April Sun in Cuba

{{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{{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}}

| 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.{{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 }} 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.{{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. It also reached number 9 on the New Zealand singles chart.{{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 }}[http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/april-sun-in-cuba-by-dragon Australian Music Database][https://www.discogs.com/Dragon-April-Sun-In-Cuba/release/7729077 Dragon - April Sun In Cuba] The b-side of the single, a non-album track called "Telephone", was credited to "Dr. Agony".