later recorded a Spanish-language version of "Kokomo" with participation from Wilson. Music video The video for "Kokomo" was filmed at the then-recently opened Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World in Florida. Although they had not played these instruments on the recording, Mike Love is seen playing saxophone, while actor and occasional Beach Boys live guest John Stamos is shown playing steel drum. In 2011, NME ranked the video as the 17th worst of all time, commenting, "It was as if Mike Love had taken the 'Beach Boys' name straight out of Brian Wilson's hands and we were forced to watch footage of Tom Cruise mixing up Bloody Marys. Thanks guys." Release After being released as a single in 1988, the song was included on the soundtrack album for the movie 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" (from the film Buster). "Two Hearts" and Carly Simon's "Let the River Run" from Working Girl jointly beat it for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Critical reception In spite of its commercial success, "Kokomo" has attracted mostly negative reviews from music writers. Jimmy Guterman of Rolling Stone wrote that the song "sets the pattern for the new, passion-free songs" on Still Cruisin', while the Rolling Stone album guide called it a "joyless ditty". In a 1998 piece, Steve Simels of Stereo noted "just how insipid 'Kokomo' was". Blender stated the song was "perhaps most kindly described as a Beach Boys–influenced song with the Beach Boys singing on it." Cash Box called it a "snappy little throw-back of a tune" with "a real islands-vibe and hooky chorus." In the years following its release, "Kokomo" has become notorious for its perceived poor quality: as Tom Breihan of Stereogum writes, "People hate 'Kokomo.' The Beach Boys' improbable late-career hit has a reputation as a monument to mediocrity. To this day, it serves as a textbook cautionary tale of a once-beloved group poisoning its own legacy and goodwill by making smarmy '80s yuppie pablum." In a retrospective dubbing the song the "worst summer song ever", MEL Magazines Tim Grierson similarly noted, "A lot of us have taken immense delight in hating this 1988 smash." As such, it has appeared on several worst