"Barbados" | ||||
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Single by Typically Tropical | ||||
from the album Barbados Sky | ||||
B-side | "Sandy" | |||
Released | 23 May 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Studio | Morgan Studios, London | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Gull | |||
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Typically Tropical singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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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 |