The Beach Boys

Released: July 13, 1964

Songwriter: Dennis Wilson Carl Wilson Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

[All Spoken]
Hey hey come in they come
O.k. boys, take one
Danny and the Juniors set a groove stuck them blblblblu shoot
Say shoot
I should
Why don't you say "shoot" quick right as the song
Danny and the Juniors set a shoot stuck them down in the bloot, spoot
Fruit, toot
O.k. let's get ready
Let's dub, let's overdub a little a little finger [?]
No, no, no Clem no!
By greckins you put a little, little bit, a little finger popping on thar
It's going to be a million-and-two seller
Hey, will you take off that hat? You look like George Washington!
I'll throw you across the river
You'll throw me across? The what? The Pontiac?
I'll throw you across the river. I threw a silver dollar across, I can
Throw you
When you hear the countdown, everyone shut up because it's awful tight

[Bridge]
Yeah
Let's make it
Sitting in my car
Say t-shirts
T-shirts in my car
Sorry
Outside your lawn
What's wrong?
I broke that tie thing
Oh thanks!
It's his tie thing
Gee whiz
I have another one, thank you
How much are they?
I have two more
You do not
I bought them for 99 cents a piece
You, You did?
I know where you can get them
Here we go
For 99 cents
We're on
You got a better deal than I did
I know
Is this mike on?

[Outro]
All the way from Hawthorne California we're flying over Carl Wilson who's
Going to jump 600 feet into a two foot cup
Into a damp rag
Come on
Hey look, I'm going to leave you home
Hey you guys just a second, I forgot my note
Just a second I'm going to go to the piano
O.k. let's make one Charlie
You guys ready, let's go

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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