
Peak
1
Weeks
28
Score
4,111
Chart Year
1988
The video for "Kokomo" was filmed at the then-recently opened Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World in Florida. Although they had not played these instruments on the recording, Mike Love is holding a saxophone, Al Jardine is playing tambourine, Carl Wilson is playing guitar, and Bruce Johnston is playing bass, with touring drummer Mike Kowalski in his usual role, and actor and occasional Beach Boys live guest John Stamos is playing steel drum. In 2011, NME ranked the video as the 17th worst of all time, commenting, "It was as if Mike Love had taken the 'Beach Boys' name straight out of Brian Wilson's hands and we were forced to watch footage of Tom Cruise mixing up Bloody Marys. Thanks guys."
"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 single in 20 years, their first number-one hit in 22 years and their final top-40 hit. The lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a fictional place called Kokomo. Not much about it is described except for its location off the Florida Keys and comparisons to other real destinations in the Caribbean islands such as Aruba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Martinique and Montserrat, as well as Key Largo, Florida, and the North Atlantic island of Bermuda. Besides Kokomo, Indiana, USA, the only real-world places that used the name "Kokomo" were inspired by the song; these include a Kokomo Beach at the Casa Marina Resort in Key West, which is no longer called Kokomo Beach, and a Kokomo Beach on the island of Curaçao, which still bears the name.
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don't we go? Jamaica Off the Florida Keys, there's a place called Kokomo That's where you wanna go to get away from it all Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand We'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band Down in Kokomo Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don't we go? Ooh, I wanna take you down to Kokomo We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo La Martinique, that Montserrat mystique We'll put out to sea and we'll perfect our chemistry And by and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity Afternoon delight, cocktails, and moonlit nights That dreamy look in your eye gave me a tropical contact high Way down in Kokomo Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don't we go? Ooh, I wanna take you down to Kokomo We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse Everybody knows a little place like Kokomo Now if you wanna go and get away from it all Go down to Kokomo Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don't we go? Ooh, I wanna take you down to Kokomo We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don't we go?
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 3, 1988 | 96 | 30 |
| 2 | Sep 10, 1988 | 78 | 48 |
| 3 | Sep 17, 1988 | 58 | 68 |
| 4 | Sep 24, 1988 | 40 | 86 |
| 5 | Oct 1, 1988 | 31 | 95 |
| 6 | Oct 8, 1988 | 25 | 101 |
| 7 | Oct 15, 1988 | 16 | 110 |
| 8 | Oct 22, 1988 | 6 | 120 |
| 9 | Oct 29, 1988 | 2 | 124 |
| 10 | Nov 5, 1988 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Nov 12, 1988 | 2 | 124 |
| 12 | Nov 19, 1988 | 5 | 121 |
| 13 | Nov 26, 1988 | 11 | 115 |
| 14 | Dec 3, 1988 | 16 | 110 |
| 15 | Dec 10, 1988 | 23 | 103 |
| 16 | Dec 17, 1988 | 29 | 97 |
| 17 | Dec 24, 1988 | 38 | 88 |
| 18 | Dec 31, 1988 | 38 | 88 |
| 19 | Jan 7, 1989 | 44 | 82 |
| 20 | Jan 14, 1989 | 48 | 78 |