Barbados (Typically Tropical song)

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

Contents

"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

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