Jamaica (song)

"Jamaica"
"Jamaica"
Song

"Jamaica" is a song by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive that appears on the 1979 album Rock n' Roll Nights.^[1] It features Jim Clench on lead vocals. It was written by well-known songwriter Jim Vallance.^[2] It was released as a single but did not chart. The song, along with "Heartaches," was played live on American Bandstand in February 1979 to support the Rock n' Roll Nights album release.

Using different lyrics, Rick Springfield remade the song under the title "Kristina" on his 1982 album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet.^[3]

References

v t e Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Billy Chapman Blair Thornton Brent Howard Fred Turner David Reimer Garry Peterson Jim Clench John Cody Marc LaFrance Mick Dalla-Vee Randy Bachman Randy Murray Robbie Bachman Tim Bachman Vince Ditrich
Studio albums	Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1973) Bachman–Turner Overdrive II (1973) Not Fragile (1974) Four Wheel Drive (1975) Head On (1975) Freeways (1977) Street Action (1978) Rock n' Roll Nights (1979) Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1984)
Live albums	Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live (1994) King Biscuit Flower Hour: Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1998)
Compilation albums	Best of B.T.O. (So Far) (1976) You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (1983) BTO's Greatest (1986) The Anthology (1993) Bachman–Turner Overdrive Gold (2005)
Singles	"Let It Ride" (1974) "Takin' Care of Business" (1974) "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (1974) "Roll On down the Highway" (1975) "Hey You" (1975) "Down to the Line" (1975) "Take It Like a Man" (1976) "Lookin' Out for #1" (1976) "Jamaica" (1979)
Related articles	Discography