Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen - 1984

by **tir69** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:17 pm

Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen - 1984
( the song was also released as European Queen and African Queen )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa0eBa6wifo

US Billboard Hot 100 : 1
US Billboard Hot Soul : 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play : Nr 1
US Billboard Hot 100 Year end : Nr 51
Canada RPM : Nr 1 ( 2 weeks )
Canada : Nr 4
New Zealand : Nr 1 ( 6 weeks )
France : Nr 8
Austria : Nr 20
Poland : Nr 30
Swiss : Nr 3
UK : Nr 6
German : Nr 2

My previous Retro Topic on UKMIX :
Spagna - I wanna be your wife - 1988
Divine - I'm so beautiful - 1984
Say When - Save me - 1987
New Order - 1963 - 1987/1995
M&G - When I let you down - 1986
Monaco - What do u want from me - 1997
Valerie Dore - Various singles - 1985/1986
Alisha - Baby talk – 1985
Two People - Heaven – 1987
Hazell Dean – They say it’s gonna rain – 1985
Mike Oldfield – Foreign affair – 1983
431 – Animal – 1984/1985
Keedy – Save some love – 1991
P.Lion – Happy children – 1983
Robbie Nevil – Dominoes – 1986
Talk Talk – Such a shame – 1984
Eden – Free – 1985
Kent – Music non stop – 1999/2000
Denise Lopez – If you feel it - 1988
Blackwood – My love for u – 1997
Sheryl Lee Ralph – In the evening – 1984/1985
Real life – Send me an angel 1983
Deacon Blue – Your town – 1992
Waterfront – Nature of love – 1989
Jellybean – various singles – 80’s
Gazebo – I like Chopin – 1983
Den Harrow – Various single – 1983/1987
Atelier Folie - No rhyme no reason – 1983
Matia Bazar – Ti sento/I feel you – 1985/1986
Deodato - S.O.S fire in the sky - 1984

by **Plym** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:41 pm

Classic 80's R&B!

by **francisplaiy** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:59 pm

tir69 wrote:Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen - 1984
( the song was also released as European Queen and African Queen )

As European Queen it peaked at number 5
in the Dutch Dance Charts.
This is his best song ever made...

by **FreakyFlyBry** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:11 pm

Great song! One of my favourite 80's tunes, and one I still listen to from time to time

by **tir69** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:55 pm

francisplaiy wrote:
tir69 wrote:Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen - 1984
( the song was also released as European Queen and African Queen )
As European Queen it peaked at number 5
in the Dutch Dance Charts.
This is his best song ever made...

thanks for the chart info 8-)

, yep i'm agree with u , this song is still my fave from him but I like a lot also Lover boy

by **tir69** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:00 pm

FreakyFlyBry wrote:Great song! One of my favourite 80's tunes, and one I still listen to from time to time

it's a classic ...is a recurrent song on the radio :wink:

by **NothingFails** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:55 pm

Nice track, I do prefer "Loverboy" and "When The Going Gets Tough" to it though.

Surprised how far he's fallen off the radar, I would've figured he'd at least have the type of career Lionel Richie or someone has now as an elder statesman.

by **Dino** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:33 pm

NothingFails wrote:Nice track, I do prefer "Loverboy" and "When The Going Gets Tough" to it though.

Surprised how far he's fallen off the radar, I would've figured he'd at least have the type of career Lionel Richie or someone has now as an elder statesman.

Yeah its sad how he fell off hard but lionel was always the bigger star since the 70's anyway.

by **thebigham** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:34 am

Classic song from 1984!

Did Europe get the "European Queen" version?

by **tir69** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:02 am

thebigham wrote:Classic song from 1984!

Did Europe get the "European Queen" version?

I got the 12 maxi with Carribean Queen and on the B side there are European Queen and African Queen

by **Robbie** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:28 pm

"European Queen" made the lower reaches of the top 100 in the UK in June 1984, its chart run was 95-82-84.

by **thebigham** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:24 am

^So Carribean Queen got the majority of airplay in the UK...

by **NothingFails** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:04 am

Its interesting that in the UK, Billy was having a comeback there as he'd had a very successful run in the 70s. In the US, outside of one top 40 (Love Really Hurts Without You), Billy more or less had his breakthrough in 84-85.

by **phoenix83** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:18 pm

Plym wrote:Classic 80's R&B!

yup.

by **Jan** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:02 am

His best track ever in my opinion, still sounds great in 2012! He did have some awesome songs during the 80s.