Ofege - Nobody Fails

The lead track from Ofege's classic 1973 album Try and Love.

Band co-founder Melvin Ukachi tells the very personal back-story behind the song:

"I am from an Igbo family and we had been caught up in the Biafran war in the East so, after the war, Dad was reinstated back into the Nigerian police. In 1971, there was a mutiny in the police force which was linked to government. Some of the Yoruba officers conspired against the Igbo and sacked all of them without warning. So, my Dad had to return home and I was abandoned in Lagos and left with a guardian from our village representing my Dad who lived in the city. I was stranded in school, even though during holidays I would travel East to go home back to the village. I had to measure up to the other students because our school was an elite school, for children of successful businessmen and government officials. So, all of that really affected me and my compositions. “Nobody fails. They will never fail to break your heart, see nobody loves you, never loves you ‘til you die.” We trusted people and suddenly my family fell from grace to grass and it was a blow."

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[drzl]

"they will never fail to break your heart"

[abodeofhaven]

O my God! I can't believe that I am listening to this song in my life.
This is a childhood song that I never knew the artists name nor title of the song
I stumbled on Music in my Ears channel on YouTube this morning listening to Jide Obi and accidentally clicked on Ofege!
Thanks be to God I am alive to listen to this song again while living in a foreign land.... Crying for Reminiscing about my elementary school and Otukpo💃💃💃💃🇳🇬❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏

[davidoyedele]

What an immortal classic. Still loving this in 2023. Brings back lovely memories when Nigeria was not as messed up now.

[BlessingDike-yogi]

My Dad's favorite every Saturday morning

[somadinaokwara]

My Dad loved this song, thanks y'all.

[PMc-hv]

I love this song. I haven't Heard it ìn

[josefblack]

My mum loved this song when I was but a kid …I have searched for it for about 10 years now

[konq]

Great acoustics. Brings back memories of growing up in the 1970s for me.

[conyemaable]

There was once a country called Nigeria. I wonder what would have happened to the country if it wasn't let down by leadership 😢

[SEEK-hu]

Good Old Days, always sitting along e side with my siblings in the parlor, listening to the beautiful song from DRTV warri

[adeyorijusimeon]

I was a little boy, I used to hear when my older brothers and uncle played it .❤
Great music .❤

[okotiejeremiah]

I wasn't even born then. But my mom and dead resonate with it and I do so as well although I was born in the early 90s.

[myraharryson]

❤❤❤Much Love for the good old days. Ofege, you did rock. Kudos🎉🎉🎉

[driftingover]

I'm pretty pissed that I had never heard of this band before a couple of days ago.

[okotiejeremiah]

How do I download their songs because I love their songs especially 'Nobody falls.'