Food for Thought (song)

Food for Thought (song)

Song_infobox
Name = Food For Thought


Artist = UB40
Album = Signing Off
Released = 1980
track_no = 8
Recorded =
Genre = Reggae
Length = 4:10
Writer = UB40
Composer =
Label = Graduate Records
Producer = Bob Lamb

"Food For Thought" was the first single released by British reggae band UB40. It was released as a double A side along with "King" which 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. It reached No.4 in the UK singles chart early in 1980 - the first Top 10 hit for a single without a major distributor - and No.1 in New Zealand in September 1980.


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