Sing Our Own Song

"Sing Our Own Song"
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
"Little Baggariddim"
(1985)		 "If It Happens Again"
(1986)		 "All I Want"
(1986)

"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. 1 2 "Sing Our Own Song". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "UK Official charts - UB40". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Avoid the censored songs". SABC Media Libraries. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. ↑ "UB40". www.thebiographychannel.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-13.

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