"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]

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.
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