Sing Our Own Song
"Sing Our Own Song" | ||||
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Single by UB40 | ||||
from the album Rat in the Kitchen | ||||
B-side | Sing Our Own Song (Version) | |||
Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Reggae | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | DEP International DEP23 | |||
Writer(s) | UB40 | |||
Producer(s) | UB40 | |||
UB40 singles chronology | ||||
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"Sing Our Own Song" is a song and single written and performed by British group, UB40. [1] It featured backing singers Jaki Graham, Mo Birch and Ruby Turner[1] and was the ninth and final track on their album Rat in the Kitchen. Released in 1986 it reached 5, on the UK charts, staying for nine weeks. [2] It made 1 on the Dutch charts in 1986.
The song was written as an anti-apartheid song and was censored in South Africa.[3] Featuring the ANC rallying cry of "Amandla Awethu", it is considered a protest song of the time.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Sing Our Own Song". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "UK Official charts - UB40". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ↑ "Avoid the censored songs". SABC Media Libraries. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ↑ "UB40". www.thebiographychannel.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
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