Help ID this 80s pop-reggae track that was stuck in my head in the carwash this morning!

I thought it had to be UB40 but I scanned all their greatest hits on Amazon and nothing sounded familiar.

What I know:
pop-reggae
midtempo/upbeat/major key
catchy melody
"Whoa Hoaaaa" at the end of every verse

HALP ME FROM GOING INSNE AND PREVENT ME FROM FALLING INTO A VH1-REGGAE-HOLE ON YOUTUBE!

Verse (entire song?) is: I-V-VI-I

(My guess is key of C so C-G-F-C)

Maybe this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywcari33C70

Or maybe this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0M4J849dmA

neither of these, but thank you. these are definitely more "edgy" than the song I'm thinking of! This will be straight up top 40/top 20 commercial hits if i had to bet.

For clarification
+> "Whoa Hoaaaa" at the end of every line of each verse...

part of me is not giving up on UB40, may be a deep cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT1Sa91N75E

???

Nope, it might be a little earlier than that. Also "Whoa Hoa" can be any 2 syllable drawn out word/phrase now that I think about it.

Thanks you guys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y84zCA20xc

??

Wonder if they ever did manage to fix that rat?

Not Rat In My Kitchen!

I believe that the melody of the verse of the song I'm thinking of is NOT UNLIKE that of this awful song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chysEoANK7c

The melody kind of descends down with the changes from I-V then V-IV and then on the resolve from IV-I is where it goes "Whoa-Hoa" (or something similar).

This has the 'woohoo's at the end of each line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnAa02bQGHc&feature=related

It is definitely not a Cat Stevens cover!

Not moody and minor key, straight up 3 chord happy good times jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpivgO3QFbo

OK, I finally found it... stop making fun of me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MJNSoRNX4Q

(it's in G#... haha, way off)

And just look at these summer good times happy lyrics!

Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.

One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock

{organ solo}

Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.

One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock...

Gah... how disgraceful, I had this OST in my teens as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRm7j2UL3YY

i misread the thread title and thought you'd got your head stuck in a carwash.

I would have "Carwash Hair" in that case:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxAQLtpMBA

Should have got this, I was listening to 'The Harder They Come' only a few days ago.

true story, i used to really enjoy the Labour of Love cassette I had when I was a younger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Jdeaf4mF8

first Labour of Love is pretty good, most of UB40's stuff is at worst pleasant up to the 90s at least

Still got a soft spot for 'Sing Our Own Song'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZ4uk-dumQ