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“Come Out to Play” by UB40

From the album UB40 (1988)

“Come Out to Play” by UB40 appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1988 on the album UB40. Its best result is #104 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #281 alternative song of 1988.

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"Come Out to Play" sits on UB40, the self-titled eighth album from the British reggae band, which came out on DEP International on 11 July 1988. The writing credit is split eight ways, among Jim Brown, Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Michael Virtue and Terence Wilson, and the band arranged it themselves, then produced, engineered and mixed it with John Shaw.

The record's hit single lay elsewhere: "Breakfast in Bed", their song with Chrissie Hynde, went to number 6 in the UK.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 104 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107

Charting alongside it in 1988

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  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure

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