Song · UB40
“Cherry Oh Baby” by UB40
From the album Labour of Love (1983)
“Cherry Oh Baby” by UB40 appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Labour of Love. Its best result is #885 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,667 alternative song of all time.
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UB40 didn't write "Cherry Oh Baby": Eric Donaldson did, and his 1971 original won that year's Jamaica Song Festival. But UB40's 1983 cover on Labour of Love is the version that made it widely known, and in February 1984 it became the last of four singles taken from that album, their fourth, climbing to No. 12 in Britain.
Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell and Norman Hassan share the vocals, with Astro chipping in spoken lines, over an easy, sunny sway built from Brian Travers's saxophone, Michael Virtue's keyboards, Earl Falconer's bass, the Campbells' guitars and Jim Brown on drums and drum machine, with Astro and Hassan on percussion. Ray "Pablo" Falconer produced it with the band, and Howard Gray engineered and assisted on production.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1687 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 885 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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