Tiny Bubbles


"Tiny Bubbles" is a song written by Leon Pober and performed by Don Ho. The song comes from the album of the same name. The single peaked #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Easy Listening charts in March of 1967. By 1968, the song was covered about 34 times. The song was considered to be Ho's signature song.

Production

The song was requested by producer Sonny Burke after Ho couldn't successfully perform the song "Born Free". "Tiny Bubbles" song was originally written for Lawrence Welk, since he tended to perform "champagne music", but Welk turned it down, though this did not stop him from performing it several times on his television show after it became a hit.

Covers

The song was considered to be Ho's signature song. The American version of the game show The Mole in its season 2 incorporated the song in a creative way. One test had a contestant confined to sleeping or staying on a bed while Tiny Bubbles was played on repeat in various versions. By its fans it is considered an iconic moment of the short-lived series. In one performance of the song, after nearly thousands, Ho reportedly quipped "God, I hate that song". The song was featured in the 2001 film Bubble Boy. Alongside Ho's other songs, "E Le Ka Lei Lei " and "Wish They Didn't Mean Goodbye", the song was featured in the Season 7 Hawaii Five-0 episode, "Elua la ma Nowemapa", while the song alone was featured in the Season 3 episode, "Mohai".