"Kingston Town" is a 1970 song by Lord Creator. It was covered in 1990 by reggae group UB40 and was the second single from their 1989 album Labour of Love II, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart. In June 2007, the copyright holders of the song, Sparta Florida Music Group, started legal action against Paris Hilton and Warner Chappell Music for plagiarism due to alleged similarities between "Kingston Town" and Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind".
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- "Kingston Town" is a 1970 song by Lord Creator. It was covered in 1990 by reggae group UB40 and was the second single from their 1989 album Labour of Love II, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart. In June 2007, the copyright holders of the song, Sparta Florida Music Group, started legal action against Paris Hilton and Warner Chappell Music for plagiarism due to alleged similarities between "Kingston Town" and Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind". It has wrongly been stated that UB40 was the suing party, but that has been denied by the band on their website. In France, the cover by UB40 peaked at #1 for three weeks from October 20 to November 3, 1990. It remained on the chart for 25 weeks, and was certified Gold disc by SNEP in 1991. Infodisc Website estimates it is the 426th best selling single of all time in France with 581,000 copies sold. The song was also covered by Jamaican group The Mighty Red.
- Kingston Town is een single van de Engelse popgroep UB40. Het nummer is afkomstig van hun zestiende album Labour Of Love II. Het nummer gaat over een droomplek: Kingston Town. De zanger van het nummer verlangt om er heen te gaan, en er koning te worden, met alles wat daarbij hoort. In Nederland werd Kingston Town de derde nummer 1 hit van UB40. Het bleef op die positie 2 weken staan, in totaal stond het nummer 14 weken genoteerd, waarmee het op de twaalfde plaats in de jaarlijst van 1990 belandde, met 400 punten. In het buitenland was het nummer niet zo succesvol, in het Verenigd Koninkrijk behaalde het de vierde plaats.
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- "Kingston Town" is a 1970 song by Lord Creator. It was covered in 1990 by reggae group UB40 and was the second single from their 1989 album Labour of Love II, reaching #4 on the UK singles chart. In June 2007, the copyright holders of the song, Sparta Florida Music Group, started legal action against Paris Hilton and Warner Chappell Music for plagiarism due to alleged similarities between "Kingston Town" and Hilton's song "Stars Are Blind".
- Kingston Town is een single van de Engelse popgroep UB40. Het nummer is afkomstig van hun zestiende album Labour Of Love II. Het nummer gaat over een droomplek: Kingston Town. De zanger van het nummer verlangt om er heen te gaan, en er koning te worden, met alles wat daarbij hoort. In Nederland werd Kingston Town de derde nummer 1 hit van UB40.
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