Discography and Biography of Aswad. Listen to all their hits.
Aswad Songs

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Aswad ("Black" in Arabic) are a long-lasting British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. They have been performing since the mid-1970s, having released a total of 21 albums. Among Aswad's catalogue of hits is "Don't Turn Around", a UK No. 1 hit in 1988, originally recorded by Tina Turner as a B-side to her "Typical Male" single. They followed this up with UK No. 11 hit "Give A Little Love", and a reggae-flavoured rendition of "Best of My Love", first popularized and written by The Eagles. In 1989, they contributed the single "Set Them Free" to the Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors album. The group continued to release albums and singles throughout the late 80s through to the mid 90s, their last sizable hit being "Shine", released in 1994, which reached #5 in the UK singles chart.

Below is a list of Aswad songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Island 341
chart position: RandB #45, UK #1
written by: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Distant Thunder
comments: [Reggae]
Aswad Don't Turn Around
1988 Island
2 record label: Bubblin 3
chart position: UK #5
written by: Brinsley Forde, Joseph Cang, Angus Gaye and Tony Robinson
album: Rise And Shine
comments: [Reggae]
Aswad Shine
1994 Bubblin
3 record label: Mango 358
chart position: UK #11
written by: Diane Warren and Albert Hammond
album: Distant Thunder
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Give a Little Love
1988 Mango
4 record label: Mango 708 (UK)
chart position: UK #25
written by: Smokey Robinson
Aswad On and On
1989 Mango
5 record label: Mango 753 (UK)
chart position: UK #24
written by: Brinsley Forde, Angus Gaye, Tony Robinson and Leslie Forde
album: Too Wicked
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Next to You
1990 Mango
6 record label: Mango 105
chart position: UK #31
written by: Edward Holland and Norman Whitfield
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Beauty's Only Skin Deep
1989 Mango
7 record label: Bubblin' 4
chart position: UK #33
written by: Brinsley Forde, Tony Robinson, Angus Gaye, Gary Benson and Alan Glass
album: Dub: The Next Frontier
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Warriors
1994 Bubblin'
8 record label: Atlantic 2205
chart position: UK #35
written by: Clint Ballard Jr. (as Clint Ballard)
album: Rise And Shine Again!
Aswad You're No Good
1995 Atlantic
9 record label: Bubblin 1
chart position: UK #48
album: Rise And Shine Again!
Aswad Dancehall Mood
1993 Bubblin
10 record label: Mango 767
chart position: UK #53
written by: Brinsley Forde, Angus Gaye, Tony Robinson and Leslie Forde
album: Too Wicked
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Smile
1990 Mango
11 record label: Island 160 (UK)
chart position: UK #51
written by: Brinsley Forde, Angus Gaye and Tony Robinson
album: Rebel Souls
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Chasing for the Breeze
1984 Island
12 record label: Intercord 825469
chart position: UK #58
written by: Roger Braithwaite, Joseph Cang, Cliff Charles, Derrick Elkins, Brinsley Forde, Angus Gaye
comments: [reggae]
Aswad If I Was
1995 Intercord
13 record label: Universal 2
chart position: UK #62
comments: [reggae]
Aswad featuring Easther Bennett Shy Guy
2002 Universal
14 record label: Mango 771
chart position: UK #61
album: Too Wicked
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Best of My Love
1991 Mango
15 record label: Island 170 (UK)
chart position: UK #70
album: Rebel Souls
comments: [reggae]
Aswad 54 46 Was My Number
1984 Island
16 record label: Mango 383 (UK)
chart position: UK #70
written by: Brinsley Forde, Angus Gaye, Tony Robinson and Leslie Forde
Aswad Set Them Free
1988 Mango
17 record label: Simba 104 (UK)
chart position: UK #79
album: To The Top
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Hooked on You
1987 Simba
18 record label: Simba 101 (UK)
chart position: UK #91
written by: Aswad
album: To The Top
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Bubbling
1985 Simba
19 record label: Simba 102
chart position: UK #93
album: To The Top
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Kool Noh
1986 Simba
20 record label: Simba 103
chart position: UK #99
album: To The Top
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Pull Up
1986 Simba




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