The Cocoanuts - Songs

Songs

• "Florida by the Sea" (instrumental with brief vocal by chorus during opening montage)
• "When My Dreams Come True" (theme song, Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw variously, several reprises)
• "The Bell-Hops" (instrumental, dance number)
• "Monkey Doodle Doo" (vocal by Mary Eaton and dance number)
• "Ballet Music" (instrumental, dance number)
• "Tale of the Shirt" (vocal by Basil Ruysdael, words set to music from Carmen by Georges Bizet)
• "Tango Melody" (vocal included in the stage production, used in the film as background music only)
• "Gypsy Love Song" (by Victor Herbert, piano solo by Chico Marx)

The Cocoanuts is one of the few Irving Berlin vehicles that did not yield any particularly memorable songs. Berlin had actually written one of his eventual greatest hits, "Always", for the stage play. But George S. Kaufman, convinced that it would never be a hit, persuaded him to excise it. Reportedly, Kaufman (or Groucho) remarked, "No one will believe a lyric like 'I'll be loving you, always.' How about changing it to, 'I'll be loving you Thursday'?" The song "Always" was eventually used in the movie The Pride of the Yankees. Several songs from the stage play were omitted from the film. "Lucky Boy" was sung by the chorus to congratulate Bob on his engagement to Polly. "A Little Bungalow" was a love duet sung by Bob and Polly, and was replaced with "When My Dreams Come True" in the film.

Irving Berlin wrote two songs entitled "Monkey Doodle Doo". The first was published in 1913, the second introduced in the 1925 stage production and featured in the film. They are very different songs.