Barbados ( Typically Tropical song ) - Wikipedia Barbados ( Typically Tropical song ) `` Barbados '' Single by Typically Tropical from the album Barbados Sky A-side `` Barbados '' B - side `` Sandy '' Released 23 May 1975 ( 1975 - 05 - 23 ) Genre Pop, reggae Label Gull Records Songwriter ( s ) Jeffrey Calvert, Max West Typically Tropical singles chronology `` Barbados '' ( 1975 ) `` Rocket Now '' ( 1975 ) `` Barbados '' ( 1975 ) `` Rocket Now '' ( 1975 ) `` Barbados '' was a UK Number 1 single released in May 1975 by Typically Tropical. `` Barbados '' entered the UK Singles Chart at number 37 in late June 1975, and five weeks later was at Number 1 for a week. In total, `` Barbados '' spent eleven weeks on the chart. The track also reached Number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Number 1 on the South African Singles Chart, and 20 on the Australian Singles Chart ( Kent Music Report ). 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, 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. See also List of number - one singles from the 1970s ( UK ) List of number - one singles of 1975 ( Ireland ) References ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 572. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Brian Currin. `` South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts ( T ) ''. Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 27. Jump up ^ 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. ^ Jump up to : `` Biography by Amy Hanson ''. Allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 June 2009. This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbados_(Typically_Tropical_song)&oldid=844022595 '' Categories : Songs about North America Barbados in fiction 1975 singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Number - one singles in South Africa 1975 songs 1970s single stubs Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 June 2018, at 02 : 16 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

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