If It Happens Again
| "If It Happens Again" | ||||
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| Single by UB40 | ||||
| from the album Geffery Morgan | ||||
| B-side | "Nkomo A Go-Go" | |||
| Released | 10 September 1984 | |||
| Genre | Reggae fusion | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | UB40 | |||
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"If It Happens Again" is a song and single written and performed by British group, UB40. It was featured on their album Geffery Morgan and was released in 1984 reaching 9, on the UK charts, staying for eight weeks. It also made 9 on the Irish charts and 8 on the Dutch charts.
"If It Happens Again" was originally an instrumental called "Bouncing Around" dating back to when the band formed in 1978. The lyrics were later written as the group's response to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party's victory in the 1983 UK election. It contains the lines "If it happens again I'm leaving, I'll pack my things and go... I won't say I told you so" and is considered a protest song of the time.