jomel77 - Margaritaville (DUET)
jomel77
Jul 12, 2024 06:35pm
<p>"<strong>Margaritaville</strong>" is a 1977 song by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jimmy Buffett</a>, released on his seventh album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changes_in_Latitudes,_Changes_in_Attitudes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes</em></a>. In the United States, "Margaritaville" reached number eight on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a><em> </em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a> chart and went to number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Easy Listening</a> chart,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[7]</sup></a> also peaking at No. 13 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Songs</a> chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[8]</sup></a> <em>Billboard</em> ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[9]</sup></a> It was Buffett's highest-charting solo single. After Buffett’s death on September 1, 2023, the song re-entered the Top 40 for the week ending September 16, 2023.</p><p>Named for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cocktail</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">margarita</a>, with lyrics reflecting a laid-back lifestyle in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_climate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tropical climate</a>, "Margaritaville" has come to define Buffett's music and career. The relative importance of the song to Buffett's career is referred to obliquely in a parenthetical plural in the title of a Buffett <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_hits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">greatest hits</a> compilation album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_You_Know_by_Heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s)</em></a>. The name was used in the title of other Buffett compilation albums, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_Me_in_Margaritaville:_The_Ultimate_Collection" target="_blank"><em>Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection,</em></a> and is also the name of several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)" target="_blank">commercial products</a> licensed by Buffett. The song also lent its name to the 2017 musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_to_Margaritaville" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Escape to Margaritaville</em></a>, in which it is featured alongside other Buffett songs. Continued popular culture references to and covers of it throughout the years attest to the song's continuing popularity. The song was mentioned in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alan Jackson</a>'s 2003 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Five_O%27Clock_Somewhere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It's Five O'Clock Somewhere</a>", on which Buffett is a featured artist, and in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blake Shelton</a>'s 2004 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Some Beach</a>".</p><p>"Margaritaville" has been inducted into the 2016 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Hall of Fame</a> for its cultural and historic significance.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[10]</sup></a> In 2023, the song was selected for preservation in the United States <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Recording Registry</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[11]</sup></a> Buffett maintained a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett%27s_Margaritaville" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">resort chain by the same name</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville#cite_note-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[12]</sup></a></p>