"Red Red Wine"
 is a song written and originally
recorded by Neil Diamond, that
was then covered by Tony Tribe
and more famously by UB40.
    In the song, the singer finds
drinking red wine is the only
way to forget a lost love.   
     Diamond's version reached
number sixty-three on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968.  
     UB40 made their rendition for
their cover version album
Labour of Love.   
This version reached number
one in the UK chart in August
1983, and number thirty-four in
the U.S. in March 1984