“Please Don't Make Me Cry” by UB40

UB40 followed their chart-topping take on Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine" with another cover from the same 1983 album, Labour of Love: "Please Don't Make Me Cry", a song Winston Groovy wrote and first recorded back in 1970. It gave them their second top 10 hit in a row in the UK, and their sixth in all, peaking at number 10.

The credits spread the load. Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell and Norman Hassan share the vocals, Astro adds a spoken part and percussion alongside Hassan, the Campbells play guitar, Earl Falconer bass, Jim Brown drums and drum machine, Michael Virtue keyboards and Brian Travers sax. Ray "Pablo" Falconer produced with the group, and the video, which Travers co-directed with Bernard Rose, puts Ali and Robin Campbell in a boxing ring, slugging it out.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.