Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song)
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| Single by Jimmy Buffett from the album Volcano |
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| A-side | "Volcano" | ||||
| B-side | "Stranded On A Sandbar" | ||||
| Released | November 1979 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | May 1979 | ||||
| Genre | Rock/Gulf and western | ||||
| Length | 03:37 | ||||
| Label | MCA MCA 41161 (U.S., 7") |
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| Writer(s) | Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, Harry Dailey | ||||
| Producer | Norbert Putnam | ||||
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"Volcano" is a song performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was written by Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, and Harry Dailey and released as a single (b/w "Stranded On A Sandbar") on MCA 41161 in November 1979.
It was first released on his 1979 album Volcano. It reached #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #43 on the Easy Listening chart.
The song and album are named for the then-dormant Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat in the British West Indies where Buffett recorded the album in May 1979 at AIR Studios. The studio was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and Soufrière Hills erupted again in 1995.
The bridge before the final chorus mentions a number of placenames, some important largely in the context of 1979:
But I don't want to land in New York City,
I don't want to land in Mexico.
I don't want to land on no Three Mile Island,
I don't want to see my skin a-glow.Don't want to land in Camanche Skypark,
or in Nashville, Tennessee.
I don't want to land in no San Juan Airport
or the Yukon Territory.Don't want to land no San Diego.
Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay.
I don't want to land on no Ayatollah.
I got nothin' more to say.
"Volcano" is one of Buffett's more popular songs with fans, and is part of "The Big 8" that he has played at almost all of his concerts. Recorded live versions of the song appear on Feeding Frenzy, Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and the video Live by the Bay. The placenames in the final bridge are often altered in concert to reflect more recent news. The song was also released for Rock Band on June 3rd 2008 and has a lyric change after "Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay," the song then goes to "I want to be a couch potato just playing Rock Band everyday."
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[edit] External links
- Lyrics at BuffettWorld.com
