Beginning his career sustaining bubblegum pop-rock band Slik, he would go in to play in The Rich Kids and Thin Lizzy before replacing John Foxx as singer of electronic New Wave band Ultravox in 1979. Shortly subsequently, it experienced the immense UK hit using "Vienna", and became one of Britain's top elastic for many years. As well late that month, Ure besides formed a band Visage. A as a consequence season, Ure & Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott co-wrote Lynott's biggest solo hit, "Yellow Pearl." The re-recording of the song waste 1982 wwhen used as a theme for Top of the Pops.

Inside 1984, Ure co-wrote, with Bob Geldof, the Band Aid hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?". He was one of a couple of featured stars world health organization did non sing solo on the recording. A as punishment season Ure scored his one and sole solo UK first only by having "If I Was". This was followed by an album A Gift. By having Ure's mind clearly in more matters, Ultravox took second place & before long dissolved.

Ure's solo career continued into a 1990s with sporadic success, although "Breathe" was an international hit only, helped by its inclusion around the TV advertising campaign for Swatch watches.

He recently organized a Live 8 concerts with Bob Geldof with the aim of pressuring G8 leaders into following his formula for ending globe poorness. Around 2005 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music and charity.

Ure has been married twice: to actress & writer Annabel Giles (with whom he has 1 girl, Mollie) & to Sheridan Ure (with whom he has trine girl, Kitty, Ruby & Flossie).

His girl Mollie hwhen followed her father into a music industry, as a guitar player & singer of a lot-girl class action The Faders.

Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="4"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

|US Hot 100 |US Modern Rock |US Mainstream Rock |UK |- | 1989 | "Dear God" | - | #4 | - | - | Answers to Nothing |- | 1989 | "Answers to Nothing" | - | #26 | - | - | Answers to Nothing |}