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"Barbados"
Single by Typically Tropical
from the album Barbados Sky
B-side"Sandy"
Released23 May 1975 (1975-05-23)
Recorded1975
Studio Morgan Studios, London
Genre
Length3:44
Label Gull
Songwriter(s)
  • Jeffrey Calvert
  • Max West
Producer(s)
  • Jeffrey Calvert
  • Max West
Typically Tropical singles chronology
"Barbados"
(1975)
"Rocket Now"
(1975)

"Barbados" is the debut single by British band Typically Tropical, released in May 1975. [1]

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

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

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

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [5] 20
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] 17
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] 32
Denmark ( IFPI) 4
Germany ( Official German Charts) [8] 8
Ireland ( IRMA) [9] 1
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) [10] 10
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [11] 11
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [12] 5
Norway ( VG-lista) [13] 6
South Africa ( Springbok Radio) [2] 1
Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan) [14] 11
UK Singles ( OCC) [15] 1
US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 ( Billboard) [16] 108

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 572. ISBN  1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ a b "SA Charts 1969–March 1989". Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  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. ^ a b "Biography by Amy Hanson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 316. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  9. ^ " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Barbados". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Typically Tropical" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  11. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados". VG-lista.
  14. ^ " Typically Tropical – Barbados". Singles Top 100.
  15. ^ "Typically Tropical: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 171. ISBN  9780898200478.