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After being released as a single in 1988, the song was included on the soundtrack album for the movie ''[[Cocktail (1988 film)|Cocktail]]'' as well as the 1989 Beach Boys album ''[[Still Cruisin']].''
 
"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 (Phil Collins song)|Two Hearts]]" (from the film ''[[Buster (film)|Buster]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy Award |url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/1989-grammy-awards.html#ixzz0bxi469dF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821193043/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1989-grammy-awards.html#ixzz0bxi469dF|archive-date=2009-08-21|url-status=unfit |website= metrolyrics.com |access-date=January 7, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uX5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6833,5860898&dq=grammy&hl=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714075114/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uX5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6833,5860898&dq=grammy&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Chapman, McFerrin lead Grammy winners|date=23 February 1989|publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>{{better source|date=June 2021}} "Two Hearts." [[Carly Simon]]'s "[[Let the River Run]]" from ''[[Working Girl]]'' beat "Kokomo" for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1989 |title=Winners & Nominees 1989 |work=[[Golden Globe Award]] |accessdate=18 March 2018 }}</ref>
 
==Critical reception==