| "Margaritaville" a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett wrote it in Fort Myers, Florida after touring Texas with his group, the Coral Reefer Band. It reached #8 on Billboard Hot 100 chart, topped the Easy Listening (Adult Contemporary) chart at #1, Named for a cocktail, the margarita, and with lyrics reflecting a laid-back lifestyle in a tropical climate. "Margaritaville" has come to define Buffett's music and careerThe song is a narrative overview of the singer's life for the previous season. He sings about laid-back living in a drunken haze in a beach community. "Margaritaville" is the mental state in which he exists during this period, induced— presumably—from the perpetual imbibing of margaritas. This is best illustrated in the last verse, when the singer goes for a walk, cuts his heel and returns home to ease his pain with the eponymous alcoholic beverage. The singer says that some friends surmise that he is reeling from a failed romance. |
