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In season 2, episode 8 of American mockumentary comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows, Laslow Cravensworth (played by Matt Berry) and Nadja (played by Natasia Demetriou) perform their own variation of the song for a crowd, claiming to have written the song themselves.It is again used at the end of the season 2 finale, in which it is sung by the main cast when they discover a large asteroid headed toward Earth. "Kokomo" is featured in the American workplace comedy Space Force as the song that main character General Naird (portrayed by Steve Carell) sings at the end of the series premiere when faced with a stressful situation."Two Hearts" and Carly Simon's " Let the River Run" from Working Girl jointly beat it for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. "Kokomo" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1988, but lost to Phil Collins' " Two Hearts" (from the film Buster).
Release Īfter being released as a single in 1988, the song was included on the soundtrack album for the movie Cocktail as well as the 1989 Beach Boys album Still Cruisin'. Although they had not played these instruments on the recording, Mike Love is seen playing saxophone, while actor and occasional Beach Boys live guest John Stamos is shown playing steel drum. The video for "Kokomo" was filmed at the then-recently opened Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World in Florida. It was pathetic of Landy to do that, but he controlled Brian completely at that time." According to a 2018 article in Stereogum, "When first heard the song on the radio, he didn’t even recognize it as a Beach Boys tune." The group later recorded a Spanish-language version of "Kokomo" with participation from Wilson. Mike Love stated that Wilson was not on "Kokomo" because Eugene Landy, Wilson's therapist-turned-collaborator, refused to "let Brian sing on it unless Landy was a producer and co-writer" and Melcher did not "feel he needed Landy since he had produced some number-one records. According to biographer Mark Dillon, "Available session-date information does not substantiate this claim, however." In his 1991 memoir Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, it was stated that Wilson was unable to contribute to the song because he was committed to recording his first solo album, and his bandmates deliberately did not inform him of the session date until it was too late. The recording featured every current member of the group except Brian Wilson, who did not attend the sessions. It was created through overdubbing parts onto the band's demo for the song. "Kokomo" was recorded on March 22 and April 5–6, 1988 with production by Terry Melcher, who had previously produced the band's " Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" (1986) and " California Dreamin'" (1986). The Beach Boys' Mike Love added the chorus which lists the names of islands. The verse of the song came from a demo by John Phillips (formerly of The Mamas & the Papas) and Scott McKenzie (best known for his 1967 song “ San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)," which Phillips wrote). In addition to the fictional Kokomo, the song also makes references to many real Caribbean islands, including Aruba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Bermuda, Martinique, and Montserrat. The lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a relaxing place on Kokomo, a utopic island off the Florida Keys. It was the band's first original Top 20 single in 20 years, and their first #1 hit in 22 years. Written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher, the song was released as a single on July 18, 1988, by Elektra Records and became a number one hit in the U.S. " Kokomo" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from the 1988 film Cocktail and album Still Cruisin'.