The Hukilau Song

"The Hukilau Song" is a song written by Jack Owens in 1948 after attending a luau in Laie, Hawaii.

"The Hukilau Song"
Single by Jack Owens
Released	1948
Recorded	1948
Genre	Hawaiian Luau Music
Label	Lombardo Music
Songwriter(s)	Jack Owens

Covers

The song has been recorded many times by a variety of artists.

• Alfred Apaka
• Ab Orchestra
• Ray Conniff
• Bing Crosby — Return to Paradise Islands (1963)
• Book 'em Danno
• Cruis'n Peidl
• Disney Sing-Along Songs
• Josh Dobrin and The All Saints Gangsters
• Nate Gibson and the Gashouse Gang
• The Hit Crew
• Don Ho
• Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack
• Big Pineapple
• Webley Edwards
• Annette Funicello
• Amy Gilliom & Willie K
• Hawaiian Escape
• George Kahumoku, Jr.
• Gerrit & de Kokosnoten
• Lester Lanin
• Sam Makia
• Marcy Marxer
• The Mauna Loa Islanders
• New Hawaiian Band
• The Ol Leadvocals Band
• Mel Peterson
• Tiny Tim
• Ukulele Magic

In popular culture

• The song was featured in the American television show South Park in the episode "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?"
• The song was featured in the American television show Hey Arnold! in the episode "Casa Paradiso"
• The song inspired a line in the Sublime song "Freeway Time in LA County Jail" which reads "And I'm back on the reef/where I throw my net out into the sea/all the fine hinas come swimming to me"
• Alf sang the chorus in the episode “It’s My Party” (Season 4, Episode 14) of ALF (TV series)
• Various versions of the song feature in the resort music loop heard around Disney's Polynesian Village Resort at Walt Disney World.

See also

• Hukilau

External links

• Lyrics at www.huapala.org
• Ali'i Luau & La'ie Hukilau - a commentary on the connection between the Hukilau Song and the Polynesian Cultural Center