Single:
Key Largo entered the Australian singles chart* on 12 April 1982 and peaked at #2. It ranked #14 on the Top 100 of 1982.
Album:
The song is on Just Another Day in Paradise which entered the Australian albums chart* on 21 June 1982 and peaked at #32.
Songwriters:
Bertie Higgins, Sonny Limbo
Producers:
Sonny Limbo, Scott MacLellan
Record label of Australian release:
Epic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The song’s lyrics plead with a lover to reconsider ending a romance. The singer recalls their first winter together, when they lived in a poorly heated place. Their only entertainment was watching a “Late, Late Show”, which featured films such as Casablanca and Key Largo, the latter of which starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Bacall does not appear in Casablanca. The couple is recalled in the lyric, We had it all / Just like Bogie and Bacall / Starring in our own late, late show / Sailin’ away to Key Largo. The lyrics also draw from the film Casablanca, including the lines, Here’s looking at you, kid, and Please say you will / Play it again. The song Key Largo was included on Higgins’ album Just Another Day in Paradise.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Largo_(song)
Lyrics:
Wrapped around each other
Trying so hard to stay warm
That first cold winter together
Lying in each other’s arms
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