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"Kokomo" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from the 1988 film Cocktail and album Still Cruisin'. Written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher, the song was released as a single in July 1988 by Elektra Records and became a number one hit in the US and Australia. It was the band's first original top-20 ...
Some have concluded that Estes's song is an earlier version of the same song. [5] This is disputed by Boyd and Kelly. [2] Another different song was recorded by Big Bill Broonzy in March 1934. [1] Melodically it differs from all the songs with the same title. Lyrically, it shares with the Kokomo Arnold song: A dairy cow theme –
In its "50 Worst Songs Ever", Blender said that "it's difficult to think of a song more likely to plunge you into suicidal despondency than this" and lambasted its "appalling" lyrics. [94] "Kokomo", the Beach Boys (1988) "Kokomo" appeared on Blender ' s list of the 50 worst songs [98] and Dallas Observer ' s list of the ten worst songs by great ...
Name of song, songwriter(s), years of recording and release, and album debut Song Songwriter(s) Recorded [nb 1] Album Year "409" † Brian Wilson Mike Love Gary Usher: 1962 Surfin' Safari: 1962 "4th of July" Dennis Wilson 1971 Good Vibrations ‡ 1993 "Add Some Music to Your Day" † Brian Wilson Joe Knott Mike Love 1969–1970 Sunflower: 1970 ...
In 1932, Jabo Williams recorded "Ko Ko Mo Blues," with the same refrain, but included a counting line: "One and two is three, four and five and six". [8] James Arnold laid claim to the song in 1933, styling himself Kokomo Arnold and naming his version "Old Original Kokomo Blues". [9]
Performing under the name Gene and Eunice, in the Fall of 1954 Forrest and Levy made the first recording of the song, [11] backed by Jonesy's Combo (which included saxophonist Brother William Woodman's band), [14] [15] in the studio in the basement of veteran musician Jake Porter's home, and released in November 1954 on his Combo label (Combo 64) as their first single.
In 2002, a group of Norwegian peacekeepers in Kosovo (calling themselves the "Shiptare Boys" [3]) parodied the music video for "Kokomo," using Rivers' song with their own hand-held video camera footage. In the parody, the soldiers imitate dance moves and scenes from the original music video in desolate war-torn areas around Kosovo.
"Still Cruisin'" is a song written by Mike Love and Terry Melcher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1989 album Still Cruisin' and reached number 11 in Austria, number 28 in Australia and number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 .