One in Ten

One in Ten
For the LGBT arts organization based in Washington, D.C., see One In Ten (organization).
"One in Ten"
Single by UB40
from the album Present Arms
Released 1981
Genre Reggae
Length 4:33
Label DEP International
Writer(s) UB40
Producer Ray Falconer

"One in Ten" is a single by UB40 released in 1981 on their second album Present Arms. It reached No. 7 on the UK singles charts.[1]

One in Ten is mistakenly cited as referring to the number of unemployed in the UK at that time. It is in fact a song about government statistics in general, and how politicians use them to de-humanise problems.



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