"If It Happens Again"
Single by UB40
from the album Geffery Morgan
B-side"Nkomo A Go-Go"
Released1984
GenreReggae
Length3:39
LabelDEP International DEP11
Songwriter(s)UB40
Producer(s)Howard Gray, UB40
UB40 singles chronology
"I've Got Mine"
(1983) 		"If It Happens Again"
(1984) 		"I'm Not Fooled"
(1984)

"If It Happens Again" is a song and single written and performed by British group, UB40.[1] It was featured on their album Geffery Morgan and was released in 1984 reaching 9, on the UK charts, staying for eight weeks.[2] It also made 9 on the Irish charts[3] and 8 on the Dutch charts.[4]

The song was written as the group's response to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party's victory in the 1983 UK election. It contains the lines "If it happens again I'm leaving, I'll pack my things and go... I won't say I told you so" and is considered a protest song of the time.[5]

Charts

References

  1. ^ "If It Happens Again". www.discogs.com. 10 September 1984. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ "UK Official charts - UB40". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ^ "UB40 chart history - Ireland". www.irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. ^ "UB 40 Chart History - Netherlands". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Thatcher's pop legacy - protest songs or the charity single?". www.channel4.com. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  6. ^ "UB40 – If It Happens Again" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 41, 1984" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ "UB40 – If It Happens Again" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "UB40 – If It Happens Again". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  10. ^ "UB40: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  11. ^ "UB40 Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1984". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1984". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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