Peak
33
Weeks
9
Score
919
Chart Year
1965
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position33
Peak DateJan 16, 1965
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted9
Weeks in Top 403
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc248
Weekly Calc671
Total Score919
Rankings
Year Ranking#262
Decade Ranking#2,421
Billboard Year#263
Top 5000#13,914
Details
- Album
- Hawaii Tattoo
- Label
- Kapp Records
- Genre
- Pop rock
- Media Type
- 45s
- Composer(s)
- Michael Thomas
- Entered Chart
- Dec 5, 1964
- Peak Date
- Jan 16, 1965
- Released
- 1964
- Recorded
- 1964
- Catalog #
- Kapp 30
- B-Side
- Tahiti Tamoure
Music Video
Notes
"Hawaii Tattoo" is an instrumental by The Waikikis, released in the US in 1964, on Kapp Records. "Hawaii Tattoo" was recorded in Belgium in 1961 and spent two months in the Belgian charts. It was also a huge hit in Germany, spending 37 weeks in the Top Ten and also reached the Top Fifty in the US, Canada(No.2CHUM/No.23RPM), and the UK (No.41) As a result of its chart hit status, "Hawaii Tattoo" joined the ranks of such songs as "Sweet Leilani", "Hawaiian Wedding Song", "Tiny Bubbles", and others as sort of a "Hawaiian" standard song and was recorded by many artists such as Martin Denny, The Kilima Hawaiians, Webley Edwards Hawaii Calls Orchestra, and nearly every act recording a "Hawaiian" LP in the 1960s. However, it seems to be better known outside of Hawaii, where it is seldom heard.
instrumental
Chart History (9 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 5, 1964 | 81 | 45 |
| 2 | Dec 12, 1964 | 69 | 57 |
| 3 | Dec 19, 1964 | 58 | 68 |
| 4 | Dec 26, 1964 | 52 | 74 |
| 5 | Jan 2, 1965 | 49 | 77 |
| 6 | Jan 9, 1965 | 35 | 91 |
| 7 | Jan 16, 1965 | 33 | 93 |
| 8 | Jan 23, 1965 | 35 | 91 |
| 9 | Jan 30, 1965 | 51 | 75 |