Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Probably Buffett’s most well known song, Margaritaville is the best representation of Buffett’s well known ‘'Gulf and Western’‘ music style, including tropical like rhythms and melodies. This became his best charting single, peaking at No. 8 on the pop charts in 1977.
[Verse 1]
Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strummin' my six-string on my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp, they're beginnin' to boil
[Chorus 1]
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know it's nobody's fault
[Verse 2]
Don't know the reason I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue
[Chorus 2]
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
Now I think, hell, it could be my fault
[Verse 3]
I blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop top
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender and soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
[Chorus 3]
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know it's my own damn fault
[Outro]
Yes, and some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And I know it's my own damn fault
Margaritaville was written by Jimmy Buffett.
Margaritaville was produced by Norbert Putnam.
Jimmy Buffett released Margaritaville on Thu Jan 20 1977.
Producer Norbert Putnam told Sound On Sound:
One day in the studio, (Jimmy Buffet) comes in and starts telling me about a day he had in Key West. He was coming home from a bar and he lost one of his flip-flops and he stepped on a beer can top and he couldn’t find the salt for his Margarita. He says...
“Margaritaville” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of July 23rd, 1977. The song charted for a cumulative 22 weeks.