Single:
Come Monday entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 October 1977 and peaked at #98.
Album:
The song is on Jimmy’s 1977 album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes.
Songwriter:
Jimmy Buffett
Producer:
Norbert Putnam
Record label of Australian release:
ABC
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
From Jimmy’s I Don’t Know Tour in 2016:
Songfacts – Margaritaville:
Jimmy Buffett wrote Margaritaville in Key West, Florida, after he finished a tour with his group, the Coral Reefer Band. They had just toured Texas, and Buffett spent some time drinking margaritas in a Mexican restaurant with a friend before going back to Key West. When he got there, he sat at the Old Anchor Inn watching gridlock on the roads, and used it as inspiration as he composed the song.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/jimmy-buffett/margaritaville
Songfacts – Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy moved from Nashville to Key West, Florida, in 1971. There, he cultivated a laid-back, beach bum persona that found its way into his music, which he described as “drunken Caribbean rock ‘n’ roll”.
Jimmy’s biggest US hit is Margaritaville, which peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 in 1977. The tune captured the imagination of listeners who dreamed of escaping to the tropics, where their biggest problem would be finding their lost shaker of salt.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/jimmy-buffett
Lyrics:
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
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