Sing Our Own Song
| "Sing Our Own Song" | ||||
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| Single by UB40 | ||||
| from the album Rat in the Kitchen | ||||
| B-side | "Sing Our Own Song" (version) | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | DEP International | |||
| Songwriter(s) | UB40 | |||
| Producer(s) | UB40 | |||
| UB40 singles chronology | ||||
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"Sing Our Own Song" is a song written and performed by British
UK Singles Chart
and became a number-one hit in the Netherlands.
The song was written as an anti-apartheid song and was censored in South Africa.[1] Featuring the ANC rallying cry of "Amandla Awethu", it is considered a protest song of the time.[2]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ "Avoid the censored songs". SABC Media Libraries. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "UB40". www.thebiographychannel.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "UB40 – Sing Our Own Song" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "European Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 31. 9 August 1986. p. 6.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sing Our Own Song". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 34, 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "UB40 – Sing Our Own Song" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "UB40 – Sing Our Own Song". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "UB40 Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1986" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- MegaCharts. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "January to December 1986: Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 January 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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