Kingston Town (song)

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“Kingston Town”
“Kingston Town” cover
Single by UB40
from the album Labour of Love II
Released December 19, 2003 (France)
Format 7" vinyl
3" vinyl
CD maxi
Genre Reggae
Length 3:48
Label Virgin
Producer UB40
Certification Gold SNEP, 1990
UB40 singles chronology
"Homely Girl"
(1989)		 "Kingston Town"
(1990)		 "Wear You to the Ball"
(1990)

"Kingston Town" is a 1970 song by Lord Creator. It was covered in 1990 by reggae group UB40 and was the second single from their 1989 album Labour of Love II, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart.

In June 2007, the copyright holders of the song, Sparta Florida Music Group, started legal action against Paris Hilton and Warner Chappell Music for plagiarism due to alleged similarities between "Kingston Town" and Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind". It has wrongly been stated that UB40 was the suing party, but that has been denied by the band on their website.[1]

In France, the cover by UB40 peaked at #1 for three weeks from October 20 to November 3, 1990. It remained on the chart for 25 weeks, and was certified Gold disc by SNEP in 1991. Infodisc Website estimates it is the 427th best selling single of all time in France with 581,000 copies sold[2].

The song was also covered by Jamaican group The Mighty Red.

[edit] Formats and track listings

CD-Maxi
  1. "Kingston Town" (7" Version) (3:53)
  2. "Lickwood" 5:04
  3. "Kingston Town" (Extended Mix) (5:15)
7" Single Virgin
  1. "Kingston Town" (3:48)
  2. "Lickwood" (5:03)
3" CD-Single Virgin
  1. "Kingston Town"
  2. "Lickwood"

[edit] Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 17
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 5
French Singles Chart[5] 1
German Singles Chart[6] 5
Irish Singles Chart[7] 8
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 14
Swiss Singles Chart[9] 8
UK Singles Chart 4
Country Certification Sales
France Gold[10] 581,000[11]
Preceded by
"À toutes les filles..."
by Félix Gray and Didier Barbelivien		 French (SNEP) number one single
October 20, 1990 - November 3, 1990		 Succeeded by
"Une Femme avec une femme" by Mecano

[edit] References

  1. ^ UB40.co.uk
  2. ^ Best selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved December 14, 2007)
  3. ^ "Kingston Town", Dutch Singles Chart Australian-charts.com (Retrieved December 7, 2007)
  4. ^ "Kingston Town", Austrian Top 75 Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved December 7, 2007)
  5. ^ "Kingston Town", French SNEP Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 7, 2007)
  6. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  8. ^ "Kingston Town", Dutch Singles Chart Swedishcharts.com (Retrieved December 7, 2007)
  9. ^ "Kingston Town", Swiss Top 100 Singles ChartHitparade.ch (Retrieved December 7, 2007)
  10. ^ UB40's certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved December 14, 2007)
  11. ^ Certifications UB40 singles Infodisc.fr (Retrieved December 14, 2007)
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