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{{Infobox song
| name       = Barbados
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Models (band)|Models]]
| album      = [[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (album)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]
| released   = March 1985
| recorded   = 1985
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[New wave music|New wave]]<ref name="test">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-of-mind-out-of-sight-mw0000424283 Allmusic cite genre and review by Steve Schnee.]</ref>
| length     = 4:15
| label      = [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
| writer     = [[James Freud]], [[Andrew Duffield (musician)|Andrew Duffield]]
| producer   = [[Nick Launay]], [[Reggie Lucas]], [[Mark Opitz]]
| prev_title = [[Big on Love]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]
| next_year  = 1985
}}
"'''Barbados'''" is a song by [[Australia]]n band [[Models (band)|Models]]. It was the second single from their 1985 album ''[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight (album)|Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]''.<ref name="McF">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]]|last=McFarlane|first=Ian|author-link= Ian McFarlane|publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]]|year=1999|chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'Models'|chapter-url= http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=501
|isbn=1-86448-768-2|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040604150835/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=501|archive-date= 2004-06-04}}</ref> The song was released in March 1985, and reached #2 on the Australian music charts.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref><ref name="APRA - 27Sep2010 - Inductees into the 2010 ARIA Hall of Fame and RocKwiz presentation announced">{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/News/Allnews/Inducteesintothe2010ARIAHallofFameandRocKwizpresentationannounced!.aspx |title=Inductees into the 2010 ARIA Hall of Fame and RocKwiz presentation announced |date=27 September 2010 |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] |access-date=30 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202160936/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/News/Allnews/Inducteesintothe2010ARIAHallofFameandRocKwizpresentationannounced%21.aspx |archive-date=2 February 2014 }}</ref>
The song is about Models bassist [[James Freud]]'s [[alcoholism]].<ref name="SMH - 05Nov2010 - Industry in shock after death of Model James Freud">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/industry-in-shock-after-death-of-model-james-freud-20101104-17fux.html|title=Industry in shock after death of Model James Freud|last=Bernard Zuel|author-link=Bernard Zuel|date=5 November 2010|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="SMH - 27Aug2002 - How James Freud survived rock and roll">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/26/1030053032261.html|title=How James Freud survived rock and roll|date=27 August 2002|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref> The title of the first of Freud's autobiographical books ''I Am the Voice Left From Drinking'' is from lyrics in the song.<ref name="SMH - 27Aug2002 - How James Freud survived rock and roll"/>
==Music video==
In the promotional video, [[James Freud]] is seen in a bar behaving all drunk with his bandmates and is, in some black and white scenes, shown driving an army jeep while pointing a gun at his head. He commits suicide at the end of the video.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.andrew-p-street.com/2010/11/05/157-big-on-love-and-barbados-by-models-5-nov/ |title=#157 'Big on Love' and 'Barbados' by Models (5 Nov) &#124; Songs You Should Rediscover Today Because They Are Awesome |access-date=2018-03-23 |archive-date=2018-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092501/http://www.andrew-p-street.com/2010/11/05/157-big-on-love-and-barbados-by-models-5-nov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2010, James Freud actually committed suicide, but it has not been disclosed how he died. The song and general mood of the video matched James' own personal demons.
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Barbados"
! Chart (1985)
! Peak<br>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus85"/>
| 2
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Barbados"
! Chart (1985)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus85">{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/SN2evHp.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=[[Imgur]]|access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>
| 35
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/barbados-mw0002138251 "Barbados"] at [[Allmusic.com]]
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz]]