Montego Bay (song)

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"Montego Bay"
Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom.jpg
Single by Bobby Bloom
from the album The Bobby Bloom Album
B-side "Try a Little Harder"
ReleasedSeptember 1970
Genre Pop, soul, calypso
Length2:53
Label L&R Records
Songwriter(s) Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom
Producer(s) Jeff Barry
Bobby Bloom singles chronology
"Sign of the V"
(1969)
"Montego Bay"
(1970)
"Make Me Happy"
(1970)
Music video
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay • TopPop on YouTube

"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] No. 5 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart, [2] No. 7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry. In the master tape of the song, Bloom breaks into a chorus of "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" at the end of the recording. The song features a whistler, as well as Jamaican instruments in a calypso style.

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Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1970)Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF) [3] 7
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 9
Australia ( Go-Set )7
Austria (Hitradio Ö3) [5] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] 44
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [8] 15
Canada RPM Top Singles [9] 5
France (IFOP) [10] 43
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 14
Israel (IBA) [12] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [13] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 17
New Zealand ( Listener ) [15] 12
Singapore Rediffusion, Singapore [16] 1
South Africa (Springbok) [17] 5
UK Singles Chart [18] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [19] 8
US Billboard Easy Listening 18
US Cash Box Top 100 [20] 6
Freddie Notes & the Rudies cover
Chart (1970)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [21] 45
Sugar Cane cover
Chart (1978)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [22] 54
Jon Stevens cover
Chart (1980)Peak
position
New Zealand (RIANZ) [23] 1
Quarrington/Worthy cover
Chart (1980)Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [24] 15
Allniters cover
Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [25] 19
Amazulu cover
Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [26] 6
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 14
South Africa (Springbok) [27] 16
UK Singles Chart [28] 16
US Billboard Hot 100 [29] 90

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)Rank
Australia [30] 84
Canada [31] 77
UK [32] 41

Jon Stevens version

"Montego Bay"
Montego Bay by Jon Stevens.jpg
Single by Jon Stevens
from the album Jezebel
B-side "Sha La La"
ReleasedJanuary 1980
Genre Pop rock
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) B. Bloom, J. Barry
Producer(s) Jay Lewis
Jon Stevens singles chronology
"Jezebel"
(1979)
"Montego Bay"
(1980)
"Don't Let Love Go"
(1980)

In January 1980, New Zealand recording artist Jon Stevens released a version as a single. It peaked at No.1 in New Zealand, allowing Stevens to replace himself at No.1, [33] and stayed there for two weeks. [23]

Track listing

Vinyl, 7-inch, 45 RPM

  1. "Montego Bay" 2:50
  2. "Sha La La" 4:25

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Montego Bay"
Chart (1980)Peak
position
New Zealand (RIANZ) [34] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Montego Bay"
Chart (1980)Position
New Zealand (RIANZ) [35] 43

Other recordings

See also

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