Barbados (Typically Tropical song)

"Barbados"
Single by Typically Tropical
from the album Barbados Sky
B-side"Sandy"
Released23 May 1975 (1975-05-23)
Recorded1975
StudioMorgan Studios, London
Genre
Length3:44
LabelGull
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]

  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference SA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.