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  Name Island Girl
  Artist Elton John
  From Album Rock Of The Westies
  B-side " Sugar On The Floor "
  Released 1975
  Genre Rock
  Length 3:42 (single version)
  Label MCA
  Writer Elton John , Bernie Taupin
  Producer Gus Dudgeon
  Chart Position <li>#1 <small>( US Pop )</small></li> <li>#14 <small>( UK )
  Last Single Someone Saved My Life Tonight <br />(1975)
  This Single Island Girl<br />(1975)
  Next Single Grow Some Funk Of Your Own <br />(1976)


An unrelated Beach Boys song of this title was released on their album Still Cruisin' .


"Island Girl" is a song performed by Elton John that went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975 . It was the first single taken from the album '' Rock Of The Westies ''. The lyrics are about a prostitute, and a man who wants to take her back to Jamaica.

The single's B-Side was "Sugar on the Floor", which was written by Kiki Dee , who would go on to duet with Elton on a number of occasions, most notably on their chart-topping 1976 single, " Don't Go Breaking My Heart ".

  Before " Bad Blood " by Neil Sedaka
  Title Billboard Hot 100 Number One Single
  Years November 1 1975
  After " That's The Way (I Like It) " by KC & The Sunshine Band