Loco in Acapulco - The Four Tops

Loco in Acapulco was a 1988 hit song by The Four Tops. It was written by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier for the film "Buster" that also starred Phil Collins in the title role.

Going loco down in Acapulco,
If you stay too long.
Yes you'll be going loco down in Acapulco,
The magic down there is so strong.

Feel the pressure, your back's against the wall.
Love is gaining on you, you're just about to fall.
If you're afraid to love, afraid to take a chance,
You better hide your feelings, get out while you can.

'Cause you'll be going loco down in Acapulco,
if you stay too long.
Yes youll be going loco down in Acapulco,
The magic down there is so strong.

You can hear voices pleading through those warm Latin nights.
Memories are lost and found, leaving broken hearts all over town.

Going loco down in Acapulco,
If you stay too long.
Yes you'll be going loco down in Acapulco,
The magic down there is so strong.

You'll be pulling out your hair, drowning in despair,
With a whole lot of nothing, on your way to nowhere.
Your search for paradise will come to an end
When you realize what a fool you've been.

You'll be haunted by her face, missing her warm embrace.
Memories of loving her, holding her tight every night.
Was that the best part of your life?
Hearing her voice soft and low, begging you to please, please don't go.
Don't go! Don't go! Don't go! -

You can hear voices pleading through those warm Latin nights.
Memories are lost and found, leaving broken hearts all over town, all over town.

Going loco down in Acapulco,
If you stay too long.
Yes you'll be going loco down in Acapulco,
The magic down there is so strong.

Going loco down in Acapulco,
If you stay too long.
Yes you'll be going loco down in Acapulco,
The magic down there is so strong

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• Tops
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• Acupolco

[Lonestar1896]

still love this song, still love this place. Every return feels like coming home..

[wearyoldman]

@Lonestar1896 Welcome home Lonestar1896.

[wooders1000]

I just put this on my speakers in the office and started dancing round. I got sacked.

[j3sskn1ght]

i pleasure myself to this song

[sh8e8an8]

who`s thinking about BUSTER

[partychicaaa]

18 music retards

[sevvy253]

Why don't they make songs like this any more? I'd forgotten how much I love this ... sadly it's also associated with bad memories as I spent the whole of that year - 1988 - in a psychiatric hospital, recovering from a severe mental illness (following the birth of my oldest son) when I first heard it (the original/radio version that is.) But, then again, I put hearing it down to the beginning of my recovery - the power of music is an incredible thing :-)

[pianoman74]

@Anbu1221 No it's not the original, well spotted :) It might have been lifted from the Remember RMB75137 compilation published in Portugal in 2007 (Track 18). It would fit perfectly with the running time of this one. The original 1988 7'' version made popular in the radio stations around the world goes 3'30.

[pianoman74]

@IzzyAndReneeXxX the dislikes may have come from people that wanted the 1988 version ... which this one does not seem to be.

[pianoman74]

Did you guys know that the groove of this song first published back in '67 got sort of recycled by CHAPTER 8 in 1979 in their song "Don't You Like It"? I think greater parts do sound suspiciously like LIA.