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"Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album ''Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes''. This song was written about a drink Buffett discovered at Lung's Cocina del Sur restaurant on Anderson Lane in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West, Florida around that time. He wrote most of the song that night at a friend's house in Austin, and finished it while spending time in Key West. In the United States "Margaritaville" reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart, also peaking at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart.〔"Pop Singles" ''Billboard'' December 24, 1977: TIA-64〕 It Buffett's highest charting solo single. Named for the cocktail margarita, with lyrics reflecting a laid-back lifestyle in a tropical climate, "Margaritaville" has come to define Buffett's music and career. The relative importance of the song to Buffett's career is referred to obliquely in a parenthetical plural in the title of a Buffett greatest hits compilation album, ''Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s)''. The name has been used in the title of other Buffett compilation albums such as ''Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection'' and is also the name of several commercial products licensed by Buffett (see below). Popular culture references, throughout the years and remakes attest to the song's continuing popularity. "Margaritaville" has been inducted into the 2016 Grammy Hall of Fame for its its cultural and historic significance. 〔https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-announces-2016-grammy-hall-of-fame-inductees〕 ==Song narrative== The song's title refers to the drunken haze in which the narrator has existed while spending an entire season at a beach resort community. The three verses describe his day-to-day activities. He passes his time playing guitar on his front porch and watching tourists sunbathe, all the while eating sponge cake and waiting for a pot of shrimp to boil. He has nothing to show for his time except a tattoo of a woman that he cannot remember having done. While out for a walk, he cuts his heel and returns home to ease his pain with a fresh batch of margaritas. The three choruses reveal that the narrator is drowning his sorrows over a failed romance, and his friends are telling him that his former girlfriend is at fault. The last line of each shows his shifting attitude toward the situation: "it's nobody's fault," then "hell, it could be my fault," and finally "it's my own damn fault." Buffett revealed during the recording of an episode of ''CMT's Crossroads'' with the Zac Brown Band that "Margaritaville" was actually supposed to be performed by Elvis Presley, but Elvis died the year that the song was released. Buffett got to perform it instead.〔(The Country Vibe News ) from TheCountryVibe.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaritaville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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