Barbados (Typically Tropical song)

"Barbados" is the debut single by English band Typically Tropical, released in May 1975.[1]

"Barbados"
Single by Typically Tropical
from the album Barbados Sky
A-side	"Barbados"
B-side	"Sandy"
Released	23 May 1975
Genre	Pop, reggae
Label	Gull Records
Songwriter(s)	Jeffrey Calvert, Max West
Typically Tropical singles chronology
"Barbados" (1975) "Rocket Now" (1975)

"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
Ireland	1
Republic of South Africa	1
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	1

See also

• List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)
• List of number-one singles of 1975 (Ireland)

References

1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 572. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
2. Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (T)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
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. "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.