"The record ""Red Red Wine"" was a huge hit for the group UB40 reaching number one in the charts in both the UK and USA. Which singer wrote the song ?"
Red Red Wine also released a dancehall single ("No Time To Gaze") based on the UB40 version. Red Red Wine "Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed, and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967. It is included on Neil's second studio album, "Just for You". The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes. When Neil left the Bang Records label in 1968, Bang continued to release Neil Diamond singles, often adding newly recorded instruments and background vocals to album tracks from the two
Red Red Wine was a Jamaican artist called Negus Diamond." UB40's version features a lighter, reggae-style flavor compared to Diamond's somber, acoustic ballad. The UB40 version adds a toasted verse by Astro, opening: "Red Red Wine, you make me feel so fine/You keep me rocking all of the time", which was edited from the single that reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983 and number 34 in the United States in March 1984 but not from the version that reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 a few months after being performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday