Here’s the latest from the AV Club’s “Undercover” series, which prompted 25 bands to choose from a list of songs to cover in their Chicago office. This week it’s Retribution Gospel Choir covering the Beach Boy’s “Kokomo”. The original was prominently featured in the 1988 Tom Cruise movie Cocktail and is notable for being the first number one Beach Boys single since “Good Vibrations”, a 22-year span. It is generally more of a guilty pleasure than a critical favorite, but Retribution Gospel Choir embraces the song unironically.
