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"Montego Bay"
Single by Bobby Bloom
from the album The Bobby Bloom Album
B-side"Try a Little Harder"
ReleasedSeptember 1970
Genre Pop, soul, calypso
Length2:53
LabelL&R Records
Songwriter(s) Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
Producer(s)Jeff Barry
Bobby Bloom singles chronology
" Sign of the V"
(1969) 		"Montego Bay"
(1970) 		" Make Me Happy"
(1970)
Music video
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay • TopPop on YouTube

"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] No. 5 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart, [2] No. 7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry. In the master tape of the song, Bloom breaks into a chorus of " Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" at the end of the recording. The song features a whistler, as well as Jamaican instruments in a calypso style.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [3] 9
Australia ( Go-Set) 7
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [4] 15
Canada RPM Top Singles [5] 5
Ireland ( IRMA) [6] 14
New Zealand ( Listener) [7] 12
Singapore Rediffusion, Singapore [8] 1
South Africa ( Springbok) [9] 5
UK Singles Chart [10] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 8
US Billboard Easy Listening 18
US Cash Box Top 100 [12] 6
Freddie Notes & the Rudies cover
Chart (1970) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [13] 45
Sugar Cane cover
Chart (1978) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [14] 54
Jon Stevens cover
Chart (1980) Peak
position
New Zealand ( RIANZ) [15] 1
Quarrington/Worthy cover
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [16] 15
Allniters cover
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia ( Kent Music Report) [17] 19
Amazulu cover
Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM) [18] 6
Ireland ( IRMA) [6] 14
South Africa ( Springbok) [19] 16
UK Singles Chart [20] 16
US Billboard Hot 100 [21] 90

Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Rank
Australia [22] 84
Canada [23] 77
UK [24] 41

Jon Stevens version

"Montego Bay"
Single by Jon Stevens
from the album Jezebel
B-side"Sha La La"
ReleasedJanuary 1980
Genre Pop rock
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)B. Bloom, J. Barry
Producer(s)Jay Lewis
Jon Stevens singles chronology
" Jezebel"
(1979) 		"Montego Bay"
(1980) 		"Don't Let Love Go"
(1980)

In January 1980, New Zealand recording artist Jon Stevens released a version as a single. It peaked at No.1 in New Zealand, allowing Stevens to replace himself at No.1, [25] and stayed there for two weeks. [15]

Track listing

Vinyl, 7-inch, 45 RPM

  1. "Montego Bay" 2:50
  2. "Sha La La" 4:25

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Montego Bay"
Chart (1980) Peak
position
New Zealand ( RIANZ) [26] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Montego Bay"
Chart (1980) Position
New Zealand ( RIANZ) [27] 43

Other recordings

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1970-08-29. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  6. ^ a b " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Montego Bay". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 14 December 1970
  8. ^ Billboard, December 19, 1970 - Page 60 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, SINGAPORE, This Week 1, Last Week 1
  9. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". 16 October 1970. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1970-08-29. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  11. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN  0-89820-089-X
  12. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 5, 1970
  13. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1970-10-10. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  14. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1978-09-03. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  15. ^ a b "Jon Stevens singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  16. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  17. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  18. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 0796." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Mar 28, 1987. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  19. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". 1986. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1986-09-13. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  21. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN  0-89820-089-X
  22. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  23. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013.
  24. ^ "All the Number One Singles: 1970". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  25. ^ "Jon Stevens". Sergent.com.au. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  26. ^ "Jon Stevens singles". charts.nz/. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  27. ^ "Official Top 40 Singles of 1980". Recorded Music NZ. 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

External links

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