Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii

There is no beer in Hawaii is a song by Paul Kuhn from 1963 and first appeared on his album The Colour of Love. The song reached number 5 in the German charts. EMI Columbia released the song as a single, with the song beer, beer, beer is the soul of the piano as a B-side.

Background

In the song, the singer laments that he can not marry his mistress, because she wants to spend honeymoon in Hawaii, but where there is no beer, and it's too hot. Would she want to go to Pilsen, he would marry her immediately.

The idea for the song was written by Wolfgang Neukirchen, a friend Kuhns, the administrative judge in food was and wrote under a pseudonym lyrics. When asked how he could play as a jazz musician such a title, Kuhn replied:

"Because of the tram. " - " How tram? " - " After the war. I had tram ride. "-" Yes? And "-" But I would rather drive Cadillac ".

The song was a huge commercial success for Paul Kuhn.

Cover versions

The song was covered by Klaus and Klaus, Tom Angel Ripper and other musicians. In the movie Otto - Der Film is the song used: in a Boeing 747 sings a whole carnival club the song.