UB40 - First Single ("King"/"Food for Thought")

UB40 caught their first break when Chrissie Hynde noticed them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band "The Pretenders". UB40's first single, "King"/"Food for Thought" was released on Graduate Records, a local independent label run by David Virr. "King" was a song written about the late Martin Luther King, questioning the lost direction of the deceased leader's followers and the state of mourning of a nation after his death. Food For Thought was an attempt to publicize and condemn the Ethiopian famine in Africa, comparing it with the Western over-indulgent celebration of Christmas, a full five years before Band Aid brought the subject to widespread attention. This Single reached No.4 in the UK singles chart early in 1980

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