"One in Ten" is a song by British reggae band UB40, released in July 1981 as a single from their second album Present Arms.

[2] It is a protest against the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a time when there was rising unemployment and inequality in the UK.

[3] The song also highlights the inequalities in the UK and around the world, referencing poverty, hunger, suicide, drug addiction and homelessness.

[4] In November 1992, British electronic group 808 State released a remix of "One in Ten" as a single from their fourth album Gorgeous.

[10][11] Mash-ups had been growing in popularity since the beginning of the 1990s with Beats International's "Dub Be Good to Me" in 1990 and "You Got the Love" in 1991 by The Source featuring Candi Staton, both of which had huge chart success.