I'm old enough to remember watching Marc Hunter & Paul Hewson (not Bono) the songwriters interviewed on TV about this song.
They were in the middle of a dreary Melbourne winter and fantasized about a holiday in the sun. Cuba was the first place they thought of so it got the nod. There are references to Castro & JFK but the song isn't political, it is simply about escapism.
I'm old enough to remember watching Marc Hunter & Paul Hewson (not Bono) the songwriters interviewed on TV about this song. They were in the middle of a dreary Melbourne winter and fantasized about a holiday in the sun. Cuba was the first place they thought of so it got the nod. There are references to Castro & JFK but the song isn't political, it is simply about escapism.