"Come Monday" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter

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. It was first released on his 1974 album '' Living & Dying in ¾ Time''.

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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

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the previous year, meaning that it would have been written as he was "heading up to

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for the

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weekend show" in 1973. He opened those weekend shows in

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at the Lion's Share club in San Anselmo and the song was written at the

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that Buffett was staying at in Mill Valley. The single version replaces the third line, "I've got my

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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 his concerts, typically changing the line "I just can't wait to see you again" to "It's so nice to be in...(location of show)...again".

Chart performance

"Come Monday" was Buffett's first Top 40 hit single, reaching 30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as 3

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and 58

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. It also reached number 12 in Australia and was his most popular song there.

References

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