Say Goodbye" 2005 19 89 45 16 Who You Fighting For?
"Reasons" (featuring Hunterz and the Dhol Blasters) 75
"Bling Bling" (Continental Europe-only release) 78
"Lost & Found" / "Dance Until the Morning Light" (with Maxi Priest featuring DJ Rapper Truth) 2008 TwentyFourSeven
"Bring It On Home to Me" 2009 Labour of Love IV
"Get Along Without You Now" 2010
"Message of Love" (featuring House of Shem) 2021 Bigga Baggariddim
"Champion"
(with Gilly G)
2022 UB45
"Gimme Some Kinda Sign"
(with Gilly G)[29]
2024
"Home"
"Forever True"
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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[2]
BEL (FLA)
[36]
IRE
[39]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
"Reckless" (Afrika Bambaataa featuring UB40) 1988 17 7 19 4 13 The Light

Notes

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  1. ^ "Tyler" did not enter the UK Top 75; however, it did peak at number 22 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.[42]
  2. ^ The song peaked at number 34 upon its original release in 1984. When re-released in 1988 it went to number 1.
  3. ^ "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" peaked at number 96 in Australia in 1990 on its initial release, and at number 3 when re-issued in 1991.[21]
  4. ^ "Kingston Town" missed the top 100 in Australia in 1990 on its initial release, and peaked at number 17 in January 1992 after being re-issued.[21]
  5. ^ "The Way You Do the Things You Do" peaked at number 78 in Australia in February 1991 on its initial release, and at number 63 when re-issued in 1992.[21]

References

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