"Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter

Jimmy Buffett James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffet ...

. It was released as a

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(b/w "Survive") on

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in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio, and has been included on many compilation albums including '' Songs You Know by Heart''. Despite its popularity, the song was notably absent from '' Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection''. A commercial for ''Play FLA USA'' scratch-off game was noted to sound like an instrumental version of "Boat Drinks", which Buffett had not given permission for any musical licensing to the Florida Lottery. Communications specialist Kathy Wilson and a Buffett spokeswoman both later confirmed that the two songs may have sounded similar due to their "fun-in-the-sun-type" styles, but they were technically greatly different from one another.

History

The song was written in February 1979, while Jimmy was homesick in Boston. In the 1992

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'' Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads'', Buffett writes:

Live Appearances

The song appeared on ''

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'', where Buffett said: "I'm not going to come to Boston and not play this song." This is his only song written in Boston. While the song has been played in concert ever since it was written in 1979, it did not appear on a live release until 2005's '' Live in Hawaii''.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boat Drinks (Song) 1979 songs Jimmy Buffett songs Songs written by Jimmy Buffett