As a council kid from north London we never did get away as far as Barbados,, But we did have fun singing this on the ferry to the isle of white.
@aclark9033 ай бұрын
Wight ain’t that tropical but it is absolutely worth a visit!
@steveellis12616 күн бұрын
It certainly has the advantage of not being a North London council estate.
@BABYWOLF--19663 ай бұрын
Please refrain from smoking until the aircraft is airborne 😂😂those were the days 😂😂
@karencee8405Ай бұрын
I’m glad you can’t smoke on an aircraft anymore
@keithcairns3 жыл бұрын
Great memories of a great summer in 1975! Happy days.
@bernadettegriffin85692 жыл бұрын
A fabulous one. Not equal musically to '76 but a good one.
@keithcairns2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 76 was a wonderful year both musically and summer wise!
@harleyhartley31686 ай бұрын
I stayed outside all the time that summer to avoid the cricket! Had my first date with a boy at piccidilly circus, went to Italy in August, tom baker and lis sladen came back on tv right at the end of the summer i think, oh to be 16 again
@harleyhartley31684 ай бұрын
Hello?
@7omly3 жыл бұрын
Just left school in 1975 and was in my first job. Great tune brings back great memories.
@jackieeick3 жыл бұрын
❤💕
@vmm51632 жыл бұрын
We were in Blackpool in 1975 on holiday, I was 14. The sun was shining on the sea and we were loitering by the sea wall, myself and my best friend, and I was so happy! We took a tiny radio around with us and this played all the time, it was great! 😅
@jackiebell15332 жыл бұрын
I left school that year too. Great memories!
@Bashey63 Жыл бұрын
I heard this in 1975 on the beach at Rhyl were the Radio 1 roadshow were playing it; I decided then that I would go there one day-- We went there last year on a 14 day cruise that started/finished in Barbados. We have obviously re-booked for next year as it was that good.
@harleyhartley31684 ай бұрын
I stayed outside all the time that summer to avoid the cricket! Had my first date with a boy at piccidilly circus, went to Italy in August, tom baker and lis sladen came back on tv right at the end of the summer i think, oh to be 16 again
@jackd.flippin66565 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to the Vengaboys version for 20 years, and I didn't know it's a cover version. But now I do. Thank you.
@mart2601824 жыл бұрын
google the live performance
@skipraida54972 жыл бұрын
Try Rusty Lee's version👍
@thomaskummer87842 жыл бұрын
I've been also diverted from Ibiza
@zapkvr Жыл бұрын
You sad bastard
@zapkvr Жыл бұрын
@@skipraida5497 yeah right
@stonebridgeboy1112 жыл бұрын
after hearing this as an 11 year old in 75' finally made it to Barbados two years ago...great island people!!!
@ewenmorrisonsnr.26143 жыл бұрын
When working in Northern Ireland (year 2000) I was contemplating where to take my wife on our 25th wedding anniversary when this song came on the radio which gave me an the idea, then when I got home out shopping I passed the travel agents and spotted "Stay and Cruise Barbados" so it was no contest, went in and booked it, stay 3 days in Sam Lords Castle, a week cruise up to San Juan, Puerto Rico then back to Barbados via various islands spending a day in each. Then another 4 days at Sam Lords Castle, all inclusive. What a holiday, will have to go back someday, loved it. This song brings back so many memories.
@rosiew1952 Жыл бұрын
lovely
@stevepickett4453 Жыл бұрын
Nice , good on you guys
@paulfrost8895 Жыл бұрын
This song would have come out the same year as your wedding (1975) coincidence.
@Jewellerybybarrie Жыл бұрын
Its a shame that SamLords is now a burnt out building... Was a nice place to visit.
@martinmacdonald Жыл бұрын
@@Jewellerybybarrie Check it out now..... Its the islands latest 5* resort.
@N1KK1134 жыл бұрын
1975 I was 9 years old and singing this song not in Barbados but on a beach with my brother in San Antonio. Bruv if your looking down I miss you x
@debbiemilner3 жыл бұрын
I was also 15 in 1975 and what great music, I flew to Ibiza the next year, days when hardly anyone went abroad, great holidays and times. I wrote about it in a first novella on Amazon :-)
@lotuselise4432 Жыл бұрын
From London - My eldest took his first walk in Barbados at 11 months, flew BWIA in 1987, amazing place and people.
@mervforse51137 ай бұрын
known as But Will It Arrive = a lovely airline
@stephenwood50032 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this song when I was 12 in 1975, number 1 on Top of the Pop's ♥️👍
@traceyraybould71483 жыл бұрын
I have been lucky enough to have been to Barbados many times. This song is ALWAYS played as we are packing and getting ready . Beautiful island 💙
@M.Audu43510 ай бұрын
Nice holiday ritual 👍🏽
@jvincent65485 жыл бұрын
Gosh I remember this in summer '75. WIth my Adidas Samba trainers, Cricket all day on the BBC, my Bullworker and trucking up to my mate's house in my flares
@wtfman4684 жыл бұрын
On the big black cock? Cuz it says bbs
@ruby-lm2vw4 жыл бұрын
Rode Broodzak it’s a British channel
@trevm024 жыл бұрын
J Vincent hahaha friggin great days, and best of all no computers
@npe14 жыл бұрын
Bloody Hell - Bullworker I remember them. My Dad got me one because he thought I was too puny!!!
@jvincent65484 жыл бұрын
@@npe1 and they never worked really....
@mazbickle7 жыл бұрын
I've made a playlist of all the hits from my teenage years and this features. Such a happy time. I was 15 in 1975.
@davidhancock60186 жыл бұрын
Me too , good times n memories !
@gwendawilliams54764 жыл бұрын
I was 17 .fabulous era of music ,fun and times
@riacarter22694 жыл бұрын
I was 15 then too , reminds me when my parents and siblings went on holiday without me but I spent the summer holidays at my cousins and had a far better time . Beacon Radio had just opened their studios and my cousin lived right opposite the radio station .
@gizellehutchings14604 жыл бұрын
Me too! Love this song so much!
@matthiasschmatz81012 жыл бұрын
Was 16. And used to hear rockmusic. But sometimes a small simple song takes over. Forinstance when you dance with a cute girl.
@CLASVE5 жыл бұрын
I really liked this song back in 1975. I bought the LP. Many years as a teacher my student loved the Vengaboys song "We are gong to Ibiza". I told them once: "Now I am going to play on of my favourite song from my youth". And did it and they were very surprised, they didn't know it was a cover.
@wandawizard56055 жыл бұрын
CLASVE They never do. They think their music is all originals! 😂
@alexishurricane87594 жыл бұрын
Wanda Wizard before google perhaps.
@pn93594 жыл бұрын
It’s an enduring mystery why anyone liked anything by the Vengaboys.
@arthurhunte9023 жыл бұрын
This song is the biggest load of sh...t ever made.
@DaveAndBeth19786 ай бұрын
@wandawizard5605 same as every generation... Vast majority of 60s hits were remakes of Blues standards
@whooshkaboomie3 жыл бұрын
I'd fly anywhere with Coconut Airways during this Covid Lockdown time !! The good old days are "really" the good old days.
@janiceelliot23292 жыл бұрын
Will we ever get back to normal I don't think so when we could book a holiday and just go
@franzvoss48082 жыл бұрын
I only knew the song, was 14 years old. I would have died a slave without it.
@anjayaman39862 жыл бұрын
Just luv it..Miss this happy times as hell..🥰❤🥥✈ *sigh*
@compostcorner59342 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 🎶👍another tune from my childhood...now 60 years old 😬
@harleyhartley31682 жыл бұрын
@@anjayaman3986 covid isn’t an excuse anymore love, get out there and live your life, drink yourself half blind and dance with a stranger x
@daggersdukc4 жыл бұрын
I wonder why this outwardly cheerful and likeable song always makes me deeply melancholic? And always has, since I first heard it, agreed six when it came out.
@traceyraybould71484 жыл бұрын
I have been lucky enough to have visited Barbados many times. This song just makes memories come flooding back. Love it.
@scotiafleur8 жыл бұрын
Tenby South Wales. The summer of ' 75 With my husband and our four boys.. Our first family holiday. Such a happy, carefree time. A caravan at Kiln Park. Wonderful weather , glorious beaches.Deep blue sea. Walking down to the beach with all the hits of the time playing including this , Una Paloma Blanca, I think and many more on our 'tranni'. I'm replaying them all now.XX
@MrBungee98 жыл бұрын
I was there in the same year, not on holiday, but at the Army Training Camp around the corner at Penally.....Hard work , but we had a great time.
@davidtunnicliff54426 жыл бұрын
ah, we went to abersoch..camping in a field....i was 12. still have the cine movie, also i think 'sailing' was bit hit............had to walk 15 minutes to get milk from the camp shop. we had a big frame tent...it was cool...happy memories.
@gavinreid89376 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, this song reminds me of Ayr!. 75,my parents hired a holiday flat three streets from the seafront & sitting up on my sofabed I could see the sun setting through the gaps in the houses & this song playing on the transistor.
@philipnorris65424 жыл бұрын
Yes, things were great back then---and they still are now.
@vmm51632 жыл бұрын
And "I can't give you anything (but my love)" by the Stylistics! That intro made my little heart soar like a seagull when I was on holiday in Blackpool! 😅💓
@markusclemens69793 жыл бұрын
Songs like this are the closest thing to a time machine
@stephensnell13792 жыл бұрын
There is absolutely no such thing as a time machine you idiot
@Dragon-Slay3r Жыл бұрын
Nice
@lucvanwassenhove47843 жыл бұрын
Original and funny song . Best version . All time favorite☝😀
@jaynemarywilson11 жыл бұрын
Just booked it! Virgin going to take me to the sunny Caribbean sea - whoa !!!! Got 3 months to wait but had to have a listen now to get me all excited. What a song! - loved it since I was a kid in 1975 - inspired me to work hard so I can go there. First time I went is was on a Trident!
@lukelewis922810 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Grandad listening to this at your funeral lead me to tears i hope there taking care of you love you always your grandson xxx
@cloreal5 жыл бұрын
if he is dead, no one will care for him.
@andrew80s5 жыл бұрын
@@cloreal Don't be a dickhead.
@trevm025 жыл бұрын
Luke Lewis you little name dropper, no respect there then
@markoneill70894 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s so beautiful I was 15 in that year and I loved that tune and memories can be so great love xxx
@elainewestwood-smith60614 жыл бұрын
@@cloreal how thoughtless of you
@leoniewarwick5835 Жыл бұрын
this always reminds me of my young brother I lost. he flew to the Caribbean and this song was in the charts. xxxx
@colinremmer24172 жыл бұрын
Barbados is one of the closest places on earth you'll ever get to heaven and still be drawing breath. The smell of warm vegetation and the heat that hits you as soon as you get out of the door of the plane...
@dartskipper31704 жыл бұрын
Love this recording. I was in the Caribbean in 1975, British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Southern Florida. This is so evocative of happy days and good times.
@cherylmarshall832 Жыл бұрын
Great song never been lucky to go Barbados hopefully 1 day in my life ✈️❤️
@cazzie196013 жыл бұрын
brings back some wonderful memories of hot summer of 1976 when I was 15 xxxx
@jeanbeavers69833 жыл бұрын
I was 13 in 1975. Great year for music
@Saarahjappi7 ай бұрын
Awesome song love it cool❤🎉
@Fexa-Fox6 ай бұрын
I am nostalgic for an era I didn't live... So many beautiful songs
@jimjordam9 жыл бұрын
70's memories, just awesome
@blue888ify10 жыл бұрын
Great song from the summer of 1975
@MultiPetercool3 жыл бұрын
Remember listening to this on a big Grundig radio tuned to RTL around ‘75.
@johnmcgowan79544 жыл бұрын
Just booked to go in May. First time ever - can't wait!! I was 14 when this song was released - number one for two weeks in August 1975. Top song!
@nickprica31274 жыл бұрын
i was 13 in 75 great times enjoy your hols
@alexishurricane87594 жыл бұрын
Awks.
@JohninRosc2 жыл бұрын
@@nickprica3127 Many thanks - didn't go in the end thanks to Covid but just used the voucher received in lieu and we are now going for sure (well, as sure as we can be) in November. Can't wait!
@juliethomas80796 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@luizfelipecraft36243 жыл бұрын
Que demais conhecer essa versão, justo ter sido a mais executada.
@kasperjoonatan6014 Жыл бұрын
Flying to Robyn Fenty's home town, that would be awesome .
@rootchiller14 күн бұрын
Come, its a beautiful place.
@colindevine32333 жыл бұрын
Brings back good memories , brilliant little tune :),love it a !!!!
@willhengst4799 Жыл бұрын
top 🌴🌴🌴👍👍👍
@charliesilver46049 жыл бұрын
Love this song can't wait till I am on the plane again in July going to Barbados. Lovely place and all the people.
@brighton4311 жыл бұрын
Big hit in july 75 with 11wks at number 1,thats pretty well going for a one hit wonder band.Was very popular in disco's of summer 75. and was the lead to a fantastic summer of 76 that we aint seen repeated again in the UK.A feel good song.
@davidedlin41555 жыл бұрын
A 2 hit wonder as I recall. At least down here in New Zealamd a second single "Rocket Now" was almost as popular.
@AlanTaylorCRSmusicproduction4 жыл бұрын
Coconut Airways, lol. Never get away with that these days ;)
@kevinbeck67854 жыл бұрын
ha ha
@marleyite4 жыл бұрын
Fish and Chips Airways ?
@christinewilson68044 жыл бұрын
Why not They named it themselves and thats where coconuts come from
@kjttv17474 жыл бұрын
What was wrong with Brixton town? (in de night ).I'd say a few Barbadian immigrants settled there in the 50s and 60s and brought the reggae beat with them man.
@jvincent65483 жыл бұрын
@@kjttv1747 Should also see the WI reggae/cricket folks in B'ham too. ! Brilliant.
@JoyW-z2l3 күн бұрын
I used to listen to this song every day in high school 😂 in Alabama 1990s
@MarmaladeStex6 жыл бұрын
This Topped the UK Charts in 1975 for the British Band!.
@rhiandouglas12118 жыл бұрын
I'm actually going to Barbados!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy 😀😀😀😀😅😅
@bartpeeters306 Жыл бұрын
From brixton to Barbados....beautyfull...i wish i was there ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@clairelamberty86422 ай бұрын
Ich liebte diesen Song,weil ich Sehnsucht nach einer fernen Insel hatte 🤔😃
@WayneM19612 жыл бұрын
A good "get you in the mood" for your holiday song. I would have to swap Barbados though for "Sunny Mablethorpe" (It's usually cold)! For those who don't know it's an East coast resort here in the UK. Been to the port of Barbados though, a 9 hour flight on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a beautiful aircraft, to board a cruise ship on a Caribbean/Mediterranean cruise on our honeymoon. 7 whole days at sea once we left the Caribbean to get to Malaga. Ran up a £1400 medical bill on the ship due to sea sickness! Never again, I swear. Fortunately I was insured
@petermarch6228 Жыл бұрын
Loved this song as a child so so happy and in 2013 I finally made it to Barbados and what a beautiful Island it really is
@zapkvr14 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this for thirty years. Damn there is some obscure stuff on Y tube.
@saintjellypie4 жыл бұрын
Grunthos The Flatulent it can get much more obscure than this
@zapkvr4 жыл бұрын
@@saintjellypie you're not just whistling in the wind. Have you ever heard the solo effort of Mike Pinder from the Moody blues "The promise"? Don't bother. Pure rubbish
@thomasavery499210 ай бұрын
just got back from barbados love it
@johnmurray4347 Жыл бұрын
First record I ever bought. ❤🎉🎉
@onikaconstantine8861 Жыл бұрын
Yes, i love Barbados.
@annieswalef37058 жыл бұрын
beatiful clip mi seh love mi roots
@stevejam7673 жыл бұрын
Don't hear this song on the radio anymore. A great song from a great time.
@davidfrancis2733 жыл бұрын
Johnnie Walker played it on 21st March 2021 on Sounds of the 70s, BBC Radio 2
@peterbauer91125 жыл бұрын
With this song every day is summertime....
@user-kt2qh7wp8n3 жыл бұрын
beautiful of typical sea
@janewagner1601 Жыл бұрын
Love to go back someday x
@Professor-IC3 ай бұрын
Love this song !
@cumberlandblue82573 жыл бұрын
Working hard in the Weaving sheds 1975. Love this song reminds me of holidays.
@steveedwards12056 жыл бұрын
Awesome song!
@fiendero10 ай бұрын
Just a beautiful song!
@markhall5656 Жыл бұрын
Great fun song
@timothyphillips50437 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic song. I blame this song for giving me the travel bug. I was fifteen when this song came out. never made any money but been to some great countries. For the past four years I have been living in Thailand. Wales is a great country but I hate the cold. No plans to come home any time soon.
@delmasa12347 жыл бұрын
Best song ever
@ConradPet10 жыл бұрын
HOT golden oldie ! TY !
@zsuzsannafriedrich74923 жыл бұрын
Wou welcome ín barbarbadod really nicr tó be here much love suz
@kingkandy2 ай бұрын
Woooooaaah! I'm going to Scarbados 🏖
@elminwickham625612 жыл бұрын
Love that song, Barbados my home love it there going home soon.
@hemmay8 жыл бұрын
Memories of the 43 years I spent working at Heathrow. Being able to visit Barbados, Jamaica, Tobago and Grenada for next to nothing helped to make up for the 5 o'clock starts in the winter. Happy days though.
@paulgarrett47698 жыл бұрын
great
@tracycollins79358 жыл бұрын
Good times..sounds like the perfect job.
@hemmay8 жыл бұрын
Tracy Collins Yes, I consider myself very lucky. I've retired early with a good pension and I still get cheap flights and my wife and I can now travel the world and no more early mornings although I do miss the airport 'buzz'. I wish you well.
@tracycollins79358 жыл бұрын
+kevin heming I love the song u chose to comment on..enjoy your retirement.best wishes
@hemmay7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tracy. I'm enjoying every minute so far!
@alandougan45343 жыл бұрын
Take me to Barbados Nov 2020 who,s with me ?
@MiLLwallpaul2312588 жыл бұрын
Whenever your uncertain and you don't know what to do, the cow of wisdom always answers " just chill out .....and MOO"
@gracewalsh46432 жыл бұрын
Great we can holiday 😀 😎 again here we go
@RebekahJones-hp2gzАй бұрын
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting this beautiful island as a little girl I used to run around the living room singing this constantly
@adrianweeks443 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Walker (BBC Radio 2) played it today. Tune!!!
@flash510506 жыл бұрын
I loved this song
@claytonfox41073 жыл бұрын
Wicked tune 💗🦊👌
@christopherainsworth57325 жыл бұрын
sunshining, top down on the MG driving down railton road, stop off at desmonds hip city to buy the latest reggae single, HAPPY DAYS
@pluggy9914 жыл бұрын
I was on my way back from the states in August 79 when we were diverted to Barbados as hurricane relief for "David". The ships radio kept playing this. We actually ended up in Dominica, but there wasn't a song about it :) Nice vid
@mkl627 жыл бұрын
This hit from Typically Tropical was the 349th #1 song of the Rock Era in the United Kingdom.
@LKayL114 жыл бұрын
I love this one. And I really like the man's accent.
@SabineOnwuka8 жыл бұрын
gosh i love these Song so much ;) thank you so much for sharing
@themcilroyfamilyYT3 жыл бұрын
What in the blue hell is this ?!? Mind blown 🤯 vengaboyz
@jenniferherring7813 Жыл бұрын
I was 12 & I had a crush on my daughter's Dad, he was 17, we ended up getting married in 1982 & this was our wedding dance, our daughter was born in 1983
@TYTDReviews3 жыл бұрын
RIP Captain Tom; hopefully you'll be going to barbados one more time!
@kipp0man12 жыл бұрын
Great unashamed Pop Music - I enjoyed hearing this again, takes me back. Thx for posting !
@weehubbyable3 жыл бұрын
Covid 19 ends im going here hopefully 😊😊
@markeagles800812 жыл бұрын
number 1 in the UK the day i was born!
@0utcastAussie2 жыл бұрын
I remember looking at sunsets like that at Scarborough Beach Western Australia.. And yeah.. I did have that song playing in my head a few times
@websurfer15853 жыл бұрын
Great memories, summertime in the 70's, good times!
@barrygrannell Жыл бұрын
heading off here in Feb 2023 with friends! Woh
@mikewood95657 ай бұрын
Heading off soon and this gets me ready
@elleirbag1413 жыл бұрын
I love this song! Thanks for posting
@warrenalexander52853 жыл бұрын
Happy memories!
@davidhenrywall8619 Жыл бұрын
Great song
@danydewispelaere33436 жыл бұрын
The original one. Takes me back to the glorious seventies. No, not Ibiza (what a Venga horror) but Barbados!
@hardymarci11 жыл бұрын
"I've seen too much of Brixton town in the night." :-)
@eddiefiddler10653 ай бұрын
Family holiday to Weymouth when I was 12 great memories''.😊
@IanHarman14 жыл бұрын
amazing place been there got the t shirt and going back