Kokomo (song)

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"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, US, and Kokomo, Mississippi, 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...

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