In the United States Margaritaville reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart, also peaking at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Billboard ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single.
Bare bodkin is the salient point (no pun intended) of this line, so it gets the stresses. This creates a pyrrhic/spondee/iamb/iamb/iamb rhythm. Bodkin at the time meant a sharp instrument, much like an awl, used for punching holes in leather.
Bareback sex is physical sexual activity, especially sexual penetration, without the use of a condom. It most commonly refers to anal sex between men who have sex with men without the use of a condom, and may be distinguished from unprotected sex because of the deliberate act of forgoing condom use that is associated with it. A slang term, bareback sex comes from the equestrian term bareback, which refers to the practice of riding a horse without a saddle. It therefore has the connotation of bei