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Songs You Know By Heart
''Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s)'' is the 18th album and the first greatest hits compilation by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in 1985. The parenthetical "s" in the subtitle alludes to the status at the time of "Margaritaville" as Buffett's single large chart hit. Despite its 1985 release date, the album only includes songs from 1973 to 1979. Aside from 1976's '' Havaña Daydreamin''', this compilation includes at least one song from each of Buffett's ABC Records/MCA Records albums released between 1973 and 1979. Commercial performance The album reached No. 100 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album however has continued to sell, and it was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 12, 1989, and 7× Platinum on November 21, 2005, which made it Buffett's most commercially successful. It has sold 5,646,300 copies in the United States as of October 2019. Following Buffett's death in September 2023, ''Songs You Know By Heart'' re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Buffett
James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter, author, and businessman. He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" and promoted enjoying life and following passions. Buffett recorded many hit songs, including those known as "The Big 8": "Margaritaville" (1977), which is ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century"; "Come Monday" (1974); "Fins (song), Fins" (1979); "Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song), Volcano" (1979); "A Pirate Looks at Forty" (1974); "Cheeseburger in Paradise (song), Cheeseburger in Paradise" (1978); "Why Don't We Get Drunk" (1973); and "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song), Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (1977). His other popular songs include "Son of a Son of a Sailor (song), Son of a Son of a Sailor" (1978), "One Particular Harbour (song), One Particular Harbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fins (song)
"Fins" is a song recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Buffett, Coral Reefer Band members Deborah McColl and Barry Chance, and author Tom Corcoran (writer), Tom Corcoran. It was released as a single (b/w "Dreamsicle") on MCA Records, MCA 41109 in July 1979. It was first released on his 1979 album ''Volcano (Jimmy Buffett album), Volcano''. It reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 42 on the Adult Contemporary (chart), Easy Listening chart. The title refers to the fins of metaphorical sharks, i.e. "land sharks", men who attempt to pick up the woman who is the subject of the song. She is said to feel like a remora due to the proximity of the predators. ''Cash Box'' said that "swinging southern pop-rock, served up Florida style, compliments the neat double entendre." ''Record World'' said that Buffett’s "inspired vocals and a lively beat give this broad appeal.." "Fins" was one of Buf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boat Drinks (song)
"Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side (b/w "Survive") on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio, and has been included on many compilation albums including ''Songs You Know by Heart''. Despite its popularity, the song was notably absent from '' Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection''. A commercial for ''Play FLA USA'' scratch-off game was noted to sound like an instrumental version of "Boat Drinks", which Buffett had not given permission for any musical licensing to the Florida Lottery. Communications specialist Kathy Wilson and a Buffett spokeswoman both later confirmed that the two songs may have sounded similar due to their "fun-in-the-sun-type" styles, but they were technically greatly different from one another. History The song was written in February 1979, while Jimmy was homesic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
"Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1973 album ''A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean'' and was his third single from that album. The single reached No. 23 on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening chart in September 1973. The song appears on '' Songs You Know By Heart'', a greatest hits compilation that includes Buffett's concert favorites ranging from 1973 to 1979. It was often played live, but was not considered a concert staple. History Buffett wrote the song in Key West, Florida at a time when he would play in a bar called Howie's Lounge in the afternoon and work on a fishing boat at night. He would meet young tourist girls riding the Conch Tour Train and take them to the Islander drive-in theater. They would have some purple passion mixed up in a jug, and if mixed correctly the dates would claim they couldn't taste any alcohol, to which Buffett would reply, "That's the point. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pencil Thin Mustache
"Pencil Thin Mustache" is a song written and performed by American popular-music singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single (with "Brand New Country Star") on Dunhill D-15011 in August 1974. It was first released on his album of 1974, '' Living and Dying in ¾ Time''. It just missed the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 101 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, and reached number 44 on the Easy Listening chart. The song, written in a Western swing style, is a nostalgic look by Buffett at the popular culture of his childhood. The title refers to the mustache style of the film character, Boston Blackie. Buffett refers to a number of other persons, characters, and products of the period, including Ricky Ricardo, Andy Devine, Sky (King)'s niece Penny, ''American Bandstand'', Disneyland, '' Ramar of the Jungle'', Bwana, Errol Flynn, the Sheik of Araby, and Brylcreem. The lyrics also say that in the 1950s, "only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana". ''Cash B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Don't We Get Drunk
"Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a novelty song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was a B-side to "The Great Filling Station Holdup", the first single from his 1973 album '' A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean''. A fan favorite, the song was almost always performed at Buffett's live concerts until 2007 ''Bama Breeze'' tour, after which it was only performed occasionally. Buffett wrote the song under the pseudonym Marvin Gardens, derived from a property on the original Atlantic City version of the Monopoly game board. Description The song is a parody of standard country music love songs. Buffett states that he made the song "as a total satire ndwasn't even going to put it on the album. We did it foolin' around in one take. But immediately that song became controversial, and there were jukebox sales." Buffett further notes, "I was hearing a lot of very suggestive country songs—in particular, Norma Jean's "Let's Go All the Way". I figured I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (song)
"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" is a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single (b/w "Landfall") on ABC Dunhill 12305 in August 1977. Background It was first released on his 1977 album '' Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes''. It reached number 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 24 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and number 11 on the Easy Listening chart. This song begins with an instrumental introduction which initially resembles the chorus of " Yellow Bird" (originally a 19th-century Haitian song, which gained popularity in the U.S. through a Hawaiian-flavored instrumental by the Arthur Lyman group in 1961), and then it evolves into the distinctive chorus of this song itself. ''Billboard'' described the song as using "sailing and sun -drenched island imagery" and "catchy, Caribbean instrumentation" while having a "more serious tone" than Buffett's previous single "Margaritaville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living And Dying In 3/4 Time
''Living and Dying in ¾ Time'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It is the second major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase". It was initially released in February 1974 as his second album for Dunhill Records. It contains the song "Come Monday", his first top-40 hit single. Chart performance The album was Buffett's first to chart on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, but it only reached number 176. Unlike ''A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean'' before it, it failed to make the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart. The single of "Come Monday" reached number 30 on the Hot 100 and number three Easy Listening and number 58 Country. In addition, "Pencil Thin Mustache" hit number 44 Easy Listening and "Saxophones" "bubbled under" the Hot 100 at number 105. Songs In addition to "Come Monday," the album contains "Pencil Thin Mustache", another Buffett concert favorite. The two songs appear on most of his live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Monday
"Come Monday" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album ''Living & Dying in ¾ Time''. Content Buffett wrote the song to his future wife while he was on tour. At a live performance in 1974, Buffett mentioned that he had written the song heading out to California the previous year, meaning that it would have been written as he was "heading up to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show" in 1973. He opened those weekend shows in Marin County, California, Marin County for Country Joe McDonald at the Lion's Share club in San Anselmo, California, San Anselmo and the song was written at the Howard Johnson's that Buffett was staying at in Mill Valley, California, Mill Valley. The single version replaces the third line, "I've got my Hush Puppies on," with "I've got my hiking shoes on." It is one of Buffett's more popular songs, and is part of "The Big 8" that he played at almost all of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1A (album)
''A1A'' or ''A-1-A'' is the fifth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the third major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase". It was initially released in December 1974 as Dunhill DS-50183 and later re-released on Dunhill's successor labels ABC and MCA. The album is named for Florida State Road A1A that runs mostly along the Atlantic Ocean and is the main road through most oceanfront towns. It is also referenced in the song "Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season". The album's original back cover is a photograph of a section of A1A. Chart performance The album reached No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart but did not make the country chart. Singles included "A Pirate Looks at Forty" (b/w "Presents to Send You") released in February 1975 and "Door Number Three" (b/w "Dallas") in July 1975 which reached No. 88 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart. In Canada the album also reached No. 25. Songs S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pirate Looks At Forty
"A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album '' A1A'' and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single. Buffett wrote the song about Phillip Clark, at the Chart Room where Buffett first performed after his move to Key West, Florida. The song contains the bittersweet confession of a modern-day, washed-up drug smuggler as he looks back on the first 40 years of his life, expresses lament that his preferred vocation of piracy on the high seas was long gone by the time he was born, and ponders his future. For radio play, the song was shortened by deleting the fourth verse for the single release. ''Cash Box'' said the song has "an almost reggae progression, fine guitar playing and lead solo, ndmoving lyrics". ''Record World'' said that "This limitless piece of demographic dauntlessness should ship him out of port under more steam than anything since ' Come Monday.'" The song is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
