Boat_Drinks_(song)
Boat Drinks
1979 song by Jimmy Buffett
"Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side (b/w "Survive") on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs,[1] frequently played in concert[2] 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.[3]