"Tucker's Town" is asong by Americanrock groupHootie & the Blowfish. It was released on June 25, 1996, as the second single from their second album,Fairweather Johnson (1996). In the United States, it peaked at number 38 on theBillboardHot 100 (their last Hot 100 entry as of 2025), number 24 on theBillboardAdult Contemporary chart, and number 29 on theBillboardMainstream Rock chart. Outside the US, "Tucker's Town" reached number two in Canada—ending 1996 as the country's 25th-most-successful single—and number 20 in Iceland.
The song is named for the village ofTucker's Town,Bermuda, the mostly black, working-class residents of which (including the future members ofThe Talbot Brothers band) were compelled to sell their land in the 1920s to make way for a hotel and golf club, and an enclave where foreign millionaires and billionaires are permitted to own homes. Bermuda, which is on the same latitude as South Carolina and from whichCarolina Colony was colonised underWilliam Sayle in 1670, was a frequent haunt of the South Carolinian band. However, the nearest landfall isCape Hatteras inNorth Carolina.
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^Tucker's Town (US cassette single sleeve). Hootie & the Blowfish. Atlantic Records. 1996. 4-87051.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Tucker's Town (German & Australian CD single liner notes). Hootie & the Blowfish. Atlantic Records. 1996. 7567-85498-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Tucker's Town (UK CD single liner notes). Hootie & the Blowfish. Atlantic Records. 1996. A5498CD, 7567-85496-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
