Barbados (song)

"Barbados" was a UK Number 1 single released in May 1975 by Typically Tropical.[1]  "Barbados" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 37 in late June 1975, and five weeks later was at Number 1 for a week.[1]  In total, "Barbados" spent eleven weeks on the chart.[1]  The track also reached Number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Number 1 on the South African Singles Chart,[2]  and 20 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).[3]  The track was later released on an album in 1975 by Gull Records. The album was named Barbados Sky.

Follow-up singles "Rocket Now" and "The Ghost Song" failed to chart,[4]  leaving "Typically Tropical" as one-hit wonders.

In 1999 a reworked version of the song, renamed "We're Going to Ibiza", also reached the UK Number 1 spot for The Vengaboys.