"Hawaii" | |
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Single by The Beach Boys | |
from the album Surfer Girl | |
B-side | "The Rocking Surfer" |
Released | September 16, 1963 |
Recorded | July 1963 [1] |
Genre | |
Length | 1:59 |
Label | Capitol |
Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson, Mike Love |
Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
"Hawaii" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was recorded in July 1963 and released on their 1963 album Surfer Girl . [3] It is one of the first Beach Boy songs that Hal Blaine played on, contributing timbales, but regular drummer Dennis Wilson still played. In January 1964, it was released as a single in Australia, becoming a top-10 hit. [4] "Hawaii" made its way into the Beach Boys repertoire almost 50 years later. [5]
"Hawaii" was released in Australia as a single, where it was reported as number two by Cash Box, charting at that position in the surveys of the premier radio stations of both Sydney and Brisbane during the Beach Boys' tour of Australia in February 1964. It was tabulated as eleventh for Australia's end-of-year survey. [4]
"Hawaii" | ||||
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Single by the Hep Stars | ||||
A-side | "Sunny Girl" | |||
Released | March 1966 | |||
Recorded | March 1966 | |||
Studio | Europafilm Studios, Stockholm | |||
Genre | Surf rock | |||
Length | 1:30 | |||
Label | Olga | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Gert Palmcrantz | |||
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Swedish rock group Hep Stars recorded "Hawaii" as the B-Side to their 1966 single "Sunny Girl", one of the earliest Benny Andersson compositions. [9] While "Sunny Girl" was a hit, reaching number 1 on both Kvällstoppen and Tio i Topp, [10] [11] "Hawaii", despite being issued as the B-side, managed to chart on Kvällstoppen due to the popularity of Hep Stars. [12] It stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 7 on March 22, 1966. [13] "Hawaii" was recorded by the group as a joke, in style with their debut single "Kana Kapila" and "Mashed Potatoes". [14]
Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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Sweden (Kvällstoppen) [12] | 7 |
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