{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox song | name = April Sun in Cuba | cover = Dragon - April Sun In Cuba.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Dragon | album = Running Free | A-side = April Sun in Cuba | B-side = Telephone | released = October 1977 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = *Rock *pub rock<ref name="tonedeaf.thebrag.com">{{cite web |last1=Gawne |first1=Holley |title=Check out 14 of the most iconic Aussie pub rock songs |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/iconic-aussie-pub-rock-songs/list/dont-change--inxs/ |website=Tone Deaf |access-date=10 March 2023 |language=en-AU |date=17 October 2021}}</ref> | length = 3:24 | label = Portrait Records | writer = Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson | producer = Peter Dawkins | prev_title = Sunshine | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Shooting Stars | next_year = 1978 }}
"'''April Sun in Cuba'''" is a song recorded by New Zealand group Dragon, released in October 1977.<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Dragon' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040419093304/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=295 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=295 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 19 April 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}</ref> It is the first single to be released from Dragon's fourth studio album Running Free. "April Sun in Cuba" first charted on 7 November 1977, peaking at number 2 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart and staying on the chart for 22 weeks.<ref name="Kent">{{Cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | author-link1 = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = St Ives, NSW | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> It also reached number 9 on the New Zealand singles chart.<ref name="NZ Charts">{{cite web | url = https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dragon&titel=April+Sun+In+Cuba&cat=s | title = Dragon – 'April Sun in Cuba' | last = Hung | first = Steffen | work = New Zealand Charts Portal | publisher = Hung Medien | access-date = 17 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/april-sun-in-cuba-by-dragon Australian Music Database]</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Dragon-April-Sun-In-Cuba/release/7729077 Dragon - April Sun In Cuba]</ref> The b-side of the single, a non-album track called "Telephone", was credited to "Dr. Agony".
== Track listing == # April Sun in Cuba (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) - 3:24 # Telephone (Paul Hewson, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) - 3:10
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"| Chart (1977/78) !scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"| Australian Kent Music Report<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1993|page=94|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 2 |- {{single chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Dragon|song=April Sun in Cuba|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 June 2017}} |- |}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"| Chart (1977) !scope="col"| Position |- !scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=kent77>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/dHS3QPH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 91 |- !scope="col"| Chart (1978) !scope="col"| Position |- !scope="row"| Australian (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/0gmvDHH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur.com|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 32 |- |}
==Certifications == {{certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|title=April Sun in Cuba |artist=Dragon|type=single|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-05-13.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|title=Cash Box Newspaper|via=World Radio History|page=49|date=13 May 1978|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Entry|title=April Sun in Cuba |artist=Dragon|type=single|region=New Zealand|certyear=2024|award=Platinum|id=2024-10-31|source=radioscope|access-date=2025-09-23|number=5}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
== Personnel == * Bass – Todd Hunter * Guitar – Robert Taylor * Keyboards – Paul Hewson * Lead Vocals – Marc Hunter * Percussion – Kerry Jacobson * Vocals – Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter '''Production''' * Producer – Peter Dawkins * Written by - Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson
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Category:1977 songs Category:Dragon (band) songs Category:1977 singles Category:Portrait Records singles Category:CBS Records singles Category:Songs written by Marc Hunter Category:Song recordings produced by Peter Dawkins (musician)