Key Largo (song)
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| Single by Bertie Higgins | ||||
| from the album Just Another Day in Paradise | ||||
| B-side | "White Line Fever" | |||
| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:20 3:05 (7") |
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| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Bertie Higgins, Sonny Limbo | |||
| Producer | Sonny Limbo, Scott MacLellan | |||
| Bertie Higgins singles chronology | ||||
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"Key Largo" is a popular song recorded by Bertie Higgins in 1981. Released as a single in September 1981, the song became Higgins' only Top 40 hit in the United States in early 1982, when it peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song spent 17 weeks in the Top 40 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[1] In addition, "Key Largo" topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks.[2] In the United Kingdom, the song reached #60 on the UK Singles Chart.
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[edit] Background and content
The song was heavily inspired by the 1948 film Key Largo, which starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, as is evident by the lyric: We had it all / Just like Bogie and Bacall / Starring in our own late late show / Sailing away to Key Largo. However, in the film Bogart and Bacall do not sail to Key Largo; Bogart arrives on a bus, and Bacall is already living there. The song also refers to the film Casablanca, with 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. The album's title track topped out at #46.
In 2009, VH1 ranked "Key Largo" #75 on its program 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1981-1982) | Peak Position |
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| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 50 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 285.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 262.
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