Red Red Wine

"Red Red Wine" is a pop ballad. It was originally recorded by Neil Diamond. His version reached #62 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1968. The single is about a person drinking red wine to forget his problems. 
The song was covered by UB40 in August 1983. It peaked at #1 in 1984 in United Kingdom and at #34 in the United States.
It was released again in 1988 in the United States. That time, it hit #1.