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| "Hawaii Tattoo" | ||||
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| Single by The Waikikis | ||||
| from the album Hawaii Tattoo | ||||
| B-side | "Tahiti Tamoire" | |||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Surf rock | |||
| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Kapp | |||
| Composer(s) | Michael Thomas | |||
| The Waikikis singles chronology | ||||
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"Hawaii Tattoo" is an instrumental by The Waikikis, released in the US in 1964, on Kapp Records.
"Hawaii Tattoo" was recorded in Belgium in 1961 and spent two months in the Belgian charts. It was also a huge hit in Germany, spending 37 weeks in the Top Ten and also reached the Top Fifty in the US, Canada(#2CHUM/#23RPM), and the UK (#41[1]).[2][3]
As a result of its chart hit status, "Hawaii Tattoo" joined the ranks of such songs as "Sweet Leilani", "Hawaiian Wedding Song", "Tiny Bubbles", and others as sort of a "Hawaiian" standard song and was recorded by many artists such as Martin Denny, The Kilima Hawaiians, Webley Edwards Hawaii Calls Orchestra, and nearly every act recording a "Hawaiian" LP in the 1960s. However, it seems to be better known outside of Hawaii, where it is seldom heard.