Key Largo (song)

"Key Largo"
Side A of US single
Single by Bertie Higgins
from the album Just Another Day in Paradise
B-side"White Line Fever"
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length3:20
3:05 (7")
LabelKat Family, Epic
Songwriter(s)Bertie Higgins, Sonny Limbo
Producer(s)Sonny Limbo, Scott MacLellan
Bertie Higgins singles chronology
"Key Largo"
(1981)
"Just Another Day in Paradise"
(1982)

"Key Largo" is the debut single by Bertie Higgins, released in September 1981. It became, in early 1982, Higgins' only top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track spent 17 weeks in the top 40 and was certified gold by the RIAA.[2] In addition, "Key Largo" topped the Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks.[3] In the United Kingdom, it reached No. 60 on the UK Singles Chart.

  1. ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 285.
  3. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 262.