Who’s still feeling it 2024?❤

A statistic a reminder of a world that doesn't care. This words hits so deep

A pitch-perfect encapsulation of that time of utter misery, the late '70s/early '80s. Now, it seems, we're right back in the same kind of soup.

A masterpiece made from the most depressing shit. One of the greatest songs of all time

I lost my daughter 10 years ago and whenever I play this song it reminds of me of when she was a nipper brings a tear to my eye. Happy memories of you kirstie I love you darling. UB 40 best ever

My all-time favourite UB40 track. Vicious, hard-hitting lyrics that are still relevant today. I miss the time when musicians took their art seriously and used it to raise awareness and educate people about what's really important in society and in the world at large.

One of UB40s best songs

If you’ve never stood in the soulless dole queue with UB40 in hand..you know nothing about this !!

'statistical reminder of a world that doesn't care' - great sound and still hugely relevant today, sadly. Terrific music.

What happened to music? This is what music was. God miss them days

This was true for my father during 80s after 14yrs in the navy 7yrs unemployed don’t give me the thatcher was great carry on. I lived this as a kid and they were awful times in Scotland anyway with northern England wales and NI ok if your a banker from SE

RIP Astro, RIP Brian Travers.. UB40 original lineup lost two members in 2021. This is one of their earliest and most important hits.

and all these years later those lyrics are still all too true

I'll never stop loving UB40. Brilliant band, songs of theirs have proved to be true now.

it's not country, colour or continent that makes this kind of music. It's poverty.

2020 and still a class song 😎

RIP Brian Travers • This song meant the world to me as a kid and it still does ♥️

R.I.P. Bryan and Astro we will miss you 😢

A time when musicians cared, & carried a political message for change, via their limelight. Now no one gives a stuff 😢

One of the best songs I have ever heard

At high school in the late 80s the older brothers of all my friends grew hydroponic weed in their bedroom cupboards with a lamp and a little tent. I honestly thought that the chorus lyrical hook was "A marijuana tent, a number on my lips"... man, the 80s were good....

I think this was the best UB40 song ever. Still good today - great saxophone and great to dance to

The perfect social commentary for any age and as powerful as a herd of elephants.

RIP Astro. This song was a part of my youth I will never forget

This song was in the UK singles charts this time 40 years ago ! A great song from Summer '81 for sure.

My arms enfold the dole queue Malnutrition dulls my hair My eyes are black and lifeless With an underprivileged stare I'm the beggar on the corner Will no-one spare a dime? I'm the child that never learns to read 'Cause no-one spared the time. Epic lyrics!!! If you are happy in life. You are one of the lucky ones. Believe me!!!

ALLY Campbell looks like my late brother, it always brings joy to see him in his younger days singing, also knowing he was a big ska, reggae fan💜💯😉

That bass line is fantastic. This, and The Specials 'Ghost Town' take me right back to that time - upheaval, despair, anger... and some great music despite everything.

UB40 was an unemployment benefit form. One in ten was being unemployed in the early 80s. I was a lucky one who got work when i left school.

British vocalist and founding member of UB40, Terrence Wilson, better known as Astro has died after a short illness. He was 64. May he R.I.P.

UB40 - The Resistance Movement ✌

We've now lost two of the iconic and original line up . Would love to see the two sides now bury there differences

You really do have to go a long way to find lyrics as good this. Sharp, incisive...and truly poetic.

😟 Brian Travers - one of the co -founders, song writer and Saxophone player from the reggae band UB40 has died ar the age of 62 from brain cancer. Condolences to his family and may he rest in peace 😢

I am the one in ten A number on a list I am the one in ten Even though I don't exist Nobody Knows me But I'm always there A statistic, a reminder Of a world that doesn't care My arms enfold the dole queue Malnutrition dulls my hair My eyes are black and lifeless With an underprivileged stare I'm the beggar on the corner Will no-one spare a dime? I'm the child that never learns to read Cause no-one spared the time I am the one in ten A number on a list I am the one in ten Even though I don't exist Nobody Knows me But I'm always there A statistic, a reminder Of a world that doesn't care I'm the murderer and the victim I'm the licence with the gun I'm a sad and bruised old lady In an ally in a slum I'm a middle aged businessman With chronic heart disease I'm another teenaged suicide In a street that has no trees I am the one in ten A number on a list I am the one in ten Even though I don't exist Nobody Knows me But I'm always there A statistic, a reminder Of a world that doesn't care I'm a starving third world mother A refugee without a home I'm a house wife hooked on Valium I'm a Pensioner alone I'm a cancer ridden spectre Covering the earth I'm another hungry baby I'm an accident of birth I am the one in ten A number on a list I am the one in ten Even though I don't exist Nobody Knows me But I'm always there A statistic, a reminder Of a world that doesn't care.

Difficult to think of as more devastating critique of a world that really doesn't care. One of the greatest protest songs ever. Re-release now??!!

Birmingham's finest rip astro and Brian Travis gone but not forgotten

I was 13 when this song was in the charts,I remember picking strawberries and a local man give me a lift home in his car and this was playing and I can still hear him singing along to it I also loved the song,some 43 years later and I still love it,probably one of their best,greetings from Ireland.

In my opinion , the best Universal British Reggae Band....and remain so!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ RIP Brian Travers. Amazing light nd energy. Sad today! The music goes on and the light is dimmer but it will reignite with your spirit. Perhaps now you're on another plain you can work your magic and reunite the guys if it's meant!? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😭😇🙏🎵💓❤♥️😢🎶

Incredible song. Hard-hitting lyrics, cool melody. Great musicians! I still have my UB40 album with that ICONIC ub40 cover! Sad to hear sax player Brian Travers has died. R.I.P Brian.

Dear Brian, rest in peace, so sorry for your loss UB40. My sincere condolences from Colombia. 🖤

Statistical reminder of a world that doesn't care. And still doesn't care.

No one has ever topped these guys!😊❤

I think my mate's and myself grew up in the great free and easy decades of the 70s and 80s. ..The music was the best, from glam rock to ska /reggae/disco,you couldn't beat it...Also the people always seem to be happy back Then, Than they are today. ..(well 9/10/2016 ..tonight ) I am dusting of MY OLD DOC MARTIN OX RED BOOTS, and my BEN SHERMAN SHIRT and my CAMOUFLAGED SHORTS, and hitting the Town, goin to watch UB40 in Liverpool. .i can't wait. And (at 59 year's of age,but feeling 21), probably my last fling with the ub,s..mybe our last time together. .xx

Fucking awesome from an excellent album...Gosh way back, love it.

One of my favourites, can’t believe it’s been 40 years 😮

Strange to think it is 40 years or so since I stood in the same dole queue as the Campbells but this tune is as relevant today as it was then nothing but nothing has changed humanity and not learnt a damn thing.

The song, by a band using the name of the benefit attendance card, represented the number - 9.6% - of the workforce in the West Midlands claiming benefits in the summer of 1981.

Present arms & signing off albums will always stand the test of time

My fav UB40 song. That sax riff is a killer!

The name "UB40" was selected in reference to an attendance card issued to people claiming unemployment benefits. Hard times in the 80s gave birth to some of the most beautiful, iconic music our country has ever produced.

I predict that the lyrics to this song will be hitting the nail on the head for someone somewhere until the end of mankind.

Unreal song! Layered, sophisticated and the vibes...

one of my favourite songs of all time

Roots rock reggae!!! Um clássico atemporal...

How relevant are these lyrics in today's day and age. An age where things are supposed to be better. The forgotten sons of Birmingham UB40.

This song really shows how blessed we are we claim to be the one in ten the truth is it depends on your situation. This is a class song about poverty but where I come from I am the one in ten but from what though? That's the thing. UB40 are legends 100%

Seen this live 3 weeks ago ❤️‍🔥💛💚

I'm in love with this song and a load of other 80s songs, I'm 19 I really wish I lived in these times to experience REAL music and just a fun life. Everything now is absolutely rubbish.

My favourite UB40 track...it's a powerful song with lyrics that even today are still shockingly relevant.

UB40 will go on and on. I have such wonderful memories. Fantastic band. ❤

What a tune , what a band. Come on brothers make up , life is too short.

2022 may it’s still relevant. Fantastic song I always come to this song

I'm 32 and this epic song from the most renound band in the world takes me right back to my childhood, where my family were all together (not so much now😢😢) was the best time in my generation....#Memories

The best UB40 song imo. Timeless classic. R.i.p Astro🙏

Bob marley and UB40 my favourite reggae artists

I'm 17 and listening to this song since I am born and will listen to it my entire life UB40❤️

Great song. Great band. Way underrated.

I am the one in ten A number on a list I am the one in ten Even though I don't exist Nobody Knows me But I'm always there A statistic, a reminder Of a world that doesn't care My arms enfold the dole queue Malnutrition dulls my hair My eyes are black and lifeless With an underprivileged stare I'm the beggar on the corner Will no-one spare a dime? I'm the child that never learns to read 'Cause no-one spared the time [Chorus] I'm the murderer and the victim The licence with the gun I'm a sad and bruised old lady In an ally in a slum I'm a middle aged businessman With chronic heart disease I'm another teenaged suicide In a street that has no trees [Chorus] I'm a starving third world mother A refugee without a home I'm a house wife hooked on Valium I'm a Pensioner alone I'm a cancer ridden spectre Covering the earth I'm another hungry baby I'm an accident of birth

I was listening to UB40 while I was working in hospital during lock down which kept me busy classic tune classic band plus where I live every weekend everyone would party to UB40 😎

With all the Commonwealth Games going on at the minute, time to get a bit of Birmingham's finest artists on the playlist. I think this song will be making a comeback the way things are going. I know it's about unemployment and the issues surrounding it but it's still as relevant today as back then when it was first released.

The lyrics are as relevant today as they were back then. UB40 ❤️

Respect the UB40!! ❤

What can I say every man in this band is beautiful to me . Genuinely. Not 4 more money count or fame. Real until the end . Big up UB40

How can you not love UB40 .

I remember this song resonating with me back in the 80s after loosing my job due to knee surgery. Have always loved ub40 and stumbling on this tonight just resonates nothing has changed in 40+ yrs 🥺😥😥.

These lyrics were written in the 80s, still ring true today.

One in 10 the amount unemployed in the 80s, UB40 were a very political group- just look at their name, loved em

I saw them live in concert back in the early eightiesin Cornwall. As i was on the dole at the time you could buy a cheaper ticket to see them live (UB40 stands for unemployment benefit) if you showed the record shop you were unemployed before buying the ticket. I met the band after the gig and they gave me a tin of beer and a burger and signed a poster saying " Steve, best of luck finding a job, UB40" Awesome band with a caring social consciousness.

My alltime favorite band UB40, great lyrics, great music, great band. Grew up with them, and will leave my last bread with them, rest in peace Brian and Astro, trew legends 😥😥❤

Makes me warm when I listen to this. All my uncles used to listen to it on cassette tape in their old BMW car late 80s early 90s in Nottingham UK good but sad memories also.

I've loved the band since they started and 1in 10 was just such a brilliant song, it's Social comment at it's strongest and best, i remember listening to it along with Specials The Beat, and Madness i was heavily into the whole 2 Tone Ska / Reggae scene at the time, i still.am really some great protest Music/ Social comment came out at that time, don,t forget we had Thatcher as Prime Minister at the time, and she set out from day one to destroy the working class !! She said at time ''There is no such thing as Society ' and she was merciless !! and all the grass roots bands just turned around and gave a large middle finger up at her and the establishment. I was one of those who was in the dole que at the time and I also had a UB 40 believe it or not !! 😎✌👍🙏

One of their best tracks. My favorite album remains Signing off.

A statistical reminder of a world that doesn't care

Simply brilliant. Captured the times in a song.

2024 THE SONG STILL KILLS

40 years later I am reliving this nightmare again. WTF

A tune that will live forever

Absolute legends!

Still cutting edge and relevant now. I was 13 when this came out. Group.of jobless guys form a fantastic group. UB40 take a bow

1981 on #mymusicalroadto50 UB40 - One In Ten I loved this period of UB40’s career. More gritty sounding, more heart and soul in their sound. Being only 9, I didn’t really understand the meaning of the lyrics but I got the feeling behind them and was aware of the disruption of the world from the media glimpses of the news, such as the Brixton Riots. This year for me always feels dark.

I was one of the 1 in 10, this song is so true, absolutely love UB40 and always will xxxxxx

God memories.....such a meaningful song of the times back then! 🤘

2021 ,timeless

At the height of the unemployment crisis ITV aired a World In Action documentary on the issue titled, 'A Statistic, A Reminder'. Powerful stuff.

These Words ARE JUST AS TRUE Today As THEN !!!! Live And let live XXXX

RIP Brian.

My parents played this, now I play for my kids, they love it, ub40 ❤

2022 and still a fantastic song....Long Live UB40!!!!

I don't know of another song that covers all perspectives, I'm the murderer, the victim, I'm licensed with a gun....Most powerful line to me 'I'm an accident of birth'