Cuba (song)

"Cuba"
Single by Gibson Brothers
from the album Cuba
B-side"Cuba" (instrumental)
Released1978, 1980 (re-issue)
GenreDisco, Latin
Length3:00 (Short Single Version)
4:20 (Long Single Version)
7:28 (Album Version)
7:45 (12" Version)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde
Producer(s)Daniel Vangarde
Gibson Brothers singles chronology
"Heaven"
(1977)
"Cuba"
(1978)
"Ooh What a Life"
(1979)
Music video
"Gibson Brothers - Cuba" on YouTube

"Cuba" is a 1978 song by French musical group Gibson Brothers, released as the first single from their fourth album of the same name (1979). It was the group's first charting single: In the US, "Cuba", went to #81 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #9 on the Billboard Dance chart. Outside the US, upon its original release, it reached number one in Finland, and was a top 30 hit in Belgium, the Netherlands and West Germany. It also peaked at number 41 in the UK in March 1979, however, following the success of their follow-up top 10 hit songs "Ooh, What a Life" and "Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go)", it was re-released in early 1980 as a double A side single with album track "Better Do It Salsa", reaching number 12 in the UK. Additionally, a remix ("Cuba '88") peaked at number 78 in the UK in October 1988.