# Need Hawaiian song suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923 "2014-06-03T14:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/21 "2014-06-04T14:52:06Z")
Check out Putumayo’s [Hawaiian Playground](http://www.putumayo.com/content/hawaiian_playground_0) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/22 "2014-06-04T15:08:43Z")
[Alfred Apaka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Apaka)is maybe the most recognizable of the classic Hawaiian pop artists. Anything by him (although his stuff tends to be rather slow…[this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQorJnfP8k)is a bit less so) Some Hawaiian-themed pop songs include: [The Hukilau Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOfwjKveqUI) [My Little Grass Shack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7wu1TTwaAE)(here performed by Leon Redbone) Aloha Oe (The Hawaiian “national anthem”, written by Hawaii’s last Queen) Also check out the Original Hilo Hawaiians [(example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lausJ5wZu1I)) Also here’s a bunch of old Hawaiian[steel guitar songs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o031JMU6K8). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/23 "2014-06-04T15:38:09Z")
There are at least two vocal versions of the _ **Five-O** _ theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnCEVOSarqw ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/24 "2014-06-04T16:08:44Z")
Oh yeah – and for a really ridiculous novelty song, I give you “[Luau Cha Cha Cha](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKfr776is6c)” by Annette. (And if you have to ask “Annette who?”, get off of my lawn.) Two late 60s fads rolled into one gloriously cheesy package. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/25 "2014-06-04T18:58:36Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever felt so old as when I told my teenage daughter “Oh, no! Annette Funicello’s died!” and she replied “Who’s Annette Funicello?” ☹ Here are a couple of other Golden Oldies submitted for your approval: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StEbRuj9e8I) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je32mFibFaU) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/26 "2014-06-04T19:16:00Z")
I have a similar playlist that I bust out every time I visit Hawaii, and it leads with Bing Crosby’s [Mele Kalikimaka](http://youtu.be/hEvGKUXW0iI). Even though it’s a Christmas song. I don’t care 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/27 "2014-06-04T19:32:15Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I have a similar playlist that I bust out every time I visit Hawaii, and it leads with Bing Crosby’s [Mele Kalikimaka](http://youtu.be/hEvGKUXW0iI). Even though it’s a Christmas song. I don’t care 🙂 I _knew_ those were the Andrews Sisters in the background! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/28 "2014-06-05T00:12:47Z")
Then there’s Jan & Dean’s “[Honolulu Lulu](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b5DhWnoQ-c)”, but it might clash with some of the other stuff. If you need atmospheric material to play in the background while people eat, there’s plenty of exotica, starting with [Martin Denny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotica_(Martin_Denny_album))… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/29 "2014-06-05T03:02:22Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > Puff The Magic Dragon (who frolicked in the Autumn mist in a land called Hanalei?) Yeah, I know that’s not what it meant, but I like 50 First Dates) Hanalei is on the North Shore of the island of Kauai, and I’ve seen Puff the Magic Dragon-themed T-shirts there. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/30 "2014-06-05T04:54:00Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride from Lilo and Stitch. > … Also from Lilo and Stitch - “He Mele No Lilo” by the same guy and children’s chorus. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/31 "2014-06-05T06:03:27Z")
… And for the sake of completeness: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x7NBtyJg5SY/hqdefault.jpg "Bill Murray and the Jack Lord Fan Club") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7NBtyJg5SY) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/32 "2014-06-05T17:58:19Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > Never mind, duplicate I know it’s too late to un-do the edit, but consensus is nice! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/33 "2014-06-05T18:01:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Any song done as a ukulele cover should work. [Indeed.](http://www.reviewjournal.com/trending/icymi/guitarist-takes-slayer-ukulele-and-wins) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/34 "2014-06-05T19:03:26Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > [Indeed.](http://www.reviewjournal.com/trending/icymi/guitarist-takes-slayer-ukulele-and-wins) Schweeeeet! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923/35 "2014-06-05T19:21:48Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Hawaiian Cowboy > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNXOc7w5Ns](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNXOc7w5Ns) There’s also [this version](http://youtu.be/DC7kvQSdfhk?t=3m20s). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hawaiian-song-suggestions/689923.md?page=1)