Barbados (Typically Tropical song)

"Barbados"
Single by Typically Tropical
from the album Barbados Sky
A-side "Barbados"
B-side "Sandy"
Released 23 May 1975 (1975-05-23)
Genre Pop, reggae
Label Gull Records
Writer(s) Jeffrey Calvert, Max West
Typically Tropical singles chronology
"Barbados"
(1975)		 "Rocket Now"
(1975)

"Barbados" was a UK Number 1 single released in May 1975 by Typically Tropical.[1] "Barbados" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 37 in late June 1975, and five weeks later was at Number 1 for a week.[1] In total, "Barbados" spent eleven weeks on the chart.[1] The track also reached Number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Number 1 on the South African Singles Chart,[2] and 20 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).[3] The track was later released on an album in 1975 by Gull Records. The album was named Barbados Sky.

Follow-up singles "Rocket Now" and "The Ghost Song" failed to chart,[4] leaving "Typically Tropical" as one-hit wonders.

In 1999 a reworked version of the song, renamed "We're Going to Ibiza", also reached the UK Number 1 spot for The Vengaboys.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 572. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (T)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  3. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - One Hit Wonders (General: Music/Charts related)". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. 1 2 "Biography by Amy Hanson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
Preceded by
"Give a Little Love" by Bay City Rollers		 UK number-one single
9 August 1975 for one week 		Succeeded by
"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" by The Stylistics


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