"Jamaica" is a song by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive that appears on the 1979 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 Rock n' Roll Nights

Rock n' Roll Nights

Rock n' Roll Nights is a studio album by Canadian rock band BTO, released in 1979 . This album was one of three BTO albums that did not feature co-founder Randy Bachman. Rock n' Roll Nights is also one of the two albums from this band to feature Jim Clench, formerly of April Wine...

. It features Jim Clench

Jim Clench

Jim Clench , was a Canadian bassist best known for his roles in the Canadian rock bands April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive.- With April Wine :...

 on lead vocals. It was written by well-known songwriter Jim Vallance

Jim Vallance

James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...

. It was released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 but did not chart

Record chart

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. The song, along with "Heartaches," was played live on American Bandstand

American Bandstand

American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...

in February 1979 to support the Rock n' Roll Nights album release.

Using different lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...

, Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...

 remade the song under the title "Kristina" on his 1982 album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is an album by Rick Springfield, released by RCA in 1982. The album went platinum, and produced three top 40 singles; "Don't Talk to Strangers" , "What Kind of Fool Am I" and "I Get Excited"...

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