Signature
key confidence low · relative E major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 52.8 · low end 27% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
Character
Not tagged yet. The words are proposed and waiting for a person.
Good for
Nothing yet. The rules need the character words above before they can say.
Lineage
- Covered10 CCsource
- CoveredBoney M.source
- CoveredCellomaniasource
- Written byEric Stewartsource
- Written byGraham Gouldmansource
- CoveredGraham Gouldmansource
- CoveredReni Jusissource
- CoveredTony Barlaysource
- CoveredTop of the Popperssource
- CoveredVoice Malesource
- CoveredWaxsource
Why it is here
- The lyrics were drawn from real experiences Eric Stewart had in Barbados with Justin Hayward and Graham Gouldman had in Jamaica. source
- It became 10cc's third UK number one and their final UK top 10 hit, also topping the charts in Belgium, New Zealand and the Netherlands. source
- The song has been featured in films and shows including Guy Ritchie's Snatch, David Fincher's The Social Network, and the 2019 Christmas special of Gavin and Stacey. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.