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

"The Hukilau Song" is a song written by Jack Owens in 1948 after attending a luau in Laie, Hawaii.^[1]

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

• 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.

• Hukilau

• 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

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