Montego Bay (song)
| "Montego Bay" | ||||
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| Single by Bobby Bloom | ||||
| from the album The Bobby Bloom Album | ||||
| B-side | "Try a Little Harder" | |||
| Released | September 1970 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop | |||
| Length | 2:53 | |||
| Label | L&R Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Barry | |||
| Bobby Bloom singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay • TopPop on YouTube | ||||
"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 5 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart, No. 7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry. In the master tape of the song, Bloom breaks into a chorus of "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" at the end of the recording. The song features a whistler, as well as Jamaican instruments in a calypso style.