Unlikely Journey Of ‘Sloop John B,’ One Of Beach Boys’ Greatest Hits, Explored In Upcoming Documentary – Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: In “Kokomo,” the Beach Boys famously sang “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I want to take ya…” But it wasn’t their only hit ...
The Daily Telegraph

The Kokomo calamity: how The Beach Boys’ most detested song was made

Thanks to Tom Cruise – not Brian Wilson – the absurdly catchy summer anthem gave the Beach Boys their first hit in years. But at what cost? Ed Power writes about music, television and video games. As ...
Stereogum

The Number Ones: The Beach Boys’ “Kokomo”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. "He's always ...