Barbados (song)
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"'''Barbados'''" was a [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[chart-topper|number one]] [[single (music)|single]] in August 1975 by [[Typically Tropical]]. "Barbados" entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 5 July 1975, and five weeks later was at No.1 for one week. In total, "Barbados" spent eleven weeks in the [[record chart|chart]]. The track also reached number one in the [[Irish Singles Chart]].
Follow-up singles "Rocket Now" and "Ghost Story" failed to chart. However, in 1999 a reworked version of the song, renamed "[[We're Going To Ibiza!]]", also reached the UK #1 spot for [[The Vengaboys]].
==See also==
*[[List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)]]
*[[Number 1 Singles in Ireland 1975]]
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| before = "[[Give A Little Love]]" by [[Bay City Rollers]]
| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]]
| years = [[August 5]] [[1975]]
| after = "[[Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)]]" by [[The Stylistics]]
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[[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Ireland]]