Panama hat more hats than they ever could in Ecuador. The hats were sold to gold prospectors traveling through Panama to California during the historic Californian Gold Rush. Travelers would tell people admiring their hats that they bought them in Panama. So, the hats quickly became known as “Panama hats.” Soon after at the 1855 World's Fair in Paris, Panama hats were featured for the first time on a global scale. However, the Fair’s catalog did not mention Ecuador as its country of origin. It listed this type of hat as a “cloth hat” even though it was clearly not made out
Hats (album) distributed "Hats" in North America—took out a full-page advertisement in "Billboard" magazine offering a free copy of the CD to anyone who called a toll-free number which was provided. Three singles were released from the album: the first, "The Downtown Lights", was released in September 1989 and peaked at #67 in the UK singles charts, followed by "Headlights on the Parade" in September 1990 which reached #72, and "Saturday Night" in January 1991, which reached #50. In the United States, "Hats" peaked at #108 on the "Billboard" 200. "The Downtown Lights" reached #10 on the "Billboard" Hot Modern Rock Tracks