It was an immediate success in their home country, reaching number 2 on the UK albums chart, and made UB40 one of the many popular reggae bands in Britain, several years before the band found international fame. Signing Off is the debut album by British reggae band UB40, released in the UK on 29 August 1980 by Dudley-based independent label Graduate Records. Now this is what we want: most of UB40's debut album Signing Off, plus the 12" single that was included with initial copies of the set, coupled with their first three double A-sided singles. The designation UB40 stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40. The politically-concerned lyrics struck a chord in a country with widespread public divisions over high unemployment, the policies of the recentl… Find UB40 discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Multiracial reggae band from the … Reggae pop group UB40 are renowned for their three UK Number 1 singles Red Red Wine, I … The name "UB40" was selected in reference to a form issued to people claiming unemployment benefits from the UK government's Department of Employment. The band members began as friends who knew each other from various schools across Birmingham, England.