This Saturday will mark the 25th anniversary of that one time Jamaican authorities mistook Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, the Hemisphere Dancer, for a drug trafficker's plane while it was taxiing in the waters near Negril, and they shot at the plane. In addition to Buffett and his co-pilot, U2's Bono and his wife and two children, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell were on board. Thankfully no one was injured, and the Jamaican government eventually acknowledged the mistake and apologized. Buffett used the experience as inspiration for his song "Jamaica Mistaica" on his 1996 album Banana Wind. The Hemisphere Dancer is now at Orlando City Walk's Margaritaville.
Unfortunately, there's no video for "Jamaica Mistaica," so I'll have to go with another Buffett song, "Fruitcakes," the title track off of his 1994 album. The song is Caribbean-infused song about how we're all a little crazy. The video features Buffett driving around in a Volkswagen Thing and generally being Jimmy Buffett. The song went to #29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
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