UB40 - My Way Of Thinking

Name: UB40 - My Way Of Thinking
Uploaded: 1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in June 1980 as a double A-side with a Randy Newman cover, 'My Way of Thinking' emerged at the precise moment UB40 were establishing themselves as the foremost voice of Birmingham's multicultural working-class reggae scene. The band's name referenced the UK unemployment benefit claim form UB40, and their debut album 'Signing…

1980 · Post-Punk / Early British Reggae Breakthrough (1980) · music video

1980Post-Punk / Early British Reggae Breakthrough (1980)British Roots Reggae / Post-Punk Working-Class Multiculturalism (1979–1981)

What this video is

Released in June 1980 as a double A-side with a Randy Newman cover, 'My Way of Thinking' emerged at the precise moment UB40 were establishing themselves as the foremost voice of Birmingham's multicultural working-class reggae scene. The band's name referenced the UK unemployment benefit claim form UB40, and their debut album 'Signing Off' literally replicated a signed dole form on its cover — making unemployment…

Why it matters

This video documents one of British reggae's most significant commercial breakthroughs — an eight-piece multiracial band from Birmingham reaching the UK Top 10 on an independent label without major-label infrastructure. It predates UB40's later pop-reggae polish and represents the rawer,…

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