Cuba (song)

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"Cuba"
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Single by Gibson Brothers
from the album Cuba
B-side "Cuba" (instrumental)
Released1978, 1980 (re-issue)
Genre Disco, Latin
Length3:00 (Short Single Version)
4:20 (Long Single Version)
7:28 (Album Version)
7:45 (12" Version)
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde [1]
Producer(s) Daniel Vangarde
Gibson Brothers singles chronology
"Heaven"
(1977)		"Cuba"
(1978)		"Ooh What a Life"
(1979)
Music video
"Gibson Brothers - Cuba" on YouTube

"Cuba" is a 1978 song by French musical group Gibson Brothers, released as the first single from their fourth album of the same name (1979). It was the group's first charting single: In the US, "Cuba", went to #81 on the US Billboard Hot 100, [2] and #9 on the Billboard Dance chart. [3] Outside the US, upon its original release, it reached number one in Finland, and was a top 30 hit in Belgium, the Netherlands and West Germany. It also peaked at number 41 in the UK in March 1979, however, following the success of their follow-up top 10 hit songs "Ooh, What a Life" and "Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go)", it was re-released in early 1980 as a double A side single with album track "Better Do It Salsa", reaching number 12 in the UK. [4] Additionally, a remix ("Cuba '88") peaked at number 78 in the UK in October 1988.

Contents

Track listing

A. "Cuba" - 3:02
B. "Cuba" (Club Version)
A. "Cuba" - 4:20
B. "Cuba" (Instrumental) - 4:20
A. "Cuba" - 3:00
A. "Better Do it Salsa 1980" - 3:36
A. "Cuba" - 7:50
B. "Cuba" (Instrumental) - 7:50
A. "Cuba" ('88 Remix) - 8:11
B. "Cuba" (Original Version) - 6:27
A. "Cuba" (Long Version) - 7:45
A. "Better Do it Salsa" - 6:43

Charts

Chart (1978-1980)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 25
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] 32
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 30
UK Singles (OCC)12*
US Billboard Hot 100 81
US Disco Top 100 ( Billboard )9
US Hot R&B ( Billboard )64
West Germany (Official German Charts) [5] 22

(*Only after re-release in 1980)

References

  1. ↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 337.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 110.
  4. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Gibson Brothers - Cuba (song)". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  6. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Gibson Brothers". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 89. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gibson Brothers – Cuba". Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
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