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==Content==
==Content==
The song tells the story of a man spending an entire season for three day-to-day activities on a [[seaside resort]], but the narrator couldn't find the [[salt shaker]] for his [[margarita]]. In the first verse, the narrator was playing a six-string [[guitar]] on his front [[porch swing]], while watching the tourists sunbathe, eating [[sponge cake]], and waiting for a pot of [[shrimp]] to boil. In the second verse, the narrator had to show a [[tattoo]] of a [[woman]], but the narrator called the tattoo a Mexican cutie. In the third and final verse, while the narrator was going out for a [[walk]], he blew out his [[Flip-flops]], and stepped on a "[[pop-top]]" by cutting the [[heel]] of his [[foot]], forcing the narrator to come [[home]] and ease his [[pain]], with a fresh batch of [[margarita]]s. When the song was used in [[concert]] during live performances, the line in the song's lyrics were changed to: "I broke my leg twice, i had to limp on back home", and the audience chanted "Salt!, salt!, salt!" during the chorus. The three choruses reveal that the narrator drowned his sorrows over a failed romance, all the while onlookers speculate that an ex-girlfriend is at fault. The last line of each shows his shifting attitude toward the situation: first "it's nobody's fault" in the first verse, then "hell, it could be my fault" in the second verse, and finally, "it's my own damn fault" in the third and final verse.
The song tells the story of a man spending an entire season for three day-to-day activities on a [[seaside resort]], but the narrator couldn't find the [[salt shaker]] for his [[margarita]]. In the first verse, the narrator was playing a six-string [[guitar]] on his front [[porch swing]], while watching the tourists sunbathe, eating [[sponge cake]], and waiting for a pot of [[shrimp]] to boil. In the second verse, the narrator had to show a [[tattoo]] of a [[woman]], but the narrator called the tattoo a Mexican cutie. In the third and final verse, while the narrator was going out for a [[walk]], he blew out his [[Flip-flops]], and stepped on a "[[pop-top]]" by cutting the [[heel]] of his [[foot]], forcing the narrator to come [[home]] and ease his [[pain]], with a fresh batch of [[margarita]]s. When the song was used in [[concert]] during live performances, the line in the song's lyrics were changed to: "I broke my leg twice, i had to limp on back home", and the audience chanted "Salt!, salt!, salt!" during the chorus. The three choruses reveal that the narrator drowned his sorrows over a failed romance, all the while onlookers speculate that an ex-girlfriend is at fault. The last line of each shows his shifting attitude toward the situation: first "it's nobody's fault" in the first verse, then "hell, it could be my fault" in the second verse, and finally, "it's my own damn fault" in the third and final verse.

==Lost verse==
The lost verse was edited out for the song's release in 1977, and it was used when Buffett performed in concert:
{{quote|Old men in[[tank tops]],
Cruisin' the [[gift shop]]s,
Checkin' out [[chiquita]]s down by the shore.
They dream about [[weight loss]],
Wish they could be their own boss,
Those three-day vacations can be (or become) such a bore
}}


==Charts==
==Charts==

Revision as of 14:41, 9 February 2020

For other uses, see Margaritaville (disambiguation).
"Margaritaville"
Cover of the West German 7 " single[1]
Single by Jimmy Buffett
from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
B-side"Miss You So Badly"
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1977
RecordedNovember 1976 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida and Quadrafonic Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee[2]
Genre
Length4:09 (album)
3:20 (single)
LabelABC
ABC-12254 (U.S., 7")
ABC-17781AT (West Germany, 7")
ABC-22039 (Italy, 7")
ABC-021254/2 (Spain, 7")
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Buffett
Producer(s)Norbert Putnam
Jimmy Buffett singles chronology
"Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street"
(1976) 		"Margaritaville"
(1977) 		"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
(1977)
Audio sample
1977 Italian single picture sleeve
A margarita cocktail: the inspiration for "Margaritaville"

"Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink Buffett discovered at Lung's Cocina del Sur restaurant (where High 5 is located today) at 2700 W. Anderson Lane in Austin, Texas,[3] and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West, Florida, around that time. He wrote most of the song one night at a friend's house in Austin, and finished it while spending time in Key West. In the United States "Margaritaville" reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart,[4] also peaking at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart.[5] Billboard ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart.[6] It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single.

Named for the cocktail margarita, with lyrics reflecting a laid-back lifestyle in a tropical climate, "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 greatest hits compilation album, Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s). The name has been used in the title of other Buffett compilation albums such as Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection and is also the name of several commercial products licensed by Buffett (see below). The song also lent its name to the 2017 musical Escape to Margaritaville, 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 Blake Shelton's 2004 single "Some Beach".

"Margaritaville" has been inducted into the 2016 Grammy Hall of Fame for its cultural and historic significance.[7]

Content

The song tells the story of a man spending an entire season for three day-to-day activities on a seaside resort, but the narrator couldn't find the salt shaker for his margarita. In the first verse, the narrator was playing a six-string guitar on his front porch swing, while watching the tourists sunbathe, eating sponge cake, and waiting for a pot of shrimp to boil. In the second verse, the narrator had to show a tattoo of a woman, but the narrator called the tattoo a Mexican cutie. In the third and final verse, while the narrator was going out for a walk, he blew out his Flip-flops, and stepped on a "pop-top" by cutting the heel of his foot, forcing the narrator to come home and ease his pain, with a fresh batch of margaritas. When the song was used in concert during live performances, the line in the song's lyrics were changed to: "I broke my leg twice, i had to limp on back home", and the audience chanted "Salt!, salt!, salt!" during the chorus. The three choruses reveal that the narrator drowned his sorrows over a failed romance, all the while onlookers speculate that an ex-girlfriend is at fault. The last line of each shows his shifting attitude toward the situation: first "it's nobody's fault" in the first verse, then "hell, it could be my fault" in the second verse, and finally, "it's my own damn fault" in the third and final verse.

Lost verse

The lost verse was edited out for the song's release in 1977, and it was used when Buffett performed in concert:

Old men intank tops,

Cruisin' the gift shops, Checkin' out chiquitas down by the shore. They dream about weight loss, Wish they could be their own boss, Those three-day vacations can be (or become) such a bore

Charts

Other versions

Single edit

When "Margaritaville" was released to radio stations after the song was released on February 14, 1977, the single edit ran for 3:20, cutting out the instrumental break, and the section during the third chorus and final refrain. So the song structure changed from "riff-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-interlude-verse-chorus-refrain-riff" to "riff-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-riff", and the track itself was sped up at half-step.

Cover versions

"Margaritaville"
Song by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett
from the album Under the Influence
ReleasedOctober 26, 1999
GenreCountry
Length4:15
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Buffett
Producer(s)Keith Stegall

In 1999, Alan Jackson covered the song on his album Under the Influence. The cover version consisted of Buffett joining Alan to sing along on the third and final verse; it also peaked at #63 after receiving play as an album cut. On the November 12, 2001 episode of RAW, Professional wrestlers Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson both covered the song as a duet. Jimmy Buffett also re-recorded this song, as well as "Cheeseburger in Paradise", and "Volcano" specifically for Rock Band as downloadable content.

Parodies

In 2006, Kenan Thompson parodied the song during the Weekend Update segment on Saturday Night Live, where he plays a soldier who found out that he was going to the U.S.-Mexico border, instead of Baghdad. When Amy Poehler asks him what his reaction was when he discovered he was going to the border, in the next scene, he has a Corona banner above him, a sombrero on his head. He holds a Corona beer bottle like a microphone, and sings "Wasting away again not in Iraq." This was likely a parody on Mortaritaville, which was recorded around 2 years prior.[12]

In 1991, comedian Mark Eddie wrote a parody of the song titled "Marijuanaville". The song was parodied on an episode of The Simpsons in the Season 8 episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", with a drunken Shari Bobbins, and was parodied again in the Season 11 episode "Bart to the Future", where the song was parodied as "Daiquiritaville". In the short-lived Fox TV series Napoleon Dynamite, Kip mentions that the Animatronics at Goof Nutz Pizza sing "Pizzaritaville". In 2013, the John Boy & Billy Big Show released a parody of the song titled "Martinsville", which is about Martinsville Speedway.[13]

Merchandising

As Buffett's signature song, "Margaritaville" has been used in a number of commercial ventures and product licensing tie-ins including:

  • Radio Margaritaville, a radio station that broadcasts on the Internet and Sirius XM Radio
  • Tales from Margaritaville, a collection of short stories by Buffett
  • Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, a casual dining restaurant chain, tourist destination and chain of stores selling Buffett-themed franchise merchandise in Jamaica, Mexico and the U.S. In 1985, Buffett opened a "Margaritaville" restaurant in Key West, though his first was in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
  • Margaritaville margarita mix (manufactured by Mott's)
  • Margaritaville tequila
  • Margaritaville bottled malt beverages
  • Margaritaville branded Landshark Lager
  • Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker
  • Margaritaville chips & salsa
  • Margaritaville chicken wings
  • Margaritaville frozen seafood
  • Margaritaville Soles of the Tropics footwear
  • Margaritaville men's & women's apparel
  • Margaritaville outdoor & beach furniture
  • Margaritaville key-lime pie filling mix
  • Margaritaville beach cruiser bicycles produced by Bicycle Corporation of America, a division of Kent International

See also

References

  1. ^ The U.S. single did not have a picture cover but was issued with a standard ABC Records cover.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Deep Dish Pizza, "Margaritaville," Dabney Coleman, Teddy Wilson: They Came From Austin". MichaelCorcoran.net. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 42.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 61.
  6. ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 24, 1977: TIA-64
  7. ^ "THE RECORDING ACADEMY ANNOUNCES 2016 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES". GRAMMY.org. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 9, 1977". Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 14, December 31 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  11. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  12. ^ "Retired Reservist: Mortaritaville - song from Iraq". Retiredreservist.blogspot.com. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  13. ^ "Pics 'n Such". The Big Show. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
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