Rayuan Pulau Kelapa (Solace on Coconut Island) is an Indonesian song written by Ismail Marzuki (1914-1958), who wrote a number of popular tunes in the country's early post-independence period. The lyrics praise Indonesia's natural beauty, such as its floral-related double entendres, islands and beaches, and profess undying love for the country.[1]
The song is a nostalgic favourite among Indonesian expatriates, particularly those who left the country for the Netherlands in the 1940s and 1950s, after independence.[2]
The 2016 mashup "Satu Indonesiaku" consists of this song, "Zamrud Khatulistiwa", "Kolam Susu" and "Pemuda".
A recording of the song by Gordon Tobing was popular in the USSR in the 1950s.[5] The song was extremely popular among Russians, was arranged by the Soviet Composer Vitaly Geviksman and performed in Russian by the singer Maya Golovnya (Russian text by V. Korchagin).[6] In 1956, the song recorded in Polish under the name "Indonezja" by Polish singer Janusz Gniatkowski. In 1956, the song recorded in Chinese under the name "Ye Dao Gu Niang" by Macanese singer Poon Sow-keng. In 1958, the song recorded in Finnish under the name "Indonesia" by Estonian opera singer Georg Ots.[7] In 1980, the song recorded in Dutch under the name "Indonesië, ik hou van jou" by Dutch singer Anneke Grönloh.[8] A 1998 recording by Twilite Chorus was included on Addie MS' compilation album Simfoni Negeriku. In 2005, "Rayuan Pulau Kelapa" was sampled by Indonesian comedy vocal group Project Pop in their song "Indovers". It was performed again by Indonesian rock band Endank Soekamti in 2015.
During the New Order era, TVRI plays the song as its closedown tune every evening.[9]