"Songs written by Mike Love" . "Songs written by Terry Melcher" . . "PT216.11208616S"^^ . . "USNPD0713481" . . "Mike Love" . . . . . . "Capitol Records singles" . "%22Kokomo%22 is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a relaxing place on an island off the Florida Keys called Kokomo. It was released as a single on July 18, 1988 by Elektra Records and became a No. 1 Hit in the United States, Japan, and Australia (where it topped for about two months). The single was released to coincide with the release of the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail, and its subsequent soundtrack. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1988, but lost to Phil Collins' %22Two Hearts%22 (from the film Buster). %22Two Hearts%22 and Carly Simon's %22Let the River Run%22 from Working Girl jointly beat it for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song." . . . "Number-one singles in Australia" . "english" . "1988 singles" . "215000.0"^^ . . "Songs written by Scott McKenzie" . "false"^^ . "Kokomo" . "John Phillips (musician)" . "115.0"^^ . "2179" . "false"^^ . . "1988-07-18"^^ . "Scott McKenzie" . "2007-12-07"^^ . . "Elektra Records" . . "Terry Melcher" . "0.260208"^^ . . "-13.5"^^ . "Terry Melcher" . "Elektra Records singles" . "--03-22" . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . . "1988-10-04"^^ . . . . "Capitol Records" . "5714dee725ac0d8aee5398d0" . . . "753669" . "695932"^^ . . "Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America" . . <9_5_AD9wXuY> . . "2"^^ . "0.848751"^^ . "8ac90f40-98e1-450d-8456-77d46ffd47fe" . "19"^^ . "-0.027752"^^ . "1988" . "Songs written by John Phillips (musician)" . . . . "1988" . "Singles certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'\u00C9dition Phonographique" . "The Beach Boys songs" . "Song recordings produced by Terry Melcher" . "1988 songs" . "Gramophone record" . "12-inch single" . "false"^^ . "Kokomo" . "eng" .