Kokomo (song)

"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 and their first number-one hit in 22 years as well as their final top-40 hit.

The lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a fictional place called Kokomo. Not much is known about it except that it is located off the Florida Keys and is compared to other real destinations in the Caribbean islands including Aruba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Martinique and Montserrat, as well as Key Largo, Florida and the North Atlantic island of Bermuda. There have been real-world places that assumed the name "Kokomo", 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.