ALAN JACKSON & JIMMY BUFFET - IT’S FIVE O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE

IT’S FIVE O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE

ALAN JACKSON & JIMMY BUFFET

SONGWRITER: JIM MOODE BROWN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: GREATEST HITS VOL II

LABEL: ARISTA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2003

 

           Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as “neotraditional country”), as well as penning many of his own songs. Jackson has recorded 16 studio albums, three greatest hits albums, two Christmas albums, and two gospel albums.

           Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide, with 44 million sold in the United States alone. He has had 66 songs appear on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart; of the 66 titles, and six featured singles, 38 have reached the top five and 35 have claimed the number one spot. Out of 15 titles to reach the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, nine have been certified multi-platinum. He is the recipient of two Grammy Awards, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017 by Loretta Lynn and into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 201

          "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" is a song performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins. It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation álbum Greatest Hits Volume II. It spent eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the summer of 2003, and ranked #4 on the year-end Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In addition, the song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 2003, and ranked #65 on the year-end Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the biggest pop hit for Jackson and the first top forty hit for Buffett since the 1970s.

           On November 5, 2003, it also won the Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Vocal Event of the Year. The song became the #3 country song of the decade on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. This was Buffett's first award in his 30-year career.

The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow,

An' so am I.

Work day passes like molasses in wintertime,

But it's July.

I'm gettin' paid by the hour, an' older by the minute.

My boss just pushed me over the limit.

I'd like to call him somethin',

I think I'll just call it a day.

 

Pour me somethin' tall an' strong,

Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.

It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.

It's five o'clock somewhere.

 

Oh, this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon,

An' half the night.

Tomorrow mornin', I know there'll be hell to pay,

Hey, but that's all right.

I ain't had a day off now in over a year.

Our Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here.

Hit the 'phones for me,

You can tell 'em I just sailed away.

 

An' pour me somethin' tall an' strong,

Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.

It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.

It's five o'clock somewhere.

 

I could pay off my tab, pour myself in a cab,

An' be back to work before two.

At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder,

What would Jimmy Buffet do?

 

Funny you should ask, Alan... I'd say:

Pour me somethin' tall an' strong,

Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.

It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.

Pour me somethin' tall an' strong,

Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.

It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.

He don't care.

I don't care.

It's five o'clock somewhere.

 

What time zone am on? What country am I in?

It doesn't matter, it's five o'clock somewhere.

It's always on five in Margaritaville, come to think of it.

Yeah, I heard that.

You been there haven't you.

Yessir.

I seen your boat there.

I've been to Margaritaville a few times.

All right, that's good.

Stumbled all the way back.

OK. Just wanna make sure you can keep it between the navigational beacons.

Bring the booze, I tell you.

All right. Well, it's five o'clock. Let's go somewhere.

I'm ready, crank it up.

Let's get out of here.

I'm gone.

Let's get out of here.