Sing Our Own Song

"Sing Our Own Song"
Single by UB40
from the album Rat in the Kitchen
B-side	"Sing Our Own Song (Version)"
Released	1986
Genre	Reggae
Length	4:00
Label	DEP International DEP23
Songwriter(s)	UB40
Producer(s)	UB40
UB40 singles chronology
"Little Baggariddim" (1985) "Sing Our Own Song" (1986) "All I Want" (1986)
"Little Baggariddim" (1985) "If It Happens Again" (1986) "All I Want" (1986)

"Sing Our Own Song" is a song and single written and performed by British group, UB40. It featured backing singers Jaki Graham, Mo Birch and Ruby Turner and was the ninth and final track on their album Rat in the Kitchen. Released in 1986 it reached 5, on the UK charts, staying for nine weeks. It made 1 on the Dutch charts in 1986.

The song was written as an anti-apartheid song and was censored in South Africa. Featuring the ANC rallying cry of "Amandla Awethu", it is considered a protest song of the time.

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