DEFINITION

Tropical Rock (Trop Rock) is a genre of popular music that incorporates elements of Rock & Roll, Country, Caribbean, Reggae, Calypso or other musical genres to create a laid-back or “escapist” state of mind. Also known as Gulf & Western.

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Mainstream artists with Trop Rock songs include Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Jerry Jeff Walker, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, Carolyn Jones, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Sheryl Crow, Dierks Bentley, Garth Brooks and others.

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Trop Rock hits include "Margaritaville", "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems", "Gulf Coast Girl", "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", "Two Pina Coladas", "Some Beach", "Drunk On A Plane", "One Margarita", "Soak Up The Sun", "Knee Deep" and more...