
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. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single. Billboard ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. 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 No. He wrote most of the song one night at a friend's house in Austin, and finished it while spending time in Key West. Anderson Lane in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West, Florida, around that time. This song was written about a drink Buffett discovered at Lung's Cocina del Sur restaurant (where High 5 is located today) at 2700 W.

" Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. A margarita cocktail: the inspiration for "Margaritaville"
