Goin' Coconuts

Goin' Coconuts is a 1978 American musical adventure comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Donny and Marie Osmond. The feature film was released in theaters by Columbia Pictures on October 18, 1978. It was both a critical and commercial failure. Shooting took place in Oahu, Hawaii from March 31 to May 1978, during the annual production hiatus for the Osmonds' popular variety TV series. It was Ted Cassidy's final film appearance before his death in January 1979 (although he continued to amass a number of animation-voiceover credits).

Goin' Coconuts
Directed byHoward Morris
Produced byJohn Cutts
Written by
  • William Mark Daniels
  • Raymond Harvey
Starring
Music by
CinematographyFrank V. Phillips
Edited byFrank Bracht
Production
company
Inter Planetary Pictures
Distributed byOsmond Entertainment
Release date
  • October 6, 1978 (1978-10-06) (Hawaii)
  • October 17, 1978 (1978-10-17) (wide)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.2 million (US rentals)[1]

Synopsis

While performing in concert with Donny in Hawaii, Marie acquires a lovely necklace, unaware that it's coveted by a group of thieves and by a mysterious woman. Plenty of trouble soon follows, with Donny and Marie getting into one jam after another.

Cast

Soundtrack
Goin' Coconuts
Soundtrack album by
Donny & Marie
ReleasedOctober 1978
GenrePop rock
LabelPolydor Records
ProducerMike Curb, Michael Lloyd
Singles from Goin' Coconuts
  1. "On the Shelf"
    Released: October 1978

Goin' Coconuts soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by Polydor Records in October 1978. It earned platinum status, despite the film doing poorly at the box office.

The first and only single release, "On the Shelf", was a U.S. Top 40 hit during November 1978 (Billboard #38, AC #25[2]). The song also charted in Canada, reaching #60 on the pop singles chart[3] and spending two weeks at #14 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] The album also included "May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day", which the Osmonds sang to close each episode of their TV series.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."On the Shelf" (Steve Voice, Peter Yellowstone)3:58
2."Don't Play With the One Who Loves You" (Michael Lloyd)2:27
3."You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham)3:00
4."Baby Now That I've Found You" (Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod)3:04
5."Gimme Some Time" (Paul Harrison)2:54
6."Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)2:51
7."You Bring Me Sunshine" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)2:32
8."Fallin' In Love Again" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)2:19
9."Doctor Dancin'" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)3:09
10."You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry)3:20
11."May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond)0:51

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. THE BIG THUDS OF 1979--FILMS THAT FLOPPED, BADLY Epstein, Andrew. Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 1980: o6.
  2. http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1978-12-09
  3. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=86&
  4. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0075&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0075.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0075
  5. "American album certifications – Donny & Marie Osmond – Goin' Coconuts". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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